{"id":4517,"date":"2015-09-08T16:41:11","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T12:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/?p=4517"},"modified":"2015-09-08T17:06:25","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T13:06:25","slug":"5-oversized-english-words-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/5-oversized-english-words-2\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Oversized English  Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Contraremonstrance<\/strong> &#8211; a remonstrance to a remonstrance. It \u00a0is a lovely word, and would appear to be useful at so many points in one&#8217;s life that it is odd that it has never quite caught on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wap_silly_contraremonstrance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4501 aligncenter\" alt=\"wap_silly_contraremonstrance\" src=\"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wap_silly_contraremonstrance.jpg\" width=\"233\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wap_silly_contraremonstrance.jpg 233w, https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wap_silly_contraremonstrance-190x164.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Antepenultimate<\/strong> -coming before the next to last in any series<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wap_silly_antepenultimate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4498\" alt=\"wap_silly_antepenultimate\" src=\"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wap_silly_antepenultimate.jpg\" width=\"233\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wap_silly_antepenultimate.jpg 233w, https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wap_silly_antepenultimate-190x164.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Contrasuggestible<\/strong> &#8211; likely to respond to a suggestion by doing or believing the\u00a0contrary . it \u00a0looks like a fancy word for describing that an adult is acting like a child<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wap_silly_contrasuggestible.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4499\" alt=\"wap_silly_contrasuggestible\" src=\"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wap_silly_contrasuggestible.jpg\" width=\"233\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wap_silly_contrasuggestible.jpg 233w, https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wap_silly_contrasuggestible-190x164.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Epistemophilia<\/strong>&#8211; love of knowledge;\u00a0<em>specifically<\/em>: excessive striving for or preoccupation with knowledge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wap_silly_epistemophilia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4502\" alt=\"wap_silly_epistemophilia\" src=\"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wap_silly_epistemophilia.jpg\" width=\"233\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wap_silly_epistemophilia.jpg 233w, https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wap_silly_epistemophilia-190x164.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Pandiculation<\/strong> &#8211; a stretching and stiffening especially of the trunk and extremities (as when fatigued and drowsy or after waking from sleep)<a href=\"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wap_silly_pandiculation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4500\" alt=\"wap_silly_pandiculation\" src=\"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wap_silly_pandiculation.jpg\" width=\"233\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wap_silly_pandiculation.jpg 233w, https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wap_silly_pandiculation-190x164.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\" http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button medium blue\">Source<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contraremonstrance &#8211; a remonstrance to a remonstrance. 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