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The word LETHOLOGICA describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want. What was it again?

The shortest English word containing all five vowels is IOUEA, a type of sponge

W is the only letter in the alphabet that does not have just one syllable

Because the Old English word 'wif' just meant 'woman', a FISHWIFE didn't have to be married

The term HARLOT started out as a word meaning a villainous man before becoming a word for a woman with loose morals

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX refers to the only way of solving a puzzle which requires nine dots in a square to be connected with one penstroke

ASTHMA is the only common 6-letter word to begin and end with a vowel but with none in between

CALCULATE comes from the Greek 'calculus' meaning pebble, the counting bead used in an abacus

An ORPHAN comes from the Greek root 'orbh' meaning 'to change allegiance or status'

The word SAMBA means 'to rub navels together'