SOME FUN EXAMPLES from “THE WHIMSICAL SAGE”
by MICHAEL SAGE


HIDDEN WORDS

A good way to start a game with your friends would be to pick out a long word and see who can find the most hidden words with at least three letters.
For instance, what’s inside of...

ARITHMETIC DICTIONARY ENCYCLOPEDIA

WHAT'S THE BIGGEST WORD YOU KNOW?

The biggest word I know or can find in any dictionary is
FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION
It is easier to pronounce than it looks. Just do it slowly, like this:

FLOCK-SEE-        
  NAW-SEE-      
    NYE-HILLI-    
      PILLI-  
        FIC-AY-SHUN

After practicing it a few times you should be able to say it easily. Try it and amaze your friends. Floccinaucinihilipilification means criticism of things or people in such a way as to make them seem unimportant. If someone should say, “Oh that isn’t much of a book” they are floccinaucinihilipilificating a kind of put down.


FUN WITH HOMONYMS

If you talked to a BOAR...Would he be a BORE?
If you sat on a STAIR....Would you sit and STARE?
If you waited for DAYS...Would you be in a DAZE?
If you waited a WEEK...Would you be very WEAK?


Tongue Twister-Try saying these phrases fast:
A box of biscuits; a box of mixed biscuits, and a biscuit mixer.

 
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