What is Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism?

1.

The art of using VERY long words to confuse people. It comes from the root 'sesquipedalian', which means one who uses long words to (again) confuse people. Source: Mrs. Burns Dictionary of Obscure, and Preposterous Words.

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism is the art of utilizing extremely elongated lexicons to give the appearance of being more intelligent to one's acquaintances.

See hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian, sesquipedalian, supercalifragilisticexpealidocious, lexicon, lexicography, monosyllabic, Dan Richards
94

Random Words:

Ultra Burn
1. "Ultra Burn" is the term to use after a retaliation "burn". Ben: Dude your new shirt is worse than panic at the dis..
Read more
Company
1. a girl that will come over to "spend time" with ya company came over for the bed warming party See strangler 2. A chick, t..
Read more
Scripple
1. First used in Lil Jon's "Get Low" video. Abbreviation: scrip. Usually refers to a trick or hoe, or one who is of poor qua..
Read more

Best StartPage for your browser.

All you need for a faster workflow in one place.



Get it for Free