Thursday, August 26, 2010

Floccinaucinihilipilification

why the name ?

it is one of the longest word - 29 letters. there are other words much longer than this, but mostly of scientic compounds. but this is the only non-technical word to be incorporated in the oxford english dictionary. i find it ironical as the meaning of the word is: of no value. so many letters for no value eh ?

this word was used in one of my favourite Ray movie Agantuk.

probably that is what i think of this blog. it isn't some earth-shattering rocket science. it is just a collection of my thoughts and opinions. the name also serves as a subtle warning to anyone who might come across my writings ;), so no one can accuse me of wasting their time. too bad if the reader doesn't know the meaning. hopefully the length of the word might inspire them to look-up for the meaning before going ahead and reading this blog.

who knows, 10 years later, i might read them and not recognize the person anymore. or laugh my guts out. or just give a philosophical smile and say, "whatever..!!!".

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