Aprosexia is the abnormal inability to concentrate.
Arabic numerals are not Arabic; they were invented in India.
Maine is the only state in the United States whose name is just one syllable.
Native Hawaiians call a newcomer to Hawaii a "malihini".
Nitrogen used to be called azote.
Not used as often as it once was, a "springe" is a snare consisting of a noose attached to something under tension, as a bent tree branch.
On maps, adjacent countries are usually shown in different colors. The smallest number of colors needed for a world map is Four.
One hundred thousand cubic feet of water pours over the Niagara Falls every second.
One of the greatest orators of all time, - Demosthenes (384? – 322 B.C.) was once a stutterer who stubbornly trained himself to stop, reportedly by putting pebbles in his mouth and practicing speaking aloud.
One scientific alternative to the term "hay fever" is "pollenosis."
Originally, the adjective "meretricious" meant of, like, or characteristic of a prostitute.
Other names for a railroad caboose are crumb box, brain wagon, bazoo wagon, strawberry patch, and loose cage.
Other names for a railroad caboose are crumb box, brain wagon, bazoo wagon, strawberry patch, and loose cage.
As of 1976, there were 110,200,000 TV sets in America, 372,000,000 radios, and 125,142,000 telephones.
Australian slang for "lavatory" is "Dunny."
Before anybody called it "yo-yo" (meaning "come back" or "return" in the native language of the Philippines, Tagalog), it was popular in seventeenth- through nineteenth-century Europe under many names, including "quiz," "bandalore," "l'emigrette," "coblentz," and "incroyable." It was called "disk" by the ancient Greeks.
Benjamin Franklin compiled a list of more than 200 synonyms for "drunk," including cherry-merry, nimptopsical, and soaked.
Bloomers, or ladies pantaloons got their name from suffragette Amelia Bloomer.
Boot and shoemakers are often commonly called "cobblers." But the word cobbler is more properly applied to shoe repairmen. Those who actually make footwear are known as "cordwainers." This term has its antecedents in the word "cordovan," which was a reddish leather produced in Spain. Hence, one who worked in cordovan was a cordwainer. Shoemakers who made custom, made-to-order shoes were known as "bespoke" makers.
British slang for a hoodlum or lout is “yob.” It’s an inversion of the word “boy.”
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