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  2. Longest words - Wikipedia

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    In combination with -malig or, as an inflected noun, (des …) -maligen, all numbers can be written as one word. A 79 letter word, Donau­dampf­schiffahrts­elektrizitäten­haupt­betriebs­werk­bau­unter­beamten­gesellschaft, was named the longest published word in the German language by the 1972 Guinness Book of World Records, but ...

  3. Word salad - Wikipedia

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    A word salad is a "confused or unintelligible mixture of seemingly random words and phrases", [1] most often used to describe a symptom of a neurological or mental disorder. ...

  4. Presentable Liberty - Wikipedia

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    The letters each come from one of four people: Salvador, an explorer and friend of the protagonist; Doctor Money, a rich organ-harvester and the man imprisoning the protagonist; Mr. Smiley, a man hired by Doctor Money to keep the protagonist happy and non-suicidal; and Charlotte, a woman who owns a nearby bakery, and who is presumably the only ...

  5. English alphabet - Wikipedia

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    Modern English is written with a Latin-script alphabet consisting of 26 letters, with each having both uppercase and lowercase forms. The word alphabet is a compound of alpha and beta, the names of the first two letters in the Greek alphabet.

  6. Shidduch - Wikipedia

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    The etymology of the words "shidduch" and "shadchan" is uncertain. The medieval rabbi Nissim of Gerona (commonly called Ran) traces it to the Aramaic word for "calm" (cf. Targum to the Book of Judges 5:31), and elaborates that the main purpose of the shidduch process is for young people to "settle down" into marriage. [22]

  7. Ransom note effect - Wikipedia

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    The typeface San Francisco replicated the ransom note effect.. In typography, the ransom note effect is the result of using an excessive number of juxtaposed typefaces.It takes its name from the appearance of a stereotypical ransom note or poison pen letter, with the message formed from words or letters cut randomly from a magazine or a newspaper in order to avoid using recognizable handwriting.

  8. History of candle making - Wikipedia

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    Candle moulding machine in Indonesia circa 1920. Candle making was developed independently in a number of countries around the world. [1]Candles were primarily made from tallow and beeswax in Europe from the Roman period until the modern era, when spermaceti (from sperm whales) was used in the 18th and 19th centuries, [2] and purified animal fats and paraffin wax since the 19th century. [1]

  9. Profanity - Wikipedia

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    In cartoons and comics, profanity is often depicted by substituting symbols for words ("Grawlixes" in the lexicon of cartoonist Mort Walker).. Profanity, also known as swearing, cursing, or cussing, involves the use of notionally offensive words for a variety of purposes, including to demonstrate disrespect or negativity, to relieve pain, to express a strong emotion, as a grammatical ...