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It’s Greek To Me, and Other Shakespeare Quotes

June 7th, 2008 · 7 Comments

So most everyone knows that Shakespeare invented the word assassination, right?
Well did you also know he invented the words academe, accused, addiction, advertising, amazement, arouse, backing, bandit, bedroom, beached, besmirch, birthplace, blanket, bloodstained, barefaced, blushing, bet, bump, buzzer, caked, cater, champion, circumstantial, cold-blooded, compromise, courtship, countless, critic, dauntless, dawn, deafening, discontent, dishearten, drugged, dwindle, [...]

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