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    Default Re: Floccinaucinihilipilification

    discombobulated..?

    ADJECTIVE..humorus

    confused and disconcerted.

    as in "he is looking a little pained and discombobulated"
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    Default Re: Floccinaucinihilipilification

    Many years ago, when I was a kid, I remember laughing out loud at a magazine article — I think it was the New Yorker — about the German propensity for gluing smaller words together to make an enormous monster word.

    This article was about dogs, referring to a huntenpantenschniffenhund ... and that was just where it started.

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    Couldn't help it Bill...it was the only word close to expressing my attempts to read some of the posted words outloud....very funny thread..
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    Default Re: Floccinaucinihilipilification

    I spend a lot of time in Finland and frequently have too much time on my hands. Trying to learn the longest words out there became a game. This is the official longest word but there are others that are longer.

    Widely accepted as the longest Finnish word is a 61-character creation (drum roll, please): lento­kone­suihku­turbiini­moottori­apu­mekaanikko­ali­upseeri­oppilas.

    It refers to someone who is an 'aeroplane jet turbine motor assistant mechanic, non-commissioned officer, in training'.

    Just be happy you don't have to put it on a business card or letterhead.

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    Default Re: Floccinaucinihilipilification

    This video is nearly two minutes of improvised, non-stop nonsense — ad-libbed on the spot with zero preparation or script. It was merely an impromptu lighting and sound test for the real thing.

    A masterclass in presentation (and stand-up comedy) skills. Enjoy.


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    Default Re: Floccinaucinihilipilification

    Whenever I see a woman cleaning excessively, I delight in telling her she has spermophobia.

    This obviously throws her a bit until I explain the word means excessive fear of germs!

    Try it...

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    Default Re: Floccinaucinihilipilification

    Quote Posted by Bill Ryan (here)
    This video is nearly two minutes of improvised, non-stop nonsense — ad-libbed on the spot with zero preparation or script. It was merely an impromptu lighting and sound test for the real thing.

    A masterclass in presentation (and stand-up comedy) skills. Enjoy.
    I understood every word. Obviously your 225,837 Thank Yous have affected your Mental Health.

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    Just because we can understand the words doesn’t mean the context is correct.... the actual intention of this video was comedy and he NAILED it. I snort laughed through the entire video. Good stuff. I’m sure every non-reversal tremmy pipe is supposed to connect to the differential girdle spring 😂


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    Quote Posted by Bill Ryan (here)
    This video is nearly two minutes of improvised, non-stop nonsense — ad-libbed on the spot with zero preparation or script. It was merely an impromptu lighting and sound test for the real thing.

    A masterclass in presentation (and stand-up comedy) skills. Enjoy.
    I understood every word. Obviously your 225,837 Thank Yous have affected your Mental Health.

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    Quote Posted by Ivy23 (here)
    Just because we can understand the words doesn’t mean the context is correct.... the actual intention of this video was comedy and he NAILED it. I snort laughed through the entire video. Good stuff. I’m sure every non-reversal tremmy pipe is supposed to connect to the differential girdle spring 😂


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    This video is nearly two minutes of improvised, non-stop nonsense — ad-libbed on the spot with zero preparation or script. It was merely an impromptu lighting and sound test for the real thing.

    A masterclass in presentation (and stand-up comedy) skills. Enjoy.
    I understood every word. Obviously your 225,837 Thank Yous have affected your Mental Health.
    This was a real hoot wasn't it

    Something about its presentation and delivery reminded me of the late great Ronnie Barker - an English comedian -and some of his (admittedly scripted) hilarious wordplay.

    As for example, with this gem of a piece:



    Ronnie Barker monologue: Pismronunciation
    “If a man does not keep pace with [fall into line with] his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.” - Thoreau

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    Default Re: Floccinaucinihilipilification

    Of course no thread of this nature would be quite complete without reference to Douglas Adams' The Meaning of Liff.

    Source: http://lib.ru/ADAMS/liff.txt

    Inside its quite uniquely hilarious content are little gems such as these:
    KALAMI (n.)

    The ancient Eastern art of being able to fold road-maps properly.
    KETTERING (n.) **
    The marks left on your bottom or thighs after sunbathing on a
    wickerwork chair.
    (**For those unfamiliar with English geography Kettering is in fact a town in the English county of Northamptonshire rendering its use here more hilarious still - TQ)
    “If a man does not keep pace with [fall into line with] his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.” - Thoreau

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    Default Re: Floccinaucinihilipilification

    Quote Posted by Satori (here)
    Antidisestablishmentarianism. A 19th century Britain political position in opposition to Liberal proposals for the establishment of the Church of England.

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    Supercalafragilisticexpeallidousious. I have no idea what this means or if I spelled it correctly. But it was a "word" in vogue in the 60's.
    Satori,

    You have the meaning of the first one just a little bit off If I recall correctly(and based on prefixes:

    Antidisestablishmentarianism is indeed a position on the church of england but it was opposite from what you suggested. It was actually the Pro Church of England camp that was against(anti) getting rid of the CoE (Disestablisment) as the religion of the state, as they did in Ireland.





    EDIT:

    My favorite nonce word is Crookeywompus.

    For example: Man I crashed my bike and now the handlebars are all crookeywompus.

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    @Praxis: did you mean caddywompus perhaps?
    “If a man does not keep pace with [fall into line with] his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.” - Thoreau

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    'This is a real lake in Massachusetts, and possibly the longest place name in the country. For highway signs it is usually replaced by Webster Lake. Ethel Merman sang the name in "The Lake Song."'

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    According to Wikipedia the following:

    "the action or habit of estimating something as worthless."

    ...
    just for fun, can you find a really unusual word that we can use to, maybe, help the community stifle verbosity?
    Floccinaucinihilivaccination. The action of considering vaccination as worthless.

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    Quote Posted by Tintin (here)


    According to Wikipedia the following:

    "the action or habit of estimating something as worthless."

    ...
    just for fun, can you find a really unusual word that we can use to, maybe, help the community stifle verbosity?
    Floccinaucinihilivaccination. The action of considering vaccination as worthless.
    That made me laugh!😁

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