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#161596 08/17/06 05:06 AM
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What is the most preposterous word you've ever come across?

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Wow. Deep.

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Arachibutyrophobia.

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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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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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'Twas one of the many things I've learned from tsuwm.

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