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    18 Truly Surprising Word Origins

    Warning: You will never look at lemurs the same way again. This one's for linguaphiles and lemurphobes alike.

    1. Fizzle

    2. "Kibosh"

    3. Vagina

    4. Penguin

    5.

    6. Dachshund

    7. Namby-Pamby

    8. Juggernaut

    9. Whiskey

    10. Vodka

    11. Lemur

    12. Smart Aleck

    13. Loophole

    14. Tragedy

    15. Sleazy

    16. Salmon

    17. Sycophant

    18. Mortgage