|
|
What is floccinaucinihilipilification?
(29 letters; an estimation of something as worthless) is the longest word in the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. The OED2 shows a use of this word in a 1741 letter by William Shenstone (1714-1763), a British poet and essayist. It has been used by Sir Walter Scott and Senators Robert Byrd and Daniel Patrick Moynihan. It was used by Senator Jesse Helms in 1999 during the debate on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Randolph V. Cinco. It also appeared on March 14, 1996, in "Zippy," a comic strip distributed by King Features Syndicate:
Do you think I may be too quick to find fault with things and people, Zippy?
Yeh.
Th' 'floccinaucinihilipilification' process.
Th' what?
Floccinaucinihilipilification!! It means 'the estimation of something as valueless'!
You've been randomly reading th' dictionary, haven't you?
Yes. That and my natural tendency toward antifloccinaucinihilipilification!!
floccinaucinihilipilification - meme gif
floccinaucinihilipilification - video
Floccinaucinihilipilification - what is it?
the consideration or estimation of something as useless or valueless.
My wife's floccinaucinihilipilification
of money was readily apparent. She would just as soon spend it all before I made it.
What does "floccinaucinihilipilification" mean?
The act or instance of judging something to be useless of trivial. One of the largest usable words in the english dictionary.
It doesn't take a war to cause the Floccinaucinihilipilification of oil in the eyes of inteligent people, but it does for politicians and all of the other politic-craving idiots.
Floccinaucinihilipilification - what does it mean?
In Cincinnati, if you saw a hippopotamus yawning and at the same time you sneezed, then you have a case of floccinaucinihilipilification
hippopotamus: *Yawn*
You: *Sneeze*
A neutral observer to his pal: WOW check out that floccinaucinihilipilification
his pal: Yea man that was EPIC
Floccinaucinihilipilification - meaning
Longer than antidisestablishmentarianism, and therefore special.
Look at me! I am floccinaucinihilipilification! I am so special on this day.
Floccinaucinihilipilification - definition
this is one of the longest words. it means 'an estimation of something as worthless or valueless'.
it is pronounced flocky-nocky-na-hilly-pilly-fic-ation
Floccinaucinihilipilification - slang
A fucking long word, if I've ever heard one.
Means: an act or instance of judging something to be worthless or trivial
(thank you actual dictionary.com)
Anyways, I put in in here, because it's really, really long.
Um, floccinaucinihilipilification is kind of hard to work into a sentance.
Floccinaucinihilipilification
The act or habit of estimating something as being worthless
Jacob: "I promise I won't get all political"
*Two drinks later*
Jacob: "Let me to indulge in the floccinaucinihilipilification of the judges of the European Union!..."
Floccinaucinihilipilification
The act of judging something as useless.
The best example of "floccinaucinihilipilification" is the word itself, for most people would prefer say flat out something is useless, then to try and pronounce that word.
Floccinaucinihilipilification
The act of estimating something to be worthless.
Contrary to popular belief, antidisestablishmentarianism is not the longest word in the English language. In fact, floccinaucinihilipilification is one letter longer.