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    Floccinaucinihilipilification

    ----one of the longest words in the English language means the act of estimating that something is worthless-----just like this silly damn thread
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
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    Some estimates are dead bang on the money......Ben
    The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...

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    Interesting: "...the longest non-technical word in the English language."
    - Wikiquote

    (Note, not necessarily useful)

    Hunter
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    Most disgusting surprise word.. just learned a new word..

    In a theatre.. the enterance to the balcony is often a tunnel like hall from an upstairs lobby or foyer.. the tunnnel, passageway, hallway enterance / exit is a…. Vomitory….

    Read the word in an old theatre description.. and looked it up..

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    Yeah, I can see where, "Let's all go to the Vomitory," ain't going to replace, "We're going to Disneyland."

    Hunter
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