Absolutely snowed under, so I’ll beg your leave for a short and sweet one today. A frittle (etymology unknown, although quite possibly from the Latin frittilus, a dice cup with an inlaid pattern) is the mark left in skin when it has been in contact with a textured surface for some time. A frittle could [...]
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I really had to include this one. It is – at twenty-nine letters – the longest non-technical word in the Oxford English Dictionary. I stress the “non-technical” aspect because when it comes to chemical compounds, for example, the length of a word to describe them could be effectively limitless in size. Pronounced (deep breath) flock-y-nau-chee-nee-hilly-pilly-fik-ashun, [...] |
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