hippopotomomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

[Brazilian dude]

This is for Verus and his big car.

Brazilian dude

[frank]

This is for Verus and his big car.
Brazilian dude

Yeah.
Reminded me of the Grandiloquent Dictionary. Probably you all know that on line dictionary (?) If not, i'm sure you're going to love it .

F

[Brazilian dude]

Thank you, Frank. It's in my favorites now.

Brazilian dude

[Stargzer]

. . .

Yeah.
Reminded me of the Grandiloquent Dictionary. Probably you all know that on line dictionary (?) If not, i'm sure you're going to love it .

F

Oooh! Cool!

algology -( )
The study of seaweed or marine algae

And here I would have thought it was the study of the ALGOL, the ALGOrythmic Languague, or perhaps the Demon Star, Beta Persei). Alas, it is not a JOVIAL topic . . .

[M. Henri Day]

The problem I have with the suggested GWotD is not so much its length, but the double «p». Incomprehensible and unjustified !...

Henri

[tcward]

The problem I have with the suggested GWotD is not so much its length, but the double «p».

I presume you are referring to the double 'p' in -sesquippedalio-, in which case I agree, although I do not feel that it necessarily increases the incomprehensibility of it all...

-Tim

[M. Henri Day]

...

I presume you are referring to the double 'p' in -sesquippedalio-, in which case I agree, although I do not feel that it necessarily increases the incomprehensibility of it all...

Alas, Tim, in my case the trees always obscure the forest....

Henri