Daniel has found himself a group of friends whose interests are similar to his. What that means is they are a big group of nerds. But nerds aren’t social pariahs like they were when I was in school. To be a geek or a nerd is actually pretty cool nowadays. One of Daniel’s friends likes really long words. Isn’t there always one of those in every geek group? My high school group had one and he is now an amazing linguist who is fluent in like nine languages or something like that. And I’m pretty that two of those are Russian and Cantonese which are both pretty tough languages. But anyway, back to the big word lover. He taught Daniel a big word and Daniel has taught that big word to the entire family. Are you ready for the big word? Here it is:
Floccinaucinihilipilification
Do you want to try and say that one? Here’s the pronunciation and the definition:
/fläksəˌnôsəˌnīˌhiləˌpiləfiˈkāSHən/
noun: the action or habit of estimating something as worthless. (The word is used chiefly as a curiosity.)
A doozy of a word if I’ve ever heard one. And it’s really entertaining coming out of Malia’s mouth.
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