Please, if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all. I WILL complain about any bad language to yahoo! Answers.
Ok, for the rest of you don't be scared!!! I've just had my fill of junky answers.
In case you are wondering, I have a tee shirt planned here...
2006-09-24 12:54:36 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Ok, lots of good answers. Any that mean "unusual", not just big or many?
2006-09-24 13:26:28 · update #1
sesquipedalian
One entry found for sesquipedalian.
Main Entry: ses·qui·pe·da·lian
Pronunciation: "ses-kw&-p&-'dAl-y&n
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin sesquipedalis, literally, a foot and a half long, from sesqui- + ped-, pes foot -- more at FOOT
1 : having many syllables : LONG
2 : given to or characterized by the use of long words
2006-09-24 13:04:50 · answer #1 · answered by fyredragon2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lexicological Grandiloquence
2006-09-24 13:09:23 · answer #2 · answered by icprofit6000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Logorrheaphile
http://phrontistery.info/l.html
how about a T-shirt saying something like:
" I've got Logorrhea"
2006-09-24 13:02:13 · answer #3 · answered by Squirrley Temple 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok im not saying this in a bad way.... but theirs two words i can think of.
A genius or a smartass. Thats the only thing I can come up with,
margret Diana Li Diaz Fley
2006-09-24 12:58:18 · answer #4 · answered by diana li 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is actually the fear of long words... really it is check it out ----> http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia so going off that maybe you can figure something out... like using that word with the "no smoking" symbol or like those "no fear" t-shirts with the crazy looking mean eyes... i don't know i will check back in to see what comes out of this question... it's actually pretty intriguing... GOOD LUCK!!!
2006-09-24 13:05:00 · answer #5 · answered by big gurls 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone who loves words and wordplay is a Logophile.
2006-09-24 16:33:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lingweenie!
2006-09-24 13:31:48 · answer #7 · answered by Catty 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well...i just recently learned the word philologist which means lover of literature and linguistics
2006-09-24 12:57:20 · answer #8 · answered by ncnolin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I THINK I HAVE IT FOR YOU SWEETIE, FOR LOVER, EITHER AFFECTIONALELY OR ADORATION OR PARTCIAL.
THE ABSULUTE BEST POSTIVIE FOR FOR BIG IS PRODIGIOUS. GO FOR IT GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS.
I HOPE I HELPED OR PICKED UP ON WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR. RUTHIEBRAT KINDA CURIOUS IF YOU FEEL LIKE SHARING.ruthproof@yahoo.com
2006-09-24 14:14:44 · answer #9 · answered by ruthpoof 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
How about this word I just made up: polysyllabiphile.
2006-09-24 13:42:47 · answer #10 · answered by gburgmommy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋