Flocinaucinihilipilification

Cymry · Post by **Cymry** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:54 pm

(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"

Post by **Panzerfaust** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:02 am

Good to know. Now, use it in a sentence.

Cymry · Post by **Cymry** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:42 am

"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.")

Ncatyl · Post by **Ncatyl** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:52 am

Easier to say insignificant.

Sprained my tongue on the F word.

Guy Jean · Post by **Guy Jean** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 5:12 am

ok, neat, but how do you pronounce it?

Cymry · Post by **Cymry** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 10:38 pm

"flossin-aussin-nuh-hill-uh-pill-uh-fuh-cay-shun"

Guy Jean · Post by **Guy Jean** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 4:26 am

and that people, is educational!

/e goes and unties tongue

Cymry · Post by **Cymry** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 5:30 pm

I know that makes me an English geek but, oh, well!

Phade · Post by **Phade** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 11:02 am

Woot! another F-Word!!

Guy Jean · Post by **Guy Jean** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 3:49 pm

LoL Phade.