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Sometimes a word comes about just because linguists slur together two words.

In today’s blog, we celebrate such an occurrence.

The first two letters “fr” are from the word “freezer” which is an English translation of the Icelandic word for “freezer.”

The last three letters “eet” come from the word “eat” which is an English translation of Ancient Egyptian word for “eat.” The last three letters really should be “eat,” but a professor for Egyptian Antiquities typed “eet” instead. He claims the “e” key of his typewriter stuck. Honestly though, it’s still a typo, dude.” Anyway, we combine “fr” + “eet” to get:

TODAY’S AWESOME WORD

freet