it would be my luck, for these to be looped...

[jellyfishkiss]

My contribution?

FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION

the action or habit of judging something to be worthless.

and...

GAZUMP

to unfairly acquire a property by bidding more than an offer that has already been accepted.

Comments

[cptrandom]

that second one is awesome.

[ithryn]

We should be required to explain the word's formation or etymology when we post...

Re:

[jellyfishkiss]

Well, many dictionaries say that gazump comes from the Yiddish gezumph, or to cheat or overcharge. Today it is applied to house purchases.

(It was learned after a friend was encouraged to gazunder, or lower his asking price for his house. Gazump + under.)

FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION. Well.

In the 1700s, Eton College put out a grammar book listing Latin words with the gist of 'little or no value'. In order, those were flocci, nauci, nihili, and pili. As a learned joke, somebody put all four of these together and then stuck -fication on the end to make a noun.'

There's my (minor) history lesson for today.