Word of the Day

[Snowbaby]

Have u ever had a conversation with someone and they used a HUMUNGOUS word that u have never heard of and don't know the meaning of?? :angry:

Post it here and look up the meaning on Dictionary.com and tell us so we may all be of high intelligence

I will start.....

ORIFICE - An opening, especially to a cavity or passage of the body; a mouth or vent

:woohoo:

 

[Potholer]

Defenestration: To throw something out the window. (seriously)



Potholer

 

[Tiddlyjen]

numonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanconiosis

seriously...it even made my biology teacher stop and go: :blink: riiiiiiight Jenna....imaginary words again there? lol
But no, it's actually an infectious lung disease caused by the inhalation of Volcanic Ash :grin:

 

[Snowbaby]

LOL!!!!!! Nice word, must see if i can use it in a sentence today. But I will have to practice pronouncing it first :/

 

[Tiddlyjen]

ok....pnumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcaniconiosis (sorry I forgot the p at the start )

You say it like this:
new/mono/ultra/microscopic/silico/vocany/coney/osis

:tu: tahdah!

 

[arwenpotter]

WHOA!! O_O big word big word *runs* ehe.. ^^;

i dont havea word to add.. but then im still on holidays so i just mope around the house