- The words moron, imbecile, and idiot are not interchangable. The one with the highest level of intelligence is a moron, followed, by an imbecile, and then idiot.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The study of twins is known as gemellology.
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(Added: Mon May 31 2004) - The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth is called Arachibutyrophobia.
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(Added: Mon May 31 2004) - Another word for hiccups is "singultus."
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(Added: Mon May 31 2004) - Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The letter W is the only letter in the alphabet that doesn't have one syllable, it has three.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The word "diastema" is the word for having a gap between your teeth.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The word Lethologica describes the state of not remembering the word you want to say.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Suess in the book "If I Ran to the Zoo."
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(Added: Wed Sep 20 2006) - Telephonophobia is the fear of telephones.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The word "dexterity", to do with skill is related to the right hand. The opposite of the word "deter" is "sinister", to do with evil, it is related to the left hand.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Althaiophobia is the fear of marshmallows.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Of all the words Dr. Seuss made up in his storybooks, only one has stuck in the English vocabulary: grinch, which is refers to a killjoy -- and it took more than 20 years.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The fleshy bulbs on each side of your nose are called the Alea (AY-lee) singular Ala (AY-luh).
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The word "walkman" was included in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1986.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The word "limelight" that is used in theatre to refer to the performers on the stage originated because before electricity was available lime was burned in a lamp, which created a white light that was directed at the performers.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The word "vamp" is used to describe the upper front top of a shoe.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The word "Denim" comes from the French phrase "serge de Nimes" which is a fabric made in a town located in southern France.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The word breakfast was coined due to the fact that after sleeping for hours, we are "breaking our fast."
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The word witch comes from the word "wicca" which translates to the "wise one."
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Fear of clowns is called coulrophobia.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Oscar Wilde and his friends came up the with the word "dude." It came from the words "duds" and "attitude."
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The word, tattoo originated from the Tahitain word "tattau" which means "to mark."
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