The act or instance of judging something to be useless of trivial. One of the largest usable words in the english dictionary.
It doesn't take a war to cause the Floccinaucinihilipilification of oil in the eyes of inteligent people, but it does for politicians and all of the other politic-craving idiots.
by DanielM March 20, 2006
My wife's floccinaucinihilipilification
of money was readily apparent. She would just as soon spend it all before I made it.
of money was readily apparent. She would just as soon spend it all before I made it.
by weave September 15, 2003
(29 letters; an estimation of something as worthless) is the longest word in the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. The OED2 shows a use of this word in a 1741 letter by William Shenstone (1714-1763), a British poet and essayist. It has been used by Sir Walter Scott and Senators Robert Byrd and Daniel Patrick Moynihan. It was used by Senator Jesse Helms in 1999 during the debate on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Randolph V. Cinco. It also appeared on March 14, 1996, in "Zippy," a comic strip distributed by King Features Syndicate:
Do you think I may be too quick to find fault with things and people, Zippy?
Yeh.
Th' 'floccinaucinihilipilification' process.
Th' what?
Floccinaucinihilipilification!! It means 'the estimation of something as valueless'!
You've been randomly reading th' dictionary, haven't you?
Yes. That and my natural tendency toward antifloccinaucinihilipilification!!
Yeh.
Th' 'floccinaucinihilipilification' process.
Th' what?
Floccinaucinihilipilification!! It means 'the estimation of something as valueless'!
You've been randomly reading th' dictionary, haven't you?
Yes. That and my natural tendency toward antifloccinaucinihilipilification!!
by Sierra J May 10, 2007
The action of habit of classifying something as worthless. It is also one letter longer than antidisestablishmentarianism.
Yes, my apparent floccinaucinihilipilification of both you and your canine companion was meant to be stupendously supercilious.
by Duncan Gommerud November 24, 2003
Floccinaucinihilipilification is the estimation of something as valueless. Ironically, floccinaucinihilipilification is a pretty valueless word itself; it’s almost never used except as an example of a long word.
by Turbotot March 12, 2017
by MetaPaladin November 9, 2003
derived from egypt in the BC age ,it means nothing, but was used as a way to confuse children untill they could not say anything but floccinaucinihilipilification, Floccinaucinihilipilification... these confused children eventually created the Floccinaucinihilipilificate language, and have layed dormant on Cinihilipili island only surviving because of the native Floccinau. The Cinihilipi have had peaceful lives until their island was invaded by the Honorificabilitudinitatibus. The Ificabili and the Cinihilipili have waged war on the island for thousands of years, only to have the Antidisestablishmentarianism invade the island. Now the Cinihilipili, the Ificabili and the Idisestabli are locked in a war like no other which is decribed by all the inhabitants of the island as Cinihilipilificabilidisestabli. that is the longest word
The Floccinaucinihilipilification people had seen many thousands of years of war and decided to make a truce between the Ificabili and the Idisestabli, but who knows how long the peace will last before another big word is banished to the island!!
by flopandflip July 21, 2006