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Continuing with the strange word series.

floccinaucinihilipilification :
the action or habit of estimating something as worthless.

It is also the third longest word in the english language. The longest word being
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. The second longest word is pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism. It is however, the longest non-medical word in english.





Mike McCurry, United States President Bill Clinton's press secretary used the word on December 6, 1995 in a press briefing. He said "They happen to produce huge billion dollar differences over seven years in the federal budget, which is why they become fairly incendiary as the debate goes along. But if you—as a practical matter of estimating the economy, the difference is not great. There's a little bit of floccinaucinihilipilification going on here".


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