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I'm not sure about that first word, I might be gettin' to fancy. Long words, have some?
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I'll toss out, "Antidisestablishmentarianism." I could hang a pro, or anti on the front, but I'm about out of ink! laugh


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i have a met a lot of people with Androphobia

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Just stick with supercalafragilisticexpialadocs. Ism's often become cataclysms.


We may know the time Ben Carson lied, but does anyone know the time Hillary Clinton told the truth?

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Well, you know what they say about a person that uses them there "big words."

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The words are not so big James, just long! laugh


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Originally Posted by JamesJr
Well, you know what they say about a person that uses them there "big words."

Big words indicate the opposite of "big hands"?


















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Tergiversation
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Atrabilious
Pluviophile
Vaticinatory
Meretricious
Ratiocination
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I know these only because I'm a devout sesquipedalian.


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I had a girl friend that told me I was a cunning linguist.

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Wouldn’t it be “linguists”?

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Could be elf!!!


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Originally Posted by wabigoon
I'm not sure about that first word, I might be gettin' to fancy. Long words, have some?
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I'll toss out, "Antidisestablishmentarianism." I could hang a pro, or anti on the front, but I'm about out of ink! laugh



Here is the biggest word I know..."honour".


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Originally Posted by efw
Wouldn’t it be “linguists”?
Could be. His word, without the apostrophe, means the science of language and your's means those who study or are skilled in language.


We may know the time Ben Carson lied, but does anyone know the time Hillary Clinton told the truth?

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Originally Posted by RockyRaab
Tergiversation
Temerious
Atrabilious
Pluviophile
Vaticinatory
Meretricious
Ratiocination
Mammothrept

I know these only because I'm a devout sesquipedalian.
So you ARE religious...

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Smilin' Spud. Smilin'


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Spud, I am oft quoted as saying I abhor sesquipedalian snobs.

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Originally Posted by prarie_creek_station
I had a girl friend that told me I was a cunning linguist.



Which leads us to the difference between clever pygmies and a female track squad.


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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Longest word in the english dictionary

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pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Since I took the time to do the search, I figured I would not let srwshooter dissuade me from posting it.


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Mostly all the "longest" words are "pseudo" words.


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Always thought of myself as a cunning linguist.


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