Friday, February 23, 2007

Did you know?

Ever heard of the word floccinaucinihilipilification? It's so long, it might seem German, but I assure you, it's not. What it is however, is the longest non-technical word in the english language (so says Wikipedia and the Guiness Book of World Records).

It is a noun, and it means: "the act or habit of estimating or describing something as worthless, or making something to be worthless by deprecation".

For example. My blog is a flocci-nauci-nihili-pili-fication that I just can't stop.

Second longest word? Antidisestablishmenttarianism.

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