the collective noun for bears is "sleuth"

“a sleuth of bears”

added 2013-08-24T15:40:22Z by anders

Hen

“proposed gender-neutral personal pronoun instead of he [han in Swedish] and she [hon].”

added 2012-04-12T10:58:31Z by anders

dutch has a digraph 'ij'

both components of the digraph are always capitalized together: ijsland -> IJsland

added 2012-04-01T13:30:04Z by anders

L'appel du vide

Translates literally as “call of the void”. The urge some people get to jump from high places when they encounter them, for example when close to the edge of cliffs.

added 2012-03-18T11:19:47Z by anders

"Nothing" was Elizabethan slang for vagina

As used by Shakespeare in “Much Ado About Nothing”. From the pun that a woman has “nothing” between her legs.

Source: wikipedia
added 2012-03-12T16:54:49Z by anders