The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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