.....disestablishmentarianism was the longest word in the English dictionary. Then I read that it was in fact floccinaucinihilipilification. Ah, but what about antidisestablishmentarianism? Dictionaries are full of words, and really big dictionaries contain really big words? Many of which nobody ever uses.
Anyway, even the most erudite and articulate amongst us would be hard pressed to use all of those terms and descriptions in the course of a lifelong literary career. So what are all those other words for? That's easy. They exist to prevent us from properly understanding one another.
People get along a lot better when there's an element of ambiguity in their conversation.
Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud (Maya Angelou)
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