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this is floccinauccinihilipilification
by MajorPaz October 10, 2004
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FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION

(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!!
by Sierra J June 24, 2007
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Floccinaucinihilipilification

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
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Floccinaucinihilipilification

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.
This pipe is really floccinaucinihilipilification.
by Turbotot March 12, 2017
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floccinaucinihilipilification

A fucking long word, if I've ever heard one.

Means: an act or instance of judging something to be worthless or trivial
(thank you actual dictionary.com)

Anyways, I put in in here, because it's really, really long.
Um, floccinaucinihilipilification is kind of hard to work into a sentance.
by chloe... April 10, 2006
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floccinauhilipilification

Worthlessness. Seeing something as pointless.
I can see the floccinauhilipilification of trying to convince him; I'm sure he wouldn't listen.
by Virgo December 28, 2008
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