Ghoues Amine15 juin 20161 MinFact #11The earliest record of the phrase “do-it-yourself” comes from a 1910 magazine article about students at Boston University being left to...
Ghoues Amine5 juin 20161 MinFact #9The bowl formed by cupping your hands together is called a gowpen.
Ghoues Amine3 juin 20161 MinFact #7The word “selfie” was the Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year in 2013 because the use of the term increased 17,000% from 2012 to 2013....
Ghoues Amine2 juin 20161 MinFact #6The word “eyeball” was invented by Shakespeare, along with hobnob, skim milk, and luggage.
Ghoues Amine26 mai 20161 MinFact #5The words “bookkeeper” and “bookkeeping” are the only words in the English language that has three consecutive double letters without...
Ghoues Amine23 mai 20161 MinFact #4A percontation is a question that requires more than a straightforward “yes” or “no” answer.
Ghoues Amine15 mai 20161 MinFact #3The expressions “bully pulpit” and “lunatic fringe” were coined by Theodore Roosevelt.
Ghoues Amine15 mai 20161 MinFact #2An autological word is one that describes itself — like short or unhyphenated.
Ghoues Amine15 mai 20161 MinFact #1A repdigit is a number comprised of a series of repeated numbers, like 9,999.