‘Floccinaucinihilipilification’: Shashi Tharoor introduces his new book on PM with 29-letter ‘worthless’ word
Shashi Tharoor.
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, on Wednesday, tweeted a 29-letter word describing his new book – “The Parodoxical Prime Minister”. The word he used while describing his book is “floccinaucinihilipilification”.
According to the Oxford Dictionary, “floccinaucinihilipilification” means “the action or habit of estimating something as worthless.”
Shashi Tharoor tweeted:
My new book, THE PARADOXICAL PRIME MINISTER, is more than just a 400-page exercise in floccinaucinihilipilification. Pre-order it to find out why!https://t.co/yHuCh2GZDM
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 10, 2018
The Lok Sabha MP from Thiruvananthapuram is known for his use of special and rare words in his speeches and books. He has written 17 books so far. Tharoor’s new book is available on order from Amazon. The e-commerce site describes the book as “Shashi Tharoor has stitched together a compelling portrait of this paradoxical figure (Narendra Modi).”
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