· Fear of Love, sexual love is Erotophobia.
· Fear of falling in Love, or being in Love is Philophobia
· Fear of Love play is Malaxophobia or Sarmassophobia.
· There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple,and month
· The real name of Jesus was Yeshua. Jesus is the Greek version of the name.
· A "funambulist" is a tight-rope walker.
· Ernest Vincent Wright's novel Gadsby has 50,110 words, none of which contains the letter "E".
· The word encyclopaedia comes from two Greek words meaning "a circle of learning."
· Carol comes from the Greek word Choraulein which referred to a dance accompanied by a flute.
· The word Christmas comes from the English phrase, Christes Masse, literally Christ's mass.
· The word 'puppy' comes from the French poupee', meaning doll.
· When two words are combined to form a single word (motor + hotel = motel, breakfast + lunch = brunch) the new word is called a "portmanteau".
· The term "hooch" for liquor comes from the Hoochinoo Indians, known for their ability to make liquor so strong it could knock someone out.
· Seoul, the capital of South Korea, is a Korean word meaning "capital".
· The word "tattoo" comes from the Tahitian word "tattau," which means "to mark".
· The two lines that connect your top lip to the bottom of your nose are known as the philtrum
· The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
· The word "novel" originally derived from the Latin novus, meaning "new".
· The word "gymnasium" comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means "to exercise naked".
· The word Karate means, empty hand.
· The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
· The word salary came from the word salt in Roman times. Salt was used as a trading medium - money.
· The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.
· Someone who is "pauciloquent" uses as few words as possible when speaking.
· Poliosis is the graying of the hair. It comes from polios, the Greek word for "gray".
· The word 'denim' comes from 'de Nimes', Nimes being the town.
· The largest crossword puzzle ever published had 2631 clues across and 2922 clues down. It took up 16 sq. feet of space.
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