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The Weird World of Worlds
Mitchell Symonds
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Buccula: person's double chin
Gambrinous: the state of being full of beer
Nittles: the punctuation marks used to denote swearwords in comics
Dr Seuss invented the word nerd for his 1950 book If I Ran The Zoo
Ten gallon hats hold about 6 pints
Catgut is madefrom sheep
"Happy as a clam" makes sense if you know the whole proverb "...at high tide" (bc clams can only be harvested at low tide)
Banshee, smithereen, hooligan, tantrum and donnybrook are all from Irish (surprised?)
The suffix -ology means the study of something. The shortest one os oology - the study of eggs
Banana oil comes from petroleum, not bananas
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