Unofficial Stupidly Long Usless Word Thread
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Unofficial Stupidly Long Usless Word Thread
I'll start with my all time favorite:
floccinaucinihilipilification
From Dictionary.com
"Q. What does "floccinaucinihilipilification" mean?
A. It means "the estimation of something as worthless."
But it is usually used only as an example of a very long word, sometimes held to be the longest. The Oxford English Dictionary labels it "humorous" and gives the following citations for it:
I loved him for nothing so much as his floccinaucinihilipilification of money.
--William Shenstone, Letters
They must be taken with an air of contempt, a floccinaucinihilipilification of all that can gratify the outward man.
--Sir Walter Scott, Journal"
floccinaucinihilipilification
From Dictionary.com
"Q. What does "floccinaucinihilipilification" mean?
A. It means "the estimation of something as worthless."
But it is usually used only as an example of a very long word, sometimes held to be the longest. The Oxford English Dictionary labels it "humorous" and gives the following citations for it:
I loved him for nothing so much as his floccinaucinihilipilification of money.
--William Shenstone, Letters
They must be taken with an air of contempt, a floccinaucinihilipilification of all that can gratify the outward man.
--Sir Walter Scott, Journal"
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Originally Posted by CaptainMike,Jul 17 2005, 05:54 PM
I'll start with my all time favorite:
floccinaucinihilipilification
From Dictionary.com
"Q. What does "floccinaucinihilipilification" mean?
A. It means "the estimation of something as worthless."
But it is usually used only as an example of a very long word, sometimes held to be the longest. The Oxford English Dictionary labels it "humorous" and gives the following citations for it:
I loved him for nothing so much as his floccinaucinihilipilification of money.
--William Shenstone, Letters
They must be taken with an air of contempt, a floccinaucinihilipilification of all that can gratify the outward man.
--Sir Walter Scott, Journal"
floccinaucinihilipilification
From Dictionary.com
"Q. What does "floccinaucinihilipilification" mean?
A. It means "the estimation of something as worthless."
But it is usually used only as an example of a very long word, sometimes held to be the longest. The Oxford English Dictionary labels it "humorous" and gives the following citations for it:
I loved him for nothing so much as his floccinaucinihilipilification of money.
--William Shenstone, Letters
They must be taken with an air of contempt, a floccinaucinihilipilification of all that can gratify the outward man.
--Sir Walter Scott, Journal"
That's a lot of letters to bother describing something that is apparently worthless!
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A little story about the origins, prett nifty IMO, but then I had to take 5 years of Latin.
So it's probably just me...
FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION
The action or habit of judging something to be worthless.
Back in the eighteenth century, Eton College had a grammar book which listed a set of words from Latin which all meant
So it's probably just me...
FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION
The action or habit of judging something to be worthless.
Back in the eighteenth century, Eton College had a grammar book which listed a set of words from Latin which all meant
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