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1. mug
2. mountain
3. squeeze
4. nothing
5. pepper
6. the jabberwock
7. pedelec
8. piquet
9. come come
10. child and garden
Explanation:
1. Rowling has created the word "Muggle" from "mug", an English term for someone who is easily fooled. She added the "-gle" to make it sound less demeaning and more "cuddly".
2. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the phrase "the boondocks" is derived from the Tagalog word bundok, which means MOUNTAINS. (Tagalog is one of the two official languages of the Philippines; the other is English.)
3. GIGIL is a Tagalog word meaning the irresistible urge to pinch or squeeze something or someone that is unbearably cute.
4. Most experts attribute the English use of nada to Ernest Hemingway, who borrowed it from Spanish, in which it means "nothing." The Latin root, nata, means "small, insignificant thing.
5. Paprika is a Hungarian word from a Latin root, piper, or "pepper."
6. "Jabberwocky" is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll about the killing of a creature named "the Jabberwock".
7. The term "pedelec" (from pedal electric cycle) refers to a pedal-assist e-bike with a relatively low-powered electric motor and a decent but not excessive top
8. Kaput originated with a card game called piquet that has been popular in France for centuries
9. Fast forward to the 1920s in California, where opens in a new windowPedro Flores, a young Filipino man, sold hand-carved yo-yos and staged demonstrations to show how the toys worked. Flores trademarked the name “yo-yo,” which means “come come”
10. The word kindergarten comes from the German language. Kinder means children and garten means garden. The term dates back to the 19th
