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The amazing origins of common words

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juggernaut
From a huge wagon bearing an image of the god Krishna, especially that at the town of Puri, drawn annually in procession in which apocryphally devotees allowed themselves to be crushed under its wheels in sacrifice.
shampoo
From the Hindi word for press, knead the muscles.
ketchup
From the Malay-Chinese term for brine of fish.
hazard
From the Arabic term for the dice.
wiki
From the Hawaiian word for quick.
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phony
From a code word meaning brass ring used by swindlers.
sandwich
From the name of a member of the British aristocracy who was overly fond of gambling.
pecksniffian
From the name of a character in a novel by Charles Dickens.
denim
From the name of the town in southern France where this originated.
assassin
From the title of a fanatical group in the Middle Ages that would consume hashish before engaging in violence.

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