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Date: 20 January 2007 13:59:58
In the last few days, as I have been writing this latest essay, I have been adding various words to my computer's dictionary*:
eschatological
postmodern
postmodernity
metanarrative
synchronic
extrinsic
I am not sure about the absence of hyphen in postmodern, but the literature I am dealing with does not use one so I guess I have to stick with that.
Some words I have been using, I am convinced are not real words and may well confuse me when I am wanting to spell-check something else:
etic
emic
I sometimes think, that when I get out of theological college, I will have learned how to articulate my faith, but only with recourse to a load of jargon. I must remember to speak plainly.
Nonetheless, I do love long words, particularly when they express a concept so perfectly and succinctly.
Antidisestablishmentarianism: such a beautiful sound, but not in the slightest bit relevant to my essay.
What is your favourite long word?
*Please don't ask for definitions of these. The meanings are circling vaguely around my subconscious but if I think too hard about them, they slip through my fingers.