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According to Merriam-Webster, the name of this flightless bird comes from the Welsh words for "head" (pen) and "white" (...
14/12/2021

According to Merriam-Webster, the name of this flightless bird comes from the Welsh words for "head" (pen) and "white" (gwyn). It originally referred to the now-extinct great auk bird, but was eventually applied to these adorable Arctic-dwelling creatures—even though their heads are usually black and their bellies white.

Where does the name "walrus" come from? Well, on Oxford University Press's blog, Podictionary host Charles Hodgson notes...
14/12/2021

Where does the name "walrus" come from? Well, on Oxford University Press's blog, Podictionary host Charles Hodgson notes that it is derived from the Old English word horschwael, which literally translates to "horse whale." Hodgson theorizes that this word was eventually flipped to create waelhorsch, and later, the similar-sounding "walrus.

Think that's cool? Here are some other awesome ones:Western Union = No Wire UnsentClint Eastwood = Old West ActionAstron...
14/12/2021

Think that's cool? Here are some other awesome ones:

Western Union = No Wire Unsent
Clint Eastwood = Old West Action
Astronomers = Moon starers

Of course, the plural "confetti" is the more commonly used word, but you can use the singular "confetto" to refer to eac...
14/12/2021

Of course, the plural "confetti" is the more commonly used word, but you can use the singular "confetto" to refer to each individual piece of colored paper.

In the late 19th century, pharmaceutical company Bayer released a revolutionary over-the-counter drug that could alleged...
14/12/2021

In the late 19th century, pharmaceutical company Bayer released a revolutionary over-the-counter drug that could allegedly help everything from sore throats to tuberculosis. That drug was he**in. Its name comes from the German word heroisch for "powerful"—which is appropriate, given how powerful the addictive substance is. For a while, Bayer owned trademark rights to he**in, but they lost those rights in the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, according to the BBC.

Pancakes, corn flakes, coffee, orange juice—they are all "jentacular," or "pertaining to breakfast." Impress your friend...
03/12/2021

Pancakes, corn flakes, coffee, orange juice—they are all "jentacular," or "pertaining to breakfast." Impress your friends next time you're at brunch by declaring, "These scrambled eggs are such a great jentacular dish!"

According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word "bankrupt" grew out of an Italian phrase that literally refers to...
03/12/2021

According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word "bankrupt" grew out of an Italian phrase that literally refers to breaking something—not just the bank. That Italian phrase is banca rotta, meaning "broken bench," and it refers to an old custom that involved literally breaking the bench of money dealers who ran out of funds.

The word, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, technically refers to a type of lung disease caused by silica d...
03/12/2021

The word, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, technically refers to a type of lung disease caused by silica dust. But according to Lexico, it was actually coined in the 1930s by Everett M. Smith, the president of the National Puzzlers League, for the express purpose of becoming the longest word in the English language, so it's a bit of a cheat

That would be the chemical name of Titin, the largest known protein. It begins, "Methionyl​threonyl​threonyl​glutaminyl​...
03/12/2021

That would be the chemical name of Titin, the largest known protein. It begins, "Methionyl​threonyl​threonyl​glutaminyl​alanyl​prolyl​threonyl​phenyl​alanyl​threonyl​glutaminyl​prolyl​leucyl​glutaminyl​seryl​valyl​valyl​valyl​leucyl​glutamyl​glycyl​seryl​threonyl​alanyl​threonyl​phenyl​alanyl​glutamyl​alanyl​histidyl​isoleucyl​seryl​glycyl​phenyl​alanyl​prolyl​valyl​prolyl​glutamyl​valyl​seryl​tryptophyl​phenyl​alanyl​arginyl​aspartyl​glycyl​glutaminyl​valyl​isoleucyl​seryl​threonyl​seryl​threonyl​leucyl​pro" and goes on for tens of thousands of letters. (You can read the whole thing yourself here and hear it pronounced here.)

The term refers to a plane curve in which two loops meet at a central point, creating what we might call a sideways figu...
03/12/2021

The term refers to a plane curve in which two loops meet at a central point, creating what we might call a sideways figure-eight. As Merriam-Webster explains, it's derived from the Latin word for "with hanging ribbons."

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