SilverDNA Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 (edited) hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobie - the fear of long words.edit: Credit for that one goes to Vesemir Edited July 6, 2013 by SilverDNA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurielius Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman5000 Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 pogonophile - One who loves beards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDNA Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 (edited) Aurelius you haven't realy dealt with german laws yet ...do you know the RkReÜAÜG ( on Wiki) It is the shortening for theRinderkennzeichnungs- 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) Edited July 6, 2013 by SilverDNA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurielius Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Aurelius you haven't realy dealt with german laws yet ...do you know the RkReÜAÜG ( on Wiki) It is the shortening for theRinderkennzeichnungs- 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 withDealt with? I cannot even pronounce it ..even after LJ (my wife who was an Olympic translator) did it for me slowly....lolThat left me in a confusitory -(bemused) state. :geek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDNA Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 (edited) 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 Edited July 7, 2013 by SilverDNA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidus44 Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 mumpsimus: A view stubbornly held in spite of clear evidence that it's wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurielius Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 sumpsimus- mumpsimus's diametrical opposite. As in.. I will not change my old mumpsimmus for your new sumpsimus... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman5000 Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 pogonophora - beard worms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDNA Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 How is the knee pain or should I say gonalgia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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