Word of the DAY

floccinaucinihilipilification

PRONUNCIATION:

(FLOK-si-NO-si-NY-HIL-i-PIL-i-fi-KAY-shuhn) 

MEANING:

noun: Estimating as worthless.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin flocci, from floccus (tuft of wool) + nauci, from naucum (a trifling thing) + nihili, from Latin nihil (nothing) + pili, from pilus (a hair, trifle) + -fication (making). Earliest documented use: 1741.

-phone rings-

Ensign: Go ahead. 

CMMDR: I have one item. 

E: One is the minimum, otherwise we can hang up now. 

C: It's a big one. 

E: Big?
C: Its something I'm wondering.
E: Ah...wondering...

C: Wanna guess?

E: Hmmm.  Sure. (pause) Big you say? And wondering?

C: Yes. 

E: (hums). Got it. 

C: What?  YOU GOT IT ALREADY??

E: Yep. Easy. You're wondering if the world is looking at you and then coming up with floccinaucinihilipilification? Am I right?

-silence-

E: HELLO??