budgie is a kind of bird.
yosemite means "they are killers."
dysphemism is the opposite of a euphemism. examples of dysphemism are snail mail for postal mail or killer whale for orca.
ananym is a word written backwards.
alexander graham bell taught instructors of the deaf. his mother and wife were both deaf.
the word malapropism comes from a character in a play.
there's a famous headless statue of a winged woman (nike) called winged victory of samothrace
demonym is a word for a person from a particular place. an example is "german" for a person from germany.
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