cm0002@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 24 hours agoEnglish is a strange language.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1464arrow-down17cross-posted to: linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.worksshitposting@lemmy.ml
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minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-222 hours agoMy favorite homological word: Sesquipedalian. An unnecessarily long word, or a person who uses unnecessarily long words. Sesquipedalian is a sesquipedalian word.
minus-squareenkers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 hours agoOooh, that’s a good one! Its use also makes its user described by itself. Neat!
My favorite homological word:
Sesquipedalian.
An unnecessarily long word, or a person who uses unnecessarily long words.
Sesquipedalian is a sesquipedalian word.
Oooh, that’s a good one! Its use also makes its user described by itself. Neat!