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May 1, 1852

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Joel Byers

On May 1, 1852, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published the first part of their German Dictionary, proving that the Germans have a word for everything. The pleasure you get from another’s misfortune, the Germans have a word for that. It’s called schadenfreude. The icky feeling of stepping in dog poop barefooted and having it squish … Continue reading →

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February 28, 1939

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1939 the word “dord” was discovered lurking in the ‘New International Dictionary’. The word was a huge embarrassment for the G and C Merriam Company as dord was not actually a word, it was a typo. The entry was meant to read “D or d” as an abbreviation for … Continue reading →

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February 1, 1884

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1884, the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was published. The word Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (a town in Wales, big surprise there) was originally misspelled as Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrydrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Only the people who lived there noticed or cared, but they claimed that it changed the meaning significantly. When asked what the correct … Continue reading →

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