""Sharpie darling, you are a floccinaucinihilipilificatrix." "Is that a compliment?" "Certainly! Means you're so sharp you spot the slightest flaw." I kept quiet. It was possible that Zebadiah meant it as a compliment. Just barely— "Maybe I'd better check it in a dictionary." "By all means, dear-after you are off watch." (I dismissed the matter. Merriam Microfilm was all we had aboard and Aunt Hilda would not find that word in anything less than the O.E.D.)"
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Robert A. Heinlein, in The Number of the Beast (1980) and The Pursuit of the Pankera:A Parallel Novel About Parallel Universes (2020).
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