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sneakernet - The transfer of data by physical as opposed to electronic means, esp. by the passing of disks between users; the notional network created by this practice.

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aboulomania - pathological indecisiveness
antidisestablishmentarianism - opposition to separation of church and state

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borborygmus - rumbling noise in the intestines
bouncebackability - ability to recover quickly from a setback or bad situation

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cabasett - a kind of small helmet
cancrine - reading the same backwards as forwards - "A man, a plan, a canal: Panama."

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drongo - idiot, fool (Oz slang)

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eadness - happiness, luxury

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facund - eloquence
floccinaucinihilipilification - estimating something as useless

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gynophobia - fear of women

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honorificabilitudinity - honourableness (from Shakespeare)

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Kairos - a propitious moment

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latifundia - large estates
locust years - a period of economic hardship

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McJob - low-paying, non-challenging job with few benefits or opportunities,
typically in the service sector

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oscitant - yawning, inattentive, dull negligent
onychophagia - the habit of biting your nails

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piffle - Foolish or empty talk; nonsense, drivel. Also used as an exclamation or retort to express disbelief or disagreement.
philoxenist - a lover of hospitality to strangers
pixilated - mentally unbalanced, eccentric, whimsical
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - lung disease caused by inhaling fine participles of silica
propitious - giving or indicating a good chance of success; favourable.

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quadragesimarian - An observer of Lent.

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