Just Some Things About Food You Can Impress Your Friends With, And Other Things You’d Like To Forget

The Word Avocado Means Testicles

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This is one of those fun cocktail party facts you can use to impress your friends when the host serves guacamole. The word avocado is traced to the Spanish word aguacate, which was a translation of the Aztec word āhuacatl.

The shock factor comes into play when you tell your friends that āhuacatl was the same word used by the Aztec’s for testicles. The connection is believed to have arisen because avocados grow in pairs and hang in a similar likeness to the body part. Next, impress your friends with the secret to why none of us can get ketchup out of the bottle.