"Word/Phrase of the Day"

[CitroJim]

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the English language published in a popular dictionary, Oxford Dictionaries, which defines it as "an artificial long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust".

You'd need to take a very deep breath before saying that...

[myglaren]

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the English language published in a popular dictionary, Oxford Dictionaries, which defines it as "an artificial long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust".

You'd need to take a very deep breath before saying that...

But be careful where you take the deep breath or you may find yourself suffering from pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

[CitroJim]

^^

[Gibbo2286]

enshittification, used today in a post discussing new payment methods used by a dealership.

[CitroJim]

enshittification, used today in a post discussing new payment methods used by a dealership.

Describes a lot of things these days very succinctly...

[myglaren]

Loveliness

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[Stickyfinger]

Looks like Baked Beans to me.....wonder if they taste the same with sauce on them....

[PaulC5]

Ladybird larva do not look that lovely. First time I saw them on a birch tree I thought they were some weird new insect but they eat a lot of aphids which the tree had plus many ants.
https://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbir ... lguide.htm

[NewcastleFalcon]

enshittification, used today in a post discussing new payment methods used by a dealership.

Gibbo may well have seen this on Speak Ev this morning...a further development to the word of the day,

"Enshitificator" is now a profession....



Neil

[myglaren]

An excellent excuse to post some Susie Dent.