The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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