Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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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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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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