Great Big Words Lyrics
When I was a little kid, a "diminutive juvenile,"
I liked my folks to read to me, I was an "eager bibliophile."
Now I love words for how they sound
And how they "communicate."
Perhaps I should explain myself, that is, "elucidate."
Great big words, I like big words
Letter by letter, the bigger the better
Great big words. La la la la la la la la la la!
Now maybe you're "adept" at sports or "excellent" at school
Maybe you're "vainglorious,"
Which means you think you're cool
But give me a "massive ideogram,"
A big word to make my point
When you can "verbalize" yourself
You can really rock the joint
Great big words, I like big words
I get a thrill out of every syllable
Great big words
My word of the week last week was "unique."
People thought I was one of a kind
When my word of the day was "distingue"
People said I was very refined
But they look at me like I'm an alien
When I say things like "sesquipedalian."
But what, me worry? I can't go wrong
With a word that's a foot and one half long
Big words are "prodigious terms"
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Now don't they sound delicious?
They impress your teachers, confuse your parents
And make your friends suspicious
But that's okay we'll start a trend
That soon will sweep the nation;
The hyper-linguistic polysyllabic speech association
Great big words, I like big words
No extra charge if it's very large, those
Great big words
Great big words, I like big words
Letter by letter the bigger the better
Great big words. La la la la la la la la la la !
(Reiterate please!) La la la la la la la la la la !
(Diminuendo.) La la la la la la la la la la !
(Grand finale!) La la la la la la la la la la!
