Sunday, November 07, 2004

favourite words

floccinaucinihilipilification
Defined as the act of estimating as worthless, its usage has been recorded as far back as 1741. In recent times its usage has been recorded in the proceedings of the United States Senate by Senator Jesse Helms, and at the White House by Bill Clinton's press secretary Mike McCurry. It is the longest non-technical word in the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Antidisestablishmentarianism
A movement opposed to the separation of church and state.

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