"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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