Do you know any long or otherwise intelligent sounding words that can make any conversation less mundane and more interesting? If so, post them below and include a description of what the word means. For example: Antidisestablishmentarianism = The movement or ideology that opposes disestablishment Ideology = A set of ideas Impeccable = High standards, flawless Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious = Something to say when you have nothing to say - Mary Poppins Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis = A lung disease contracted from inhaling silia particles/Longest word in English language
the word we all used to sound smart in middle school I dont know any intelligent sounding words, but it is my current goal to never use the words hot or cold regarding temperature. its either toasty, chilly, or frosty. also, heres the first tenth or so of the worlds longest word, if you consider protein names words. Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylala… ylglutaminylprolylleucylglutaminylsery… lserylthreonylalanylthreonylphenylalan… rylglycylphenylalanylprolylvalylprolyl… lanylarginylaspartylglycylglutaminylva… nylleucylprolylglycylvalylglutaminylis… ylglycylarginylalanyllysylleucylthreon… llysylalanylasparaginylserylglycylargi… eonylasparaginylglycylserylglycylgluta… nylglutamylleucylleucylvalyllysylalany… asparaginylphenylalanylvalylglutaminyl… ylthreonylvalylarginylglutaminylglycyl… utaminylvalylarginylvalylthreonylglycy… lylvalyllysylphenylalanyltyrosylarginy… cylglutaminylserylserylleucylaspartylp… glutaminylglutamylglycylaspartylleucyl… anylglutamylalanyltyrosylprolylglutamy… serylvalylasparaginylalanylthreonylasp… ylthreonylserylthreonylalanylglutamyll… tamylglutamylglutamylvalylprolylalanyl… eucylvalylserylthreonylalanylglutaminy… glutaminylthreonylarginylisoleucylglut… ylhistidylphenylalanylaspartylalanylar… lylglutamylmethionylvalylisoleucylaspa… nylglutaminylleucylprolylhistidyllysyl… lprolylprolyllysylprolyllysylserylargi… erylisoleucylalanylalanyllysylalanylgl… ylglutaminylserylprolylserylprolylisol… lprolylvalylarginylhistidylvalylarginy… lylvalylarginylserylvalylserylprolylal… onylserylprolylisoleucylarginylserylva… thionylarginyllysylthreonylglutaminyla… ylglycylprolylglutamylvalylprolylproly… tamylglycyltyrosylvalylalanylserylsery… ylarginylglutamylthreonylthreonylleucy… minylisoleucylarginylthreonylglutamylg… cylarginyltyrosylglycylvalylglutaminyl… eucylserylglycylalanylalanylglycylalan… serylalanylseryltyrosylalanylalanylglu… lalanyllysylglutamylvalyllysylglutamin… lanylalanylvalylalanylthreonylvalylval… lalanylarginylvalylarginylglutamylprol… tamylglutaminylthreonylalanylglutaminy…
and a tangent Your-Belonging to the person or thing the speaker is addressing You're-A contraction of "You are"
Some words I have heard some people at school say: Splelps: Splendid Indubitably: Unquestionable Wench: A lower class woman Facetious: Treating serious issues with inappropriate humour Poo-head: An insult
Brilliant! A lot of sesquipedalianism in here Floccinaucinihilipilification - The action or habit of estimating something as worthless. I had a few others, but I've got presque vu now, so I'll finish with that. Presque vu - I can't find a definition but it's known as tip of the tongue.
Several colloquial words I have picked up from the "chav dialect": Par - To insult someone or to use someone's disadvantage against them in an verbal argument. Hench/Wench - Someone who has muscular body and/or fit and healthy. Fam - Used to address those close to oneself. Don/Swaggadon - 1. A term used to describe someone of higher status amongst a group. 2. A compliment. Has the same meaning as "great" or "awesome". Yannoe - A poorly written/typed/said contraction of "You know". My my, how I dislike the colloquialism of the British language, it doesn't make anything easier.
I can actually spell Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Learned it one day when I was bored in Middle School.
Monotonous: Tedious and not very varied. IE: It gets monotonous watching Cars and/or Up every time I babysit my nephew. I will also leave this here, since there/their/their and your/you're have been covered: Affect: The influence of something. Effect: What the influence is. IE: The affect of a punch to the face is pain, while the effect of a punch to the face is a really wicked shiner.
I disagree. 'Affect' is a verb, 'Effect' is a noun. "The poor sales of butter really affected the shop" "The effect of these poor sales means they have to shut down"
