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At The Book of Everyone, we enjoy finding weird curiosities and facts about the world. Recently, we've been looking for the weirdest words that you probably didn't know existed for our #wordnerd series on Facebook.

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Claire
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But since Latin v's are pronounced as w's, you say wideo if you wanted to say it in Latin

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Gymnasium

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Doober
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh geez, might be a bit too much flopping around for me, but interesting fact.

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Noura
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because the original gymnasium was some sort of sports court - and ancient greek men always exercised naked.

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Elise Pimenta
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ancient Greeks apparently also participated in the Olympics naked as well. So why not exercise naked.

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Stimpy
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And that's why high schools are called "gymnasiums" in Germany (?)...

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Alex K
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

in greece they are called that too. the first 3 years are gymnasiums, the next 3 lycium

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Markus Holstein
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And because the gymnasion was where all the young boys were going, it was also the place where philosophers would hold their lessons. Thus it also became a place of learning. In German to this day "Gymnasium" is the term for a secondary school akin to a US college preparatory school.

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Sabine
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Something philosophical: We are all naked underneath our clothes.

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Octavia Hansen
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Geez, I'd be exercising a whole lot more . . . to see and be seen . . .

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Lola
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Would be interesting to share exercise bikes after someone was on it naked.

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Barbara Cochrane
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Knew this one too. OUr school had a gymnasium, as well as a lyceum(really just a large open room for meetings)

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Andy ReRe
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

that's how i do my weightlifting every morning... sexy time, guess i must have some ancient Greek DNA in me...

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Vikki Sladen
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Zein" is Greek for corn. "Sion" is Greek for place (like museum, place of the muse). So either the word means naked corn, or a place for naked exercise. The Book of Everyone may need to do a bit more research.

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Vikki Sladen
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Zien" is Greek for corn. "sion" means place. Gymnasium is a place to exercise naked.

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Miklós Nagy
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Than how did it became the name of the high-schools in german?

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Dutch Feast

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Billy Beecham
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hell, that's every holiday. You gotta be drunk to host my family get togethers

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Doryphore

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Girl

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Acnestis

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Cappuccino

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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I read that too fast and it registered as Capuchin monkey, which I guess also works. 8F7DB85E-8...0-jpeg.jpg 8F7DB85E-85C4-437B-809C-3E5A91993A5C-5d28b32314a80-jpeg.jpg

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Helvetica

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's also why the Swiss country code is CH, like on the rear of a car: Confederatio Helvetica, "confederation of the Helvetian tribes".

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Baisure

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Elke Bechtoldt
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Does this come from the French word "baiser" which means "to kiss"? Breads that kiss in the oven... I loaf this romantic idea! ;-)

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Dulciloquent

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Grumble O'Pug
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

don Quixote's love, Dulcinea. His horse was Rocinante. Literally "first nag"

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Floccinaucinihilipilification

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Pandiculation

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Muscle

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Kari Panda
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For anyone wondering why: A cliché muscle has a thick middle part that tapers towards the tendons. Hence, it looks a little like the body of a mouse.

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Janitor

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Marcellus the Third
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Related in the sense that both refer to doors/gates (ianua in latin) --- janitor= doorkeeper; Ianus= god of beginnings and endings/passages.

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Host And Guest

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Buccula

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