Many words and phrases are known to have different meanings in other languages, and much of the English vocabulary is derived from Latin roots. Some social media users are claiming that the word ...

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Scrolling through social media recently, you may have come across the viral claim that the word “homework” spelled backward translates to “child abuse” in Latin. This claim has been everywhere lately, ...

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Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. We all know examples of palindromes: taco cat, racecar, kayak, Hannah. A palindrome is a word that, when spelled backward, is the same word. Today, ...

Some social media users are making the claim that the word “homework” spelled backwards (“krowemoh”) means child abuse in Latin. The claim is false and appears to have been originally shared as a joke ...