Word Facts

"Stewardesses" is the longest common English word that can be typed using only the left hand on a standard QWERTY keyboard.

The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).

An 'aglet' is the plastic or metal tip of a shoelace.

The Danish word 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel' means 'contraceptive' and is one of the longest everyday words in the Danish language, literally translating to 'pregnancy prevention method.'

Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.

In Victorian England, 'pants' was considered a vulgar word because it referred to undergarments, not trousers.

The longest commonly-recognized words with no repeating letters are "uncopyrightable" and "dermatoglyphics," both at 15 letters!

The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!

Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.

Shakespeare's works contain the first recorded use of approximately 1,700 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.

Shakespeare invented hundreds of English words still used today, including 'assassination,' 'lonely,' 'generous,' and 'eyeball.'

Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid approximately $21,429 for every word he spoke in Terminator 2, earning $15 million for roughly 700 words of dialogue.