The term “classroom” didn’t come into use in the United States until after 1865.
The term “hung jury,” a jury that cannot agree on a verdict, was coined in the 1840s.
The U.S. Coast Guard motto, semper paratus, means "always prepared."
The verb “traduce” means to say untrue or malicious things about someone or something; if you have been "traduced," you have been slandered or vilified.
The Viking alphabet was called the Futhark. The letters, called "runes," were made from straight lines, making them easier to carve on stone or wood. Stones with writing on them are called runestones.
The winged hat worn by the ancient Greek god Hermes (or, in Roman mythology, Mercury) was called a "petasos."
The winning term "checkmate" comes from the Arabic phrase shah mat, meaning the king is dead.
The word "bookkeeper" is the only word in the English language with three, back-to-back double letter combinations.
The word "buxom" at one time meant "obedient."
The word "curfew" is derived from an old French word that means "cover fire." In Europe during the Middle Ages, a curfew was a metal cone or shield that was used to put out the hearth fire in the evening. The word "curfew" came to mean the end of the day's activities.
The word "diamond" comes from the Greek word adamas which means "unconquerable."
The word "dreamt" is the only word in the English language that ends in the letters "mt."
The word "dude" was coined by Oscar Wilde and his friends. It is a combination of the words duds and attitude.
The word "four" has four letters. In the English language there is no other number whose number of letters is equal to its value.
The word "gas," coined by the chemist J.B. van Helmont, is taken from the word "chaos," which means "unformed" in Greek.
The word "gazelle" comes from the Arabian term for "affectionate," and it is believed to be inspired by the creature's large, gentle eyes.
The word "geriatrics" was not coined until 1951.
The word "grease monkey" comes from the person (usually a young boy) that would crawl up in the rafters to grease all of the pulleys and belts that ran all of the equipment in a blacksmith shop or machine shop.
The word "karate" means "empty hand."
The word "live" spelled backward is "evil."
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