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COBROLOGY - the study of hooded snakes
wofahulicodoc
07/26/2026 8:44 PM
COPROLOGY
PRONUNCIATION: (kuh-PROL-uh-jee)
MEANING: noun:
1. The scientific study of excrement.
2. Pornographic material.
3. Language, literature, or art dealing with excretory matters in a prurient or humorous manner.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek kopro- (dung) + -logy (study). Earliest documented use: 1856.
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COPOLOGY - the study of members of a unifomed municipal police force
CORPOLOGY - the study of commercial organizations of one particuar kind
COMPROLOGY - the study of free tickets
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Re: Common long words
wofahulicodoc
07/26/2026 8:16 PM
And then there are Stanley Kunitz' self-reported "favorite" words:
"eleëmosynary" and
"phantasmagorical"
A friend of his made a documentary movie about him - I don't know whether it was ever released to the general public - and posed the question to him. They sound different as he uttered them.
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