"Griffy: Do you think I may be too quick to find fault with things & people, Zippy? Zippy: Yeh. Th' "floccinaucinihilipilification" process. Griffy: Th' what? Zippy: Floccinaucinihilipilification!! … It means "the estimation of something as valueless"! Griffy: You've been randomly reading th' dictionary, haven't you? Zippy: Yes... that and my natural tendency toward antifloccinaucinihilipilification!!"
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Bill Griffith, "Zippy the Pinhead", "29 Little Letters," March 14, 1996
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