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hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobie - the fear of long words.
edit: Credit for that one goes to Vesemir

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aenos- use of erudite words or allusions to appeal to the learned.

 

As in.... Silver's aenosistic use of hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobie appealed to my sense of arcane erudition.

 

Well done Ves..considering that English is your second language that was exemplary. :thumbsup:

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Aurelius you haven't realy dealt with german laws yet ...
do you know the RkReÜAÜG ( on Wiki) It is the shortening for the
Rinderkennzeichnungs- und Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz

in English literally, Cattle marking and beef labeling supervision duties delegation law
(here the link from the wiki how it is pronounced corectly in german)

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Aurelius you haven't realy dealt with german laws yet ...

do you know the RkReÜAÜG ( on Wiki) It is the shortening for the

Rinderkennzeichnungs- und Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz

in English literally, Cattle marking and beef labeling supervision duties delegation law

(here the link from the wiki how it is pronounced corectly in germaDealt with

Dealt with? I cannot even pronounce it ..even after LJ (my wife who was an Olympic translator) did it for me slowly....lol

That left me in a confusitory -(bemused) state. :geek:

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Idk how anybody with a sane mind, can come up with suche a floccinaucinihilipilificated name of a law.
(Eton College students know this one a bit better than others).
floccinaucinihilipilification - The act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant, of having no value or being worthless.
With that one I have a crackjaw, but after a pin of beer and 3 try it works. ;D

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