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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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 (2 children)

Did Jonathon Swift write this?

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I totally missed the title!

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

No worries man, nobody's perfect 👍

[–] Kvoth@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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!