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Re: trivia
Posted By: Jimmy, on host 207.247.24.210
Date: Tuesday, July 6, 1999, at 10:59:34
In Reply To: Re: trivia posted by Sam on Friday, July 2, 1999, at 08:32:37:

> > I did a little word trivia and scored 40%, mostly on wild guesses.
>
> Some of those words are extremely strange but great little words. I wish I could remember them all myself, so I could use them at opportune times.
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> Sesquipedalianism is a piacular abomination!

Curiously, sesquipedalian was the first question when I did word trivia just now.

The second question was 'enormity'. The two choices were 'immensity' and 'wickedness'. However, those are _both_ valid definitions for the word 'enormity'. (Unfortunately, I happened to pick the "wrong" one.)


Link: Merriam-Webster: Enormity

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