hippopotomontrosesquipedaliani

hippopotomontrosesquipedaliani
The practice of using long words.
This word deserves to be seen! This word is listed in the QPB Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins, written by Robert Hendrickson. What a WONDERFUL book!

He really enjoys making full use of the English lanquage; he's quite the hippopotomontrosesquipedalianist.


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  • hippopotomontrosesquipedaliani — The practice of using long words. This word deserves to be seen! This word is listed in the QPB Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins, written by Robert Hendrickson. What a WONDERFUL book! He really enjoys making full use of the English… …   Dictionary of american slang

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