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15 Words You Never Knew Came From Literature
Did you know that these words came from the literature earlier? Share your scores here!
Interesting 😃
15 Words You Never Knew Came From Literature
Did you know that these words came from the literature earlier? Share your scores here!
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Fascinating, especially for the word robot/ I’ve read some of Karel Capek’s work.
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Cool! I always find the origins of words and phrases to be so fascinating. Although I hesitate to describe myself as a “nerd” now – I think it has more of a warm, fuzzy feel to it nowadays…not so harsh as “foolish” and “contemptible”!
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AWESOME! :O
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Thank you for posting. Great to know where they come from. I heard of them but now I now where they come from. Will re-blog them. On fb, twitter, google, LinkedIn.
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Great Gigi 😀
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Very cool!
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Love strange and odd facts like this!!! Re-blogging on rijanjks
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I knew Catch 22. I feel I should know the Hobbit one and The Taming of the Shrew, but I’m afraid I didn’t.
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Don’t worry Vo Minh Sang, you’re in good company 😃
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I knew a few. My favourite word that came from literature is serendipity.
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Now THERE’S a coincidence Dylan 👍😃😄
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I knew about … 3ish .. or 4 ..
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That’s 3 or 4-ish more than me Fran 😄😄😄
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Well, to be brutally honest – 3 or 4 of which I have heard and knew at least it came from a book – but not from which (hence the ish).
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No idea….:)
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Neither had I Kim 😃
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That’s what I so enjoy about your posts, Chis. I learn something each and every time I read one! Kudos!
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GOOD 👍😃😄😎
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