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The longest English word is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. It refers to a lung disease caused by inhalation of tiny particles of silica.

The second longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary is "floccinaucinihilipilification," which means "the act of estimating as worthless."

The third longest word in the English language is "antidisestablishmenterianism".

Here’s a sentence containing nine ways the combination "ough" can be pronounced: A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.

Uncopyrightable is the longest English word with no repeated letters.

The two longest words (12 letters each) that can be typed using on the left hand.are  'Stewardesses' and 'reverberated', on the other hand the longest word that can be typed using on the right hand is 'lollipop'

Arabic is one of six official languages used at the United Nations. It is the Semitic language spoken across North Africa and the Middle East. It is the fourth most spoken in the world and is the holy language of Islam and the Qur'an

!Xũ, formerly spelled !Kung, is the  Khoisan language spoken by the San people of Namibia and Botswana. It has the world's largest consonant set: 48 click consonants and 47 non-click consonants. It has 24 vowel segments

Lesbian is the Aeolic dialect of Ancient Greece spoken in Lesbos

The folks at Visa reviewed and abandoned hundreds of potential names before settling on Visa.

The first word spoken on the moon was "okay."

Seoul, the South Korean capital, just means "the capital" in the Korean language

The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with

Panspermia is the idea that life on Earth originated on another planet.

An infestation of head lice is called pediculosis.

Involuntary bad language, a symptom affecting about one in 10 people with Tourette's
syndrome, is called "coprolalia".

The word "time" is the most common noun in the English language.

"Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und" and  "dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

The clitoris derives its name from the ancient Greek word kleitoris, meaning "little hill".

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobiacs is the term for people who fear the number 666.

Publishers have coined the term "Brownsploitation" for the rash of books that have sprung up in the wake of Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code blockbuster.

The "you are here" arrow on maps is called an ideo locator

The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want

In English, "four" is the only digit that has the same number of letters as its value
TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters only one row of the keyboard

"Speak of the Devil" is short for "Speak of the Devil and he shall come". It was believed that if you spoke about the Devil it would attract his attention. That's why when you're talking about someone and they show up people say "Speak of the Devil"

The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means, "the King is dead"

The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language

The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village"

The most common name in the world is Mohammed

Mafia in Old Arabic means 'sanctuary.'

The longest word in the Old Testament is "Malhershalahashbaz."

The first message tapped by Samuel Morse over his invention the telegraph was: "What hath God wrought?"

The first words spoken by over Alexander Bell over the telephone were: "Watson, please come here. I want you."

The first words spoken by Thomas Edison over the phonograph were: "Mary had a little lamb."

A baby in Florida was named: Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestdestiny. His middle name is George James

'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'

There are only four words in the English language which end in '-dous': tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous

The word 'Bye' is used in both English and Spanish meaning the same thing

In Chinese, the words crisis and opportunity are the same

Good bye came from God bye which came from God be with you. So-long came from the Arabic salaam and the Hebrew shalom

Before Jets, Jet lag was called Boat lag

The word "monosyllable" actually has five syllables in it

There are no words in the English language that rhyme with silver, orange, month and purple.

'Zorro' means 'fox' in Spanish

You won’t find a "6" in Cameroon phone numbers--the native language has no sound for "x."

Spanish is the most popular foreign language to learn in America and Europe.

Today Spanish is an official language of the UN and its institutions, the European Union and other international organizations.

The Spanish language is used world-wide on the Internet.

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