Lalochezia

Congress parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor's latest wordplay is longer than 'lalochezia' and may not be as catchy as 'webaqoof', but it's a 29-letter tongue-twister compressed into a single word. Mr Tharoor 'unveiled' the word floccinaucinihilipilification to the public in a tweet that also introduced his new book The Paradoxical Prime Minister, on wh...

An hour past midnight on Tuesday, while the world was sleeping, a tweet appeared on the timeline of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor. It did not take long to stir up the trolls. What is the word to describe "the emotional relief gained from using abusive or profane language?" Shashi Tharoor knows. The latest one, too, is a rare sight -- "lalochezia".

Congress parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor's latest wordplay is longer than 'lalochezia' and may not be as catchy as 'webaqoof', but it's a 29-letter tongue-twister compressed into a single word. Mr Tharoor 'unveiled' the word floccinaucinihilipilification to the public in a tweet that also introduced his new book The Paradoxical Prime Minister, on wh...

An hour past midnight on Tuesday, while the world was sleeping, a tweet appeared on the timeline of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor. It did not take long to stir up the trolls. What is the word to describe "the emotional relief gained from using abusive or profane language?" Shashi Tharoor knows. The latest one, too, is a rare sight -- "lalochezia".