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brohee
on June 26, 2014
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Words known by men and women
I'd bet good money it's not knowledge of the Jewish religion but RPG/videogames at the origin of the awareness of this word among most males...
narwally
on June 26, 2014
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Also, could be a lot of males familiar with the LOTR series, and mistaking golem for the character gollum. Easy mistake to make if you didn't read the books.
talles
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I second that. The first thing that comes to my mind when I hear the word
golem
is the pokémon...
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