Whats your favorite big word?
I like antidisestablishmentarianism, phantasmagorical, and splendiferous
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Whats your favorite big word?
I like antidisestablishmentarianism, phantasmagorical, and splendiferous
I only speak seven words of English.
conveniently they form a sentence, too.
Only English
Seven of I
I speak English
Words of English
I speak
Only I speak
Speak of words
Speak of English
Speak of Seven
Of seven English words
Speak!!
Speak only English!
I only speak English
Only I speak seven words of english.
Of English I speak
I speak of only seven words
So much to be conveyed.
My favorite big word is unprecedented.
"Strategery."
Take care all.
Epäjärjestelmällisyyttämättömyyttäänsäänköhän.
Of course, that's conjugated. The dictionary form is.
Epäjärjestelmällisyys, which means "unorganisedlessness".
I like sadomasochism because it sounds funny and makes me feel extremely happy and joyful and love myself.
onomatopoeia
Xenophobia, I know I'm not wizard of large words.
Kattekagehammersandkasse.... Which is a word I just made up.
Malingering
hypernevrokustiskediafragmakontraksjoner... Also known as the hiccups.
Totalitarianism.
How many of you actually say the word you mentioned regularly? I rarely say malingering, because it's difficult to find a context to do it in. I'll be sure to do it the next time a roommate skips work.
numinoultramicroscopicsilicovulconoconeosis (probably spelt rong) guess what it is ?:)
Phantasmagorical.
:D
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How many of you actually say the word you mentioned regularly?
Big words confuse me.
We've used the same two long words forever. A pox on antidisestablishmentarianism and pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcaniosis!
Floccinaucinhilipilification: The categorization of something worthless or trivial.
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian: Pertaining to a very long word. (The fear of long words is Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaphobia.)
Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggcgaubunagungamaugg: A Native American name for a lake in Massachusetts. The name means "You fish on your side; I fish on my side; nobody fish in the middle."
And if everyday is your thing, there's always inappropriateness, incomprehensibilities, and disinhibitionalness.
P.S. Don't forget this 1,913 letter corker. It's an enzyme with 267 amino acids.
The.
I used to know how to spell a word for some Greek soup that was 250 letters long. I can still pronounce it (not correctly, but phonetically), but probably not spell it. I memorized it in 3rd grade.
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Originally posted by Lindz
The.
"Neurofibromatosis"
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Longest word in the English language. Some kind of disease.
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I also like Humahumanukanukaapua'a, that Hawaiian fish.
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tryp. synth.
Word.
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Originally posted by bennator
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"Parangaricutirimicaro", a valcano in Mexico.
Mutatis mutandis.
Pericombobulations and Contrafibularities!
btw how big does a word have to be to be classed as big?
ni is my favoritist long word.
Supercalifrajilisticxpealidoshes. Just kidding...
Probably the word they use on Me Myself and Irene.. I don't even want to try and tackle spelling that.
OMG you stole my word (but you spelt it right!!) :mad2: aaarrrgh!!! :mog:Quote:
Originally posted by Ansem
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Longest word in the English language. Some kind of disease.