A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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