A deltiologist collects postcards.
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
In "British English," a booger is called a "bogey" or "bogie."
In 1822, in his book Confessions of an English Opium Eater, Thomas DeQuincy invented the word "tranquilizer" to describe the effect of opium.
In Air Force slang, a "laundry bag" is a parachute.
In Albania, nodding the head means "no" and shaking the head means "yes."
In any given week, an average of 2.3 million Americans are on paid vacation.
In Elizabethan slang, the term "to die" meant to have an orgasm. This double entendre was often used by John Donne (The Prohibition, The Canonization), and by Shakespeare in King Lear.
In England, a billboard is called a hoarding.
In England, corn means wheat. In the Bible, corn means grain.
In England, the term "blind road" means a cul-de-sac or dead-end street.
In Greek, the word climax means "ladder." In Greece, it is spelled "klimax."
A fireplace is called a "mantelpiece" because, at one time, people hung their coats (or "mantles") over the fireplace to dry them.
A girl or woman swimmer can be called a "naiad."
A Jerusalem artichoke is not an artichoke, it is a sunflower.
A little-used expression for something insignificant or trifling is a "peppercorn."
A magic potion or charm thought to arouse sexual love, especially toward a specific person, is known as a "philter."
A new word, “serendipity,” was coined from the title of a book, The Three Princes of Serendip. Serendip was located in Ceylon.
A pea jacket is actually a "jacket jacket." The "pea" part of its name is from the Dutch word pij, which is a sailor's garment.
A pip is one of the spots on dice, dominoes, or playing cards.
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