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floccinaucinihilipilification [flok-suh-naw-suh-nahy-hil-uh-pil-uh-fi-key-shuhn]

noun
an act or instance of judging something to be worthless or trivial

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/floccinaucinihilipilification

The objects that Margaret finally decided to throw out were separated from the rest of the junk in her room by floccinaucinihilipilification.


Did I use that properly? Anyway, I generally prefer posting words that actually look like words and that can be used if properly integrated into one's vocabulary, but this one looked so fun and actually WASN'T a scientific term. So. There you go. On time and everything.

Believe it or not...

Date: 2008-06-18 08:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thorintatge.livejournal.com
...This was one of my spelling words in fifth grade.

It was a special bonus word. By getting it right on the test, I was exempted from doing one week's vocabulary unit.
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