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Floccinoccinihilipilification
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(Noun) to belittle something.It's made up of 4 words for little things- a flocculus is a piece of lint. Noccin is the same root as "naught". Nihil is "nothing", and pili means "hair". It's a joke word- to make such a big word out of 4 smaller words, and have the final thing mean to belittle something.
Usage: "I loved him for nothing so much as his floccinoccinihilipilification of money."
(Adjective) Catagoration of the word useless
(Verb) to perceive something or someone to be useless, a later version of floccipaucinihilipilification which came from the latin word pauci meaning useless. It's made up of 4 words for little things- a flocculus is a piece of lint. Noccin is the same root as "naught". Nihil is "nothing", and pili means "hair". It's a joke word- to make such a big word out of 4 smaller words, and have the final thing mean to belittle something.
Usage: one may now floccinoccinihilipilificate the use of libraries as the internet has all necessary information, for example the definition of this word.
(Adjective) Worthless
Usage: His love for me was floccinoccinihilipilification when he met another girl.
(Adjective) a little bit if something; a very small amount
When you judge something without knowing about it. For example, you see someone and you think they are mean but you don't know them at all.
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FLNF
FLNP
FLNR
FLO
floam
float an air biscuit
floater
floaters
floaty
FLOC
floccify
floccinaucinihilipilificate
floccinaucinihilipilification
floccinoccinihilipilifacation
floccinoccinihilipilification
floccipendFlocculate
Flock
floe
flog
flog (oneself)
flog a dead horse
flog a willing horse
flog it
flog the bishop
flog the dog
flog the dolphin
flog the dong
flog the donkey
flog the dummy
flog the goose