Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Weird Word Wednesday


Today's word has nothing to do with weird words I come across in my work. Today's word comes from the music I'm listening to lately: Brobdingnagian Bards , Celtic music to lift your spirits. Plus, one of the bards, Marc Gunn, has the only Celtic music podcast devoted to cats that I've ever heard! How can you go wrong?


BROBDINGNAGIAN

Pronunciation: \ˌbräb-diŋ-ˈna-gē-ən, -dig-ˈna-\ marked by tremendous size
Function: adjective or noun


Etymology:
Brobdingnag, imaginary land of giants in Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift
Date: 1728


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