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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Brobdingnagian! My favorite word!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month 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 2 points 1 month ago

It's an excellent word.

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

[–] disguy_ovahea 7 points 1 month ago

Surely named after the famously tall people of Brobdingnagia

[–] OlinOfTheHillPeople 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Did Jonathon Swift write this?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] OlinOfTheHillPeople 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I totally missed the title!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

No worries man, nobody's perfect 👍

[–] Kvoth 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] OlinOfTheHillPeople 2 points 1 month ago

I totally missed the title!