An alternative to the outdated slang expression “cat’s pajamas” was “cat’s meow”. Both terms meant that someone or something was wonderful or remarkable.
An expert in testing coins is called a "shroff."
In the U.S., they're called orchestra seats; in England, they're referred to as "stalls."
In the United States, it is called stone-skipping. In England, it is known as ducks and drakes; in Denmark, it's called smutting.
In the United States, sales of used household merchandise are called “rummage sales;” in Britain, they’re called “jumble sales.”
In the vast majority of the world's languages, the word for "mother" begins with the letter M.
India ink (sometimes called "Chinese ink") was not known until recently in either China or India.
It is proper etiquette in Japan to put "-san" after another adult's name, or "-chan" after a young girl's name, or "-kun" after a boy's name, but never use these after your own.
It takes 100 sen to equal one ringgit, which is Malaysia's basic unit of currency. Malaysia is the only country that uses the ringgit as its primary legal tender.
Las Vegas means "the meadows" in Spanish. Ironically, the city in the desert was once abundant in water and vegetation.
Lenses were named during the thirteenth century for their vague resemblance in shape to lentils — from the Italian word lenticchie for "lentils," which was later changed to the Italian lente for "lens." For more than 300 years, lenses were called "glass lentils."
Levan, Utah is "navel" spelled backwards. It was so named because it is in the middle of Utah.
An oast is a kiln used for drying hops, malt, or tobacco.
An obsolete term for a foolish, talkative person is "blatherskite."
An obsolete word for warehouse is "entrepot."
An oven used for heating pottery is called a “muffle.”
Anthropologists believe stones were one of man's first calculating devices, aiding in addition and subtraction throughout primitive times. In fact, the word "calculus" is derived from the Latin for "stone."
Any number squared is equal to one more than the numbers on either side of it: 4 x 6 is 24, 5 x 5 is 25.
Anything described as "saurian" is much like a lizard.
Anything that recurs daily can be said to be "quotidian.".
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