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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: need a word #99817 04/02/2003 10:51 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 polysyllabic? - ...and sesquipedalian A fortuitous juxtaposition of words, wofa. In my essay-writing classes, I warn my students against polsyllabic sesquipedalianism (and privately judge who is who among the class by seeing who laughs and who looks blank!) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted need a word copyboy 04/01/2003 6:01 PM Re: need a word tsuwm 04/01/2003 8:14 PM Re: need a word wwh 04/01/2003 8:30 PM Re: need a word wofahulicodoc 04/02/2003 1:17 AM Re: need a word RhubarbCommando 04/02/2003 10:51 AM If you can't laugh at yourself, what can you...? wofahulicodoc 04/02/2003 11:34 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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