{"id":2226,"date":"2014-11-13T12:13:14","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T08:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/?p=2226"},"modified":"2015-04-21T10:24:15","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T06:24:15","slug":"interesting-words-and-expressions-floccinaucinihilipilification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/interesting-words-and-expressions-floccinaucinihilipilification\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting Words and Expressions \u2013 Floccinaucinihilipilification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Floccinaucinihilipilification.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2227\" alt=\"Floccinaucinihilipilification\" src=\"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Floccinaucinihilipilification.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Floccinaucinihilipilification.jpg 400w, https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Floccinaucinihilipilification-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Floccinaucinihilipilification-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Floccinaucinihilipilification-280x186.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What does floccinaucinihilipilification mean?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">It is an uncountable noun that is often used <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">humorously. It is t<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">he act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">, of having no value or being worthless.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you pronounce it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\/fl\u0252ks\u026a\u02ccn\u0254\u02d0s\u026a\u02ccn\u026ah\u026al\u026a\u02ccp\u026al\u026af\u026a\u02c8ke\u026a\u0283(\u0259)n\/<\/p>\n<p>or<\/p>\n[flok-suh-naw-suh-nahy-hil-uh-pil-uh-fi-key-shuh\u00a0n]\n<p><strong>Where does it come from?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A jocular coinage, apparently by pupils at Eton College in England, combining a number of roughly synonymous Latin stems. The word was inspired by a line in the\u00a0<i>Eton Latin Grammar<\/i> Book.<\/p>\n<p>It is a rare word and is also an example of the longest word in the English language. The word is used chiefly as a curiosity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you use it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For example, &#8220;There&#8217;s\u00a0a\u00a0little\u00a0bit\u00a0of\u00a0<em>floccinaucinihilipilification\u00a0<\/em>going\u00a0on\u00a0here.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does floccinaucinihilipilification mean? 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