Words and Numbers trivia

Words and Numbers

» The plain black dickey worn with a clerical collar by some clergymen is called a rabat.

» The female name Vanessa is Greek for "butterfly."

» Rulership by words is called logocracy.

» In Australian slang, to be “spliced” means to be married.

» The final word given at the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee in 2000 was "demarche," a noun meaning a course of action or a diplomatic representation or protest; in 1999, the final word was "logorrhea," a noun meaning an excessive use of words.

» Secure, relatively high-yielding stocks came to be called blue chips, a term taken from the game of poker, where blue chips are more valuable than white or red chips.

» In British English, a booger is called a "bogey" or "bogie."

» Senectitude is another word for old age.