The capital of El Salvador is the city of San Salvador. 59 Smallest Central American country : EL SALVADORĮl Salvador is a country in Central America, the smallest country in the region. The Romans used the Latin name because the older Greek term for the same phenomenon was “galaxias kyklos” meaning “milky circle”. The term “Milky Way” is a translation of the Latin “via lactea”, used by the Romans. 56 Goddess credited in a Milky Way origin account : HERAĪccording to Greek mythology, The Milky Way is the breast milk of the goddess Hera, wife of Zeus. Gmail made a big splash when it was introduced because it offered a whopping 1GB of storage whereas other services offered a measly 2-4MB on average.
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Gmail is a free webmail service provided by Google, and my favorite of the free email services. The use of “chill pills” had the effect of calming someone deemed hyperactive. Back then, it referred to the use of medication to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The expression “take a chill pill” arose in the early eighties. To take a chill pill is to calm down and relax. The word “was” is “saw” written backwards. I suppose we see the symbol most commonly these days as part of email addresses.
The “at symbol” originated in the commercial word, as shorthand for “each at, per” and similar phrases. “Cyborg” is an abbreviation for “cybernetic organism”, a being that is made up of both organic and synthetic parts. Actor Don Adams played the title role in “Get Smart” and also provided the voice for Inspector Gadget. There’s a lot of similarity in Inspector Gadget’s behavior to the behavior of Maxwell Smart from the sitcom “Get Smart”. “Inspector Gadget” is a cartoon television show from the 1980s in which the title character is a cyborg detective.
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36 Cyborg detective of TV and film : INSPECTOR GADGET The “Longshanks” name came from Edward’s exceptional height. 33 King nicknamed “Longshanks” : EDWARD IĮdward I of England was on the throne from 1272 to 1307 and was also known as Edward Longshanks. Nowadays, we use “vulgar” to mean “coarse, low-bred”, a usage that evolved in the mid-17th century. The term “vulgar” comes from the Latin “vulgus” meaning “the common people”. 29 Vulgar : LEWDīack in the 14th century, something described as vulgar was ordinary, common. Personally, I wish we’d just stick to kilograms … 26 Request for a distraction : COVER ME To further complicate matters, there is also a metric ton or tonne, which is equivalent to 2,204 pounds. Folks over there refer to the US ton then as a short ton. The UK unit is sometimes referred to as an Imperial ton, long ton or gross ton. Here in the US, a ton is equivalent to 2,000 pounds. No joke …! 23 About half the weight of an average car : ONE TON In the mid-1600s, “to jape” was a slang term meaning “to have sex with”. The exact origins of “jape” are unclear, but it does seem to come from Old French. 19 Strategically placed whoopee cushion, say : JAPE She is a lawyer specializing in international law, with one of her more renowned clients being the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange. Alamuddin was born in Beirut, Lebanon and moved with her family to London when she was a toddler.
16 Rights activist Clooney : AMALĪmal Alamuddin married celebrated Hollywood actor George Clooney in 2014. “Camisole” is a French word that we imported into English that ultimately derives from the Latin “camisia” meaning “shirt, nightgown”. 10 Spaghetti strap top : CAMIĪ camisole (also “cami”) is a sleeveless undergarment worn by women that extends down to the waist. The name “cephalopod” comes from the Greek for “head-feet”. Examples of the class are the octopus, squid and cuttlefish. Most cephalopods have the ability to squirt ink as a defensive mechanism. Language does evolve, even though it drives me crazy …Ĭephalopods are a class of molluscs with arms or tentacles, a prominent head and a body with bilateral symmetry. That said, dictionaries are now citing “octopi” as an acceptable plural. The plural “octopi” isn’t really correct as the inference is that “octopus” is like a second-declension Latin noun, which it isn’t. The most common plural used is “octopuses”, although the Greek plural form “octopodes” is also quite correct. The name “octopus” comes from the Greek for “eight-footed”. Often, candidates for a PhD already hold a bachelor’s and a master’s degree, so a PhD might be considered a “third degree”. “Ph.D.” is an abbreviation for “philosophiae doctor”, Latin for “teacher of philosophy”. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across