In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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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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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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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 distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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