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Word of the day chaos training
by Christine Lovatt
"No two classes of chaos training are ever the same..."
Chaos training is the latest gym fad, designed to eliminate the boredom of situps and jogging. Chaos trainers use props such as helium balloons which their victims must retrieve from the ceiling, or traffic cones (not sure what they do with them) but the tasks always change from week to week. I have enough chaos in my working week without seeking more!
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Word Fact
by The Quizzard
The first recorded use of BUG to mean a glitch comes from Thomas Edison back in 1878
The word ABRACADABRA originated in Roman times as part of a prayer to the god Abraxas
A STATION WAGON vehicle was preceded by a horse-drawn carriage for taking people and luggage to the railway station
The 'O' when used as a prefix in Irish surnames means 'descendant of'
GYMNASTICS comes for the Greek word 'gumnazein' meaning 'to exercise naked'!
The term 'bumper crop' probably comes from a BUMPER being a large wine cup, used for toasting in celebrations
ACROSS THE BOARD, meaning everything, owe its origins to the totalizer boards at American racetracks
PRESIDENT is a word which originally meant 'sit in front of' from 'prae (in front of) and 'sedere (sit)
The French are responsible for PICNIC. They called it 'pique-nique' meaning picking small things
The most frequently spoken word on the planet is OK