In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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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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