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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.

Let us know which ones you knew or didn't!

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Audio And Video

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

That would be the reconstructed Ancient Roman pronunciation, but there are three other rival schools. Later came the northern Continental European, then Italian Church Latin, followed by today’s English method, which would be to pronounce the V as in Victor. Unless you vant to talk like a Wampire.

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

August Horch was a car manufacturer in Germany at the beginning of the last century. His name "Horch" or German for "listen" was already recognized as a brand and he had to change the name of his company, so he opted to use the latin verb for Horch (listen) the cars are now known under the name: "Audi"

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

Let think about more fun words; sink, it literally is a hole some one had to ‘sink’ into a flat surface to hold water. Movie - pictures that move. Watch - we ‘watch’ this little clock on our arms more closely than the one on the wall.

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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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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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Marcellus the Third
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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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