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Old 01-04-2006, 08:17 PM
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Question Floccinaucinihilipilification

Yes, it is a real word. Floccinaucinihilipilification means
"The act or habit of esteeming or describing something as worthless, or making something to be worthless by said means."
Explination
I was searching for strange words on the web today, yes I was bored.
It also happens to be the longest non-scientific word in the english language at 29 letters.
I still haven't figured out how to actaully use it in a sentance.

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Old 01-04-2006, 09:15 PM
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Yes, it is a real word. Floccinaucinihilipilification means
"The act or habit of esteeming or describing something as worthless, or making something to be worthless by said means."
Explination
I was searching for strange words on the web today, yes I was bored.
It also happens to be the longest non-scientific word in the english language at 29 letters.
I still haven't figured out how to actaully use it in a sentance.
You can spell Floccinaucinihilipilification but you can't spell explination
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Old 01-04-2006, 09:21 PM
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You can spell Floccinaucinihilipilification but you can't spell explination
This is a blatant example of floccinaucinihilipilification in regard to the thread starter's explination.
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Old 01-04-2006, 09:42 PM
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You can spell Floccinaucinihilipilification but you can't spell explination
Oops, I copy and pasted floccinaucinihilipilification, that how I can spell in correctly.
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Old 01-04-2006, 11:09 PM
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Oops, I copy and pasted floccinaucinihilipilification, that how I can spell in correctly.
IT! That's how I can spell IT correctly!

Whew! Grammar and spelling police are working the double shifts tonight!
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Old 01-04-2006, 11:31 PM
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I'm not doing good tonight. I guess I need to check myself more.
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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?


So screw it

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Old 01-05-2006, 11:00 AM
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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?
So screw it
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I saw that in an email awhile back. Pretty interesting, and strange too.
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Old 01-05-2006, 05:08 PM
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I'm not doing good tonight. I guess I need to check myself more.
How about I'm not doing well tonight?


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I was told in english class in college. "We teach you all the rules of the language so you can break them." Great writers don't follow the rules of langauge. Not that I am a great writer, or even a writer at all. That my story and I'm stickin' to it.
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Old 01-06-2006, 12:01 AM
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I thought Floccinaucinihilipilification meant 'I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico', but I guess I was wrong.

Well, I did see it on a Geico commercial.

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