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The Origin of the Word “Soccer”
Today I found out the origin of the word “soccer”. For all you out there who love to complain when Americans, and certain others, call “Football”, “Soccer”, you should know that it was the British that invented the word and it was also one of
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Origin of the Word Bacon
The word derives originally from the Old High German “bacho”, meaning “buttock”, which in turn derived from the Proto-Germanic “backoz”, meaning “back”. By the 14th century, it found its way into Old French as “bacun”, meaning “back
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Women Love This 4 Letter Word
Find out the other 4 letter word that women like more than the word love
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Origin of the Term “Booze”
The first references to the word “booze” meaning “alcoholic drink” in English appear around the 14th century, though it was originally spelled “bouse”. The spelling, as it is today, didn’t appear until around the 17th century.
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Where the Word “Wiki” Comes From
Today I found out where the word comes from. Howard G. Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki which was launched in 1995 called WikiWikiWeb, upon his first visit to Hawaii was directed by an airport employee that he needed to take the wiki wiki bus
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Dr. Suess Coined the Word “nerd”
The first documented use of the word Nerd is in the 1950 Dr. Seuss story, If I Ran the Zoo, in which a boy named Gerald McGrew made a large number of delightfully extravagant claims as to what he would do, if he were in charge at the zoo.
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How the Word “Spam” Came to Mean “Junk Messa
We found out how the word “spam” came to mean “junk message” or “junk mail”.
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Cat Born with the Word Cat on Fur!
Cat owners discovered the word 'cat' in blond fur on their black striped kitten
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Where the Word "witch" Came from
The word “witch” derives from the Old English words “wicca” and “wicce” (masculine and feminine forms, respectively). This later became “wicche”, in Middle English, which meant the same thing as “wicca” and “wicce”, but didn’t d
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Facebook To Own Trademark For The Word "Face" Soon
Facebook has moved one step closer to secure a trademark for the word “Face”(when used with online chat rooms or bulletin boards) after receiving a notice of allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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Indian Teacher Explaining The Word ****
Hilarious comedy video about an Indian teacher explaining the word ****, you know what I mean
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Origami
Origami is the Japanese art of folding paper. The origin of the word comes from the Japanese ori (folding) kami (paper), that by joining the two words the pronunciation is "origami"
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10 Fascinating and Unexpected Origins of Words
Language is a fascinating thing. The words we use today are drawn from, and have evolved for, today’s usage from a wide variety of sources. One source is someone’s name. An eponym is a word that has its origin in a person’s name. This list contains
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List of Movies That Use the F-word Most Frequently
The obvious winner is a documentary film entitled “Fuck” about the origin and use of the word. The film has a “fuck count” of 824! That’s like 8 or 9 fucks per minute.
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The Pearl Love Hotel
The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles
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What the Nautical Term ‘Avast’ Means
The word was originally derived from the Dutch phrase “houd vast”, which literally means “hold fast”. The frequent usage of this phrase eventually got it slurred down to “hou’ vast” and later “avast”.
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Ancestors of Ancient Rome - The Etruscans [Video]
Extraordinary finds in northern Italy reveal the startling story of Europe's original hedonists and first superpower. The fun-loving Etruscans invented two spectator sports, gladiatorial combat and chariot racing
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A True Love Story That Shocked the World
This is the True Love Story that has shocked the millions of people around the world.
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Origin of the Chinese Fire Drill
In World War I, British soldiers came up with the phrase “Chinese Landing” to describe a clumsy or bad landing. It should be noted that this wasn’t originally meant to imply Chinese citizens couldn’t land a plane well or anything of the sort; rat
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Origins of 10 Common Words and Phrases [Infographi
origin of the terms booze, bacon, pipe dream, earth, algebra, rock and roll, and others
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