brummagem \BRUHM-uh-juhm\
--adjective:Cheap and showy, tawdry; also, spurious, counterfeit
Publishers replace their brummagem wares with books
which embody Kunin's "high standards of excellence".
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Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
-- [hɪ.pə.pɒ.təˈmɒn.strəˌsɛ.skwɪ.pɪˈdeɪ.lɪəˌfoʊ.bɪə]
-- The fear of long words, ironically.
The word consists of 35 letters.
From hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian, an extension of sesquipedalian
with monstrum "monster" and a truncated, misspelled form of hippopotamus,
intended to exaggerate the length of the word itself and the idea of the
size of the words being feared; combined with phobia.
-- [hɪ.pə.pɒ.təˈmɒn.strəˌsɛ.skwɪ.pɪˈdeɪ.lɪəˌfoʊ.bɪə]
-- The fear of long words, ironically.
The word consists of 35 letters.
From hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian, an extension of sesquipedalian
with monstrum "monster" and a truncated, misspelled form of hippopotamus,
intended to exaggerate the length of the word itself and the idea of the
size of the words being feared; combined with phobia.
