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[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

Brobdingnagian! My favorite word!

[-] degen@midwest.social 7 points 2 weeks ago

I was like "but the other three are real words..."

Apparently diminutive is the only one that doesn't trace its origin to the book. TIL! Funny how language works.

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It's an excellent word.

I learned it from an Iron Man novel in the nineties.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Surely named after the famously tall people of Brobdingnagia

[-] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Did Jonathon Swift write this?

[-] sundray@lemmus.org 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, Jonathon Swift wrote the original Gulliver's Travels.

[-] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

I totally missed the title!

[-] sundray@lemmus.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

No worries man, nobody's perfect ๐Ÿ‘

[-] Kvoth@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

He did. It's an interesting read, though I have severe differences of opinion with the author

[-] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I totally missed the title!

this post was submitted on 02 Oct 2024
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