Amerikan İngilizcesinde kakımlar, gelinciklerin bir alt kümesidir; İngiliz İngilizcesinde ise öyle değildir.
- In American English, stoats are a subset of weasels, while in British English, they aren't.
Rusçada okşamak, sevgi ile bayağı gelincik sözcükleri eşsesli ve muhtemelen etimolojik olarak ilişkilidirler.
- In Russian, the words for caress, endearment and least weasel are homonymous and possibly related etymologically.
Sansar kötü kokusuyla bilinir.
- The weasel is noted for its bad smell.
Prisoners are notorious for weaseling day passes to get out of lockup .
Century Magazine, quoted in Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins by Robert Hendrickson (New York: Facts on File Publications,1987).