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In the following list of the changed meanings of five words, from ”Facts and Fallacies” (Reader`s Digest, 1985), you will learn, among other things, why you shouldn`t necessarily be offended if someone really, really old calls you an idiot:
1. ”backlog”-first meant ”desirable state of affairs”
2. ”girl”-”any young person”
3. ”idiot”-”ordinary person”
4. ”quilt”-”bedding under a person”
5. ”sophisticated”-”false”
