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  Forsooth (fawr-sooth) Adverb (now used in derision or to express disbelief) in truth; in fact; indeed. More about Forsooth From Middle English forsothe, <Old English forsōth.  The original sense of “in truth, in fact” without an element of derision or irony is obsolete. Examples of Forsooth Here’s an original usage example from Othello, Act 1, Scene 1: Forsooth, a great arithmetician, One Michael Cassio, a FlorentineHere’s a modern-day, humorous example: “Forsooth, I should be so lucky to find a parking spot on a Friday night!” Googol (goo-gawl) Noun a number that is equal to 1 followed by 100 zeros More about Googol First recorded in 1935–40. Introduced by U.S. mathematician Edward Kasner (1878–1955), whose nine-year-old nephew allegedly invented it. Inspiration for the famous Google search engine. Examples of Googol The concept of a googol stretches the limits of human imagination, illustrating the vastness of numbers. She joked that it would take a googol of years to finish all