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SOME FUN EXAMPLES from “THE
WHIMSICAL SAGE”
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| ARITHMETIC | DICTIONARY | ENCYCLOPEDIA |
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- | ||||
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| 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.
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.