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@Former-Member  you’re very kind. It’s one of the ways I amuse myself when I can’t sleep.

Then I forget about the screenshots, until I start going through my photos LOL

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Hi @Glisten @Former-Member @Shaz51 @ENKELI @Oaktree This word is a beauty.

I was told of it, a few decades ago....

Antidisestablishmentarianism is a position that advocates that a state church (the "established church") should continue to receive government patronage, rather than be disestablished (i.e., be separated from the state).

Adge

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@Adge @Faith-and-Hope @Glisten @Former-Member @tyme 

 

I have always enjoyed the word 

onamatopoeia.

It means that a word has been formed from the sound it has, for example sizzle

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... ok .. on a very drunken 6 day trip to Coober Pedy in eary 90s, met German backpackers amongst others..  they said repeatedly and emphatically 'wish our language had the work *uck .. was funny .. they loved saying it !!

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💜🌺🤗 @Glisten ☺️

haha..indeed! I have found the most helpful things in my photos that I’ve taken to remind me - and totally forgot they’re there! 🤭

side note: I found this web site that is AI generating quotes…some are really funny… 😁

@Adge 

@TAB 

@tonys 

@Faith-and-Hope 

@Snowie 

@Shaz51 

@Xibon 

@Jynx 

@StuF 

@Oaktree 

and all my fellow forum-ites ☺️🌺

 

edit: and I forgot to put my word here..! 

its Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

I still cannot say it, however it refers to a long term inflammatory lung disorder related to silica dust inhalation 

 

I could never say it when I was teaching! ☺️

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@Former-Member  The  ‘silicovolcanoionisis is the easy part 🤓

Terrible disease 

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Indeed @Glisten ☺️

yes, it’s sadly a very avoidable condition… what made me think of it is the recent rise in silica dust related conditions in the construction industry, around manufactured stone benchtops, where evidently construction workers have been exposed while using power tools to cut and polish the manufactured stone that is produced using silica (amongst other industries and means of exposure, discussed here )

in recent times.

With kindness, I hope this isn’t a topic of sensitivity for you 🫂💜🌺🙂

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 @Glisten 🙂💜

Thank you for sharing that 🌺🙂

 

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Hey @Glisten, does it give pronunciations too?!

Love love love these words, thanks you awesome Perthy 😍