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Word of the day besides "murmur".

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06 September 2007, 01:04 AM
philnic
Word of the day besides "murmur".
quote:
Originally posted by Nard Kordell:
The fear of long words.

As it is referred to in the medical community:
hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia


Ah, a word which induces the very thing it refers to. (There must be a word for that.)


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09 September 2007, 07:20 PM
fjp451
FDR: spoke of phobiphobia (3/4/33 Inaugural Speech)

"I am certain that my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our people impel. This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. In every dark hour of our national life a leadership of frankness and vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory. I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days."
18 September 2007, 07:32 AM
Braling II
Pecksniffian!

(This has a Dickensian origin...)
18 September 2007, 09:56 AM
Doug Spaulding
Chuzzlewit


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18 September 2007, 10:44 AM
patrask
echolalia, copalalia, and last but not least, copafeelia!
18 September 2007, 10:47 AM
fjp451
Nice, ptrask!

How about "Mooslookmeguntic?"

Simply beautiful!
18 September 2007, 12:02 PM
Braling II
Nice wordplay there, patrask.
Your second word, though, should be "coprolalia". (By the way, this once rare condition is becoming epidemic.)
18 September 2007, 06:32 PM
rocket
splane

As in; "Lucy, can jue splane yourself?"


She stood silently looking out into the great sallow distances of sea bottom, as if recalling something, her yellow eyes soft and moist...

rocketsummer@insightbb.com
19 September 2007, 07:20 AM
Braling II
avast!

(It's Talk Like A Pirate Day!)
19 September 2007, 08:27 AM
fjp451
Ay, tis, tis!

Then avoid the hempen halter and the black spot today, matey!

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19 September 2007, 08:32 AM
Doug Spaulding
Very well, then:

Squiffy


"Live Forever!"
19 September 2007, 12:11 PM
Braling II
Arrrr! I've heard of someone being squiffed, but "Squiffy"?
19 September 2007, 01:18 PM
libRArY
http://www.wacotrib.com/news/mplayer/m/30951
19 September 2007, 02:01 PM
fjp451
"GONG!" Though a Hoot...To the mizzen mast with the swab!
19 September 2007, 02:19 PM
WildGravity
Off topic, but now I wonder when "Murmur" was the word of the day


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