100 words!

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I used to suffer from hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, I detested multisyllabic words. Whenever I heard one, paramnesia kicked in. 

However that changed when I fell for a muliebrious sesquipedalian girl called Aubrielliana, they do say antitheticals attract. She spoke and I smiled, nodded or shook my head hoping it was the appropriate rejoinder.

Everything changed when I made a serendipitous discovery in a book shop, a  Longword Lexicon. Suddenly we were able to communicate efficaciouslty!

However, this morning she used the word defenestration and to my horror it wasn’t in my lexicon. I was so angry I chucked it out the window.

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Thanks to Sammi Cox for hosting the Weekend Writing Prompt.

In case it’s not in your dictionary either, it means – the action of throwing something or someone  out of a window!

*As I was writing this, my mind went back to my childhood days. My grandfather would read to me and whenever he came across a lengthy word he would just say ‘longword’ instead ond carry on!

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14 thoughts on “100 words!

  1. Violet Lentz's avatar Violet Lentz February 28, 2026 / 13:59

    Can we put this on a teleprompter and watch our fearless leader try to read it! hehehehehehe

  2. Denise Hammond's avatar Denise Hammond February 28, 2026 / 15:00

    Unfortunately, I do know the definition, not that it is useful. Cute story, but the best part is the info on Grandpa. Love it!

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings February 28, 2026 / 17:15

      You did and I didn’t! Grandpa would certainly have replaced it!

  3. Suzette Benjamin's avatar Suzette Benjamin February 28, 2026 / 15:30

    Thank you for the longword story, Keith. I learned a few new words!

  4. Sadje's avatar Sadje February 28, 2026 / 16:41

    Excellent story Keith. It’s safe to say that I haven’t heard most of these words. 😅

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings February 28, 2026 / 17:19

      Thank you Sadje. Nor me, and I doubt I’ll ever used them again!

  5. Vero's avatar Vero February 28, 2026 / 16:48

    I like you grandfather’s way of dealing with things! 😅😅

  6. J.S. Pailly's avatar J.S. Pailly February 28, 2026 / 16:58

    This may be the first time I’ve seen the word defenestration used without reference to Czech history.

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings February 28, 2026 / 17:23

      Thanks for dropping by.
      The word certaimly goes back a long way, as I discovered when I researched it.

  7. destiny's avatar destiny February 28, 2026 / 19:23

    Your grandfather sounds like he’s quite the storyteller lol… a sweet memory, Keith….

    thanks for the new words… after some practise…it should roll of easily lol…🤍

  8. beth's avatar beth February 28, 2026 / 20:19

    luckily she did not chuck you out the window !))

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