| A "pogonip" is a heavy winter fog containing ice crystals |
| The permanent teeth that erupt to replace their primary predecessors (baby teeth) are called succedaneous teeth |
| The study of word origins is called etymology |
| Santa Claus, St. Nicholas, was born in the ancient southeastern Turkish town of Lycia early in the fourth century |
| Santa's Reindeers are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen |
| The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle |
| Women who wink at men are known as "nictitating" women |
| Graffito is the little-used singular of the much used plural word graffiti |
| Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan |
| The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti |