Floriography (language of flowers) is a means of cryptological communication through the use or arrangement of flowers. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Language of flowers – Wikipedia
Words
WTF Fun Fact – End In “gry”
Until 2018, there were only two English words that ended in “gry”– hungry and angry. Then the Oxford English Dictionary added a third — “hangry” (an irritable state induced by lack of food). – WTF Fun Facts
Source: -gry puzzle – Wikipedia
WTF Fun Fact – Bilingual Reduced Emotional Resonance
Bilingual reduced emotional resonance is a phenomenon were many bilinguals report “feeling less” in their second language, which could make it easier to use highly emotional vocabulary including swearing. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Bad language: why being bilingual makes swearing easier | Language | The Guardian
WTF Fun Fact – Winnie ille Pu
Winnie ille Pu is a 1958 translation of Winnie the Pooh into Latin by Alexander Lenard. The book became the first foreign-language and only Latin book to make The New York Times Best Seller list. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Winnie ille Pu – Wikipedia
WTF Fun Fact – Callipygian
Callipygian or callipygous is a word derived from the Greek word Kallipygos meaning “having shapely buttocks.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Callipygian | Definition of Callipygian by Merriam-Webster
WTF Fun Fact – Pluviophile
A pluviophile is a lover of rain or someone who finds joy and peace of mind during rainy days. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The Top 10 Most Beautiful English Words | Kaplan Blog (kaplaninternational.com)
WTF Fun Fact – World’s Longest Word
The world’s longest word is 189,819 letters long and takes 3.5 hours to pronounce (methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylalanyl…isoleucine). It is the chemical name of the largest known protein called Titin. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – The Apostrophe Protection Society
Journalist John Richards founded The Apostrophe Protection Society in 2001 to enforce the proper use of the apostrophe in written English. It was brought to a “full stop” in 2019 as Richards stated that “the ignorance and laziness present in modern times have won!” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe
WTF Fun Fact – Abibliophobia Meaning
Abibliophobia is the fear of running out of material to read. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Definition of abibliophobia, BuzzWord from Macmillan Dictionary
WTF Fun Fact – Jump Jump
Jumps are classified by what kind of foot transfer happens. You hop on one foot, you leap from one foot to the other. Jumping is two feet to two feet. Sissone is jumping from two feet but landing on one, and Assemblé is jumping from one foot and landing on two. – WTF Fun Facts
Source:Jumping – Wikipedia
WTF Fun Fact – Rum Bubber
Originating in the 16th century, a “rum bubber” was a thief who specialized in stealing silver tankards from inns and pubs. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Fraser’s Phrases: It’s A Rum Do | Anglophenia | BBC America
WTF Fun Fact – Blockbuster Origin
The movie term “blockbuster” was originally a military term to describe bombs in WW2 that could destroy an entire city block. Thus, it first entered the American lexicon as a metaphor for something explosive and shocking before becoming associated with movie success. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Guerrilla Grafting
“Guerrilla grafting” is the illegal process of turning city maintained sterile fruit trees into fruiting trees by splicing compatible branches onto the sterile trees with branches from fruiting trees. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Guerrilla Grafters Bring Forbidden Fruit Back To City Trees : The Salt : NPR
WTF Fun Fact – Poltergeist
The word “poltergeist” comes from the German words poltern (“to make sound” and “to rumble”) and Geist (“ghost” and “spirit”), thus it literally translates as the term itself translates as “noisy ghost” or “loud spirit”. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Poltergeist – Wikipedia
WTF Fun Fact – Vranyo
“Vranyo” is Russian for telling a bold-faced lie which you do not expect anyone to believe. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: “Vranyo”: a previously untranslatable Russian word … – Glossophilia
WTF Fun Fact – Autothysis
“Autothysis” (or suicidal altruism) is the process where an animal destroys itself via an internal rupturing or explosion of an organ which ruptures the skin. Some species of termites and ants use this process to defend their colonies.– WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – The Curling Generation
In Sweden, millennials are known as the “Curling Generation,” named for the sport in which teammates sweep the ice in front of their stone to guide its journey. Likewise, the parents of millennials have swept away any obstacles from their children’s paths. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Generation Y, Curling or Maybe: what the world calls millennials | World news | The Guardian
WTF Fun Fact – Chelidon
The depression on the front of the elbow or at the flexure of the arm is called the chelidon. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Chelidon Definition and Examples – Biology Online Dictionary