| ▲ | alentred 9 hours ago |
| > It also doesn't get hard enough Oh come on! Like you really knew what "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia" is? |
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| ▲ | shdon 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| I thought that one was pretty well known. But then, I can also rattle off Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch at will. |
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| ▲ | monooso 36 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | The real question is, do you know what it means? | |
| ▲ | NopIdoN 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | But why? say what you like about antidisestablishmentarianism; at least it's an ethos | | |
| ▲ | shdon 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Somebody obviously coined the word as a self-referential joke. And somehow it stuck. That makes it memorable. Speaking of things that stick... arachibutyrophobia is the feat of getting peanut putter stuck to the roof of your mouth. (I admit I had to look that one up, as it's not nearly as memorable, though I knew the word existed). | |
| ▲ | gerdesj 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | They are Welsh? I too can say it and I'm very English...ish. LlanPG is a tourist attraction and a great example of an amateur advertising idea smashing it! |
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| ▲ | iugtmkbdfil834 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| :D I did better than expected, but I did miss that one. I learned some fun ones. |
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| ▲ | readthenotes1 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Based on only missing that one, it figured out. I knew 83,000 words. That seems unsupportable |