If you're a wordnerd who occasionally plays with Old English (the language, not the wood polish) then you might come up with a fun word such as

ǣlmiht

which means "eel power."

Holy flat tails of Flotsam and Jetsam, Batman!

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Every time I read the name "Steven Beschloss," my Germerican brain says, "Ah, Steven decided. What, decided what?"

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TIL the word "priest" ultimately comes from a Proto-Indo-European word meaning "one who leads cattle."

I am amused.

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