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I've encountered flibbertigibbet and Brobdingnagian. Never encountered hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia before, at least I don't remember encountering it.
by BenjiWiebe 4mo ago
I've encountered flibbertigibbet and Brobdingnagian. Never encountered hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia before, at least I don't remember encountering it.
Flibbertigibbet appears in some of the Little House on the Prairie (Laura and Mary) books, if I remember right.
And I've also read Gulliver's Travels which is where Brobdingnagian comes from. Brobdingnag was a land of giants. Pretty sure I've seen the word used elsewhere though.
- abnry 4mo agoI knew Flibbertigibbet from the sound of music: MARGARETTA: How do you find a word that means Maria? BERTHE: A flibberti gibbet! SOPHIA: A willo' the wisp! MARGARETTA: A clown!