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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread WOW #92870 01/21/2003 6:46 PM Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1 polycarp stranger polycarp stranger Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1 My Latin students and I have been working on Latin phrases and recently defined stupor mundi as "wonder of the world". In a brilliant flash of insight, one of my students asked if the English word "wow" was actually an acronym for Wonder Of the World. What is the derivation of "wow"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted WOW polycarp 01/21/2003 6:46 PM Re: WOW AnnaStrophic 01/21/2003 11:29 PM WOW vs. POW plutarch 01/22/2003 3:43 AM Re: WOW vs. POW RhubarbCommando 01/22/2003 12:39 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 01/22/2003 1:04 PM Re: WOW vs. POW RhubarbCommando 01/22/2003 1:19 PM Re: WOW wow 01/22/2003 3:35 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,371 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 14 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,200 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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