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JackJJW Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

The Use of Irony (surprise, surprise!)

Please could someone tell me if this makes sense:

It’s Sunday and as usual it is the time of week when something silly excites me most. Tonight this honour belongs to the discovery of: floccinaucinihilipilification - “the action or habit of estimating something as worthless.” (Oxford English Dictionary, 2003). I love that a word can be so ironically ostentatious. Yes, I’ve been reading through the dictionary again.

This text is only for a personal blog, as such it doesn't need to be perfect writing, but I wanted to make sure I'd got the bit in red correct.

Thanks for any help or corrections.
  

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JackJJW Please could someone tell me if this makes sense: It’s Sunday and as usual it is the time of week when something silly excites me most. ” (Oxford English Dictionary, 2003). I love that a word can be so ironically ostentatious.

  • JackJJW Please could someone tell me if this makes sense: It’s Sunday and as usual it is the time of week when something silly excites me most.
  • ” (Oxford English Dictionary, 2003).
  • I love that a word can be so ironically ostentatious.
  • Yes, I’ve been reading through the dictionary again.
  • This text is only for a personal blog, as such it doesn't need to be perfect writing, but I wanted to make sure I'd got the bit in red correct.
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JackJJWPlease could someone tell me if this makes sense:

It’s Sunday and as usual it is the time of week when something silly excites me most. Tonight this honour belongs to the discovery of: floccinaucinihilipilification - “the action or habit of estimating something as worthless.” (Oxford English Dictionary, 2003). I love that a word can be so ironicall
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Thanks Phillip, very well explained and very helpful. I appreciate it.

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