[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]

2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/lit/ - Literature

File: 13 KB, 635x294, Capture.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

Anonymous Wed Jun 12 10:23:32 2019 No.13283907 [Reply] [Original]

Why do words like this exist?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 12 10:29:08 2019 No.13283930 >>13283907 Are you floccinaucinihilipilificating "floccinaucinihilipilification"?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 12 10:29:48 2019 No.13283931 >>13283930 I am. Even Nabokov couldn't get away with using this word. It's utterly worthless.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 12 10:35:04 2019 No.13283952 >>13283931 I will use it in my novel and get it published. This I swear.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 12 10:42:16 2019 No.13283989 >>13283907 Eton toffs

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 12 12:03:28 2019 No.13284326 >>13283907 Juding from the etymology on Google, this is merely a school prank/rhyme on latin words for "little value" found in a primer.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 12 12:46:33 2019 No.13284490 File: 602 KB, 1050x704, pac.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] floccavelli i'm hunting down the etymology as we speak