Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning “containing arsenic.”

About 70% of Americans who go to college do it just to make more money. [The rest of us are avoiding reality for four more years.]

A private elementary school in Alexandria, Virginia, accidentally served margaritas to its schoolchildren, thinking it was limeade.

Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, “Gadsby”, which contains over 50,000 words – none of them with the letter E!

A word that can be its own antonym is called a contronym: “bitch” can refer to someone who is domineering or submissive.

Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school. 2.4% of school-aged children are considered to have it, on an international level.

When you read something and imagine someones voice while reading it, it’s called “talker specific auditory imagery”.

There are only four words in the English language which end in “-dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

The longest words in the English language with only one syllable are the nine-letter “screeched” and “strengths”.

Those things you see in your eyes when you stare into space are called Mouches Volantes, which are also broadly referenced to as Floaters.

The term “stroke” came from the 16th century when people thought it was caused by “the stroke of God’s hand”.

When Dr. Seuss had writer’s block, he would go into a secret closet containing a collection of hats which he would wear for inspiration.

Chemists describe old book smells as “a combination of grassy notes with a tang of acids and a hint of vanilla over an underlying mustiness.”

The word “fuck” can be used as an adverb, verb, adjective, interjection and noun – Logically, it can be used almost anywhere in a sentence.

Ghoti is a constructed word used to illustrate irregularities in English spelling. It is supposed to be pronounced as “fish”, or completely silent.