I have been reading a delightful series of books that contain numerous references to modern geekery, tons o’ references to mythology of all sorts, and a whole lot o’ big words that I have to look up! I love looking up new words (especially when “looking it up” involves highlighting it with my finger for instant dictionarying). One word I ran into over the weekend that cause me to use my finger power to pull up the dictionary app was Brobdingnagian.
Brob·ding·nag·ian
\?bräb-di?-?na-g?-?n, -dig-?na-\
adjective: marked by tremendous size
noun: a giant
Origin of Brobdingnagian
Brobdingnag, imaginary land of giants in Gulliver’s Travels, by Jonathan Swift
First Known Use: 1728
Hey! IS that the Gashleycrumb Tinies that I gave him as a newly-hatched Liander? 😀
Indeed it is. It is one of his favorite books.
I really want to make a penis joke here.
I was quite chuffed with myself that I actually knew this word. Using that English major like nobody’s business….