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Flocinaucinihilipilification

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:54 pm
by Cymry
(In case anyone has seen that Geico commercial and was wondering)

Defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as "the act or habit of esteeming or describing something as worthless or making something to be worthless by said means."

Other forms include:

floccinaucical -- trifling

floccinaucity -- thing of small importance

floccinaucinihilipilificatious -- small, insignificant

It is the longest non-technical word in The Oxford English Dictionary, first found in 1741 in William Shenstone's Works in Prose and Verse.

Source, "Wikipedia"

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:02 am
by Panzerfaust
Good to know. Now, use it in a sentence.

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:42 am
by Cymry
"When I look up at the stars at night and contemplate the vastness of the universe, I feel quite floccinaucinihilipilificatious." (Here used in the context of "insignificant.")

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:52 am
by Ncatyl
Easier to say insignificant.

Sprained my tongue on the F word.

Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 5:12 am
by Guy Jean
ok, neat, but how do you pronounce it?

Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 10:38 pm
by Cymry
"flossin-aussin-nuh-hill-uh-pill-uh-fuh-cay-shun"

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 4:26 am
by Guy Jean
and that people, is educational!

/e goes and unties tongue

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 5:30 pm
by Cymry
I know that makes me an English geek but, oh, well!

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 11:02 am
by Phade
Woot! another F-Word!!

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 3:49 pm
by Guy Jean
LoL Phade.