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What is the most preposterous word you've ever come across?
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Snitzlefrizzle, contributed by Laverne. Well, you didn't say it had to be a real word
Latitudinarian is one of my favorites. Sounds like it should mean a student of of the differences between equatorial and polar areas, but it actually means weak and sickly
Edited to change it to valetudinarian: Someone accorded academic honors for the study
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?and here I thought it had to do with showing latitude in attitude?
from MW-CD: latitudinarian \la-te-tu-den-er-e-en, -tyu-\ noun (1662) : a person who is broad and liberal in standards of religious belief and conduct latitudinarian adjective latitudinarianism \-e-e-ni-zem\ noun (C) 1996 Zane Publishing, Inc. and Merriam-Webster, Inc.
edit: latitudinarianism is fairly preposterous
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sesquipedalian I love that it serves as it's own example.
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sesquipedalian I love that it serves as it's own example.
Reminds me of Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
A fear of long words.
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Ha ha! I had to google that! It's right off the prepostrometer!
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