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What is Advent? Where does the word come from

Which American term did Sergeant Pepper introduce to Britain?

What is the Oxford comma?

What is the shortest complete sentence in English?

Are all fans fanatics?

To fancy in British English?

Origin of the word Halloween?

When did the craic start in English?

Where does the word Halloween come from?

Word with most dictionary entries?

French words in Shakespeare?

What is a smoking gun? Where does the phrase come from?

Ten words with most separate meanings?

How fast is the English language expanding?

What is a 'button ending'?

Why 'the Silver Screen'?

How many words did Dickens invent?

What is a beguine?