English Trivia

The longest word in the English language, according to the
Oxford English Dictionary,
is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
The only other word with the same amount of letters is
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.

There are only four words in the English language which end
in”-dous” tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

The word checkmate in chess comes from the Persian phrase
“Shah Mat,” which means “the king is dead”.