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Floccinaucinihilipilification

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Sep 28 '23, 13:59

By virtue of having one more letter than antidisestablishmentarianism, this is the longest non-technical English word. A mash-up of five Latin elements, it refers to the act of describing something as having little or no value. While it made the cut in the Oxford English Dictionary, Merriam-Webster volumes refuse to recognize it, chalking up its existence to little more than linguistic ephemera.

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I'll see your floccinaucinihilipilification and raise you a.....Lucy Lawless, you wanna take this one for me? -- (pic) - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 28, 14:04 [Attachment] 1
- I'm just trying to deal in English. The Welsh would laugh at both of us. -- nm - crash davis Sep 28, 14:06

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