TRIVIA BITS 07 MAY

 

• The women of an African tribe make themselves more attractive by permanently scaring their faces.
• The word "assassination" was invented by Shakespeare.
• The word "Boondocks" comes from the Tagalog (Filipino) word "Bundok," which means mountain.
• The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead".
• The word "coach" is derived from the village of Kocs, Hungary, where coaches were invented and first used.
• The word "girl" appears only once in the Bible.
• The word "hangnail" comes from Middle English: ang- (painful) + nail. Nothing to do with hanging.
• The word "honcho" comes from a Japanese word meaning "squad leader" and first came into usage in the English language during the American occupation of Japan following World War II.
• The word "karate" means "empty hand."
• The word "modem" is a contraction of the words "modulate, demodulate." (MOdulateDEModulate)