TIL in Elizabethan England, the word "nothing" was also a slang term for female genitalia. Now, the title of Shakespeare's play "Much Ado About Nothing" is perceived as very ambiguous.

https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/culture/books/why-shakespeares-much-ado-about-nothing-is-a-brilliant-sneaky-innuendo/

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1528k83/til_in_elizabethan_england_the_word_nothing_was/

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