contrafibularities

== English == === Etymology === From contra- +‎ fibular +‎ -ity +‎ -s. From a 1987 episode of the British television comedy Blackadder, after Dr. Samuel Johnson boasts about his newly completed dictionary containing every word in the English language. Blackadder wishes Dr. Johnson his "most enthusiastic contrafibularities", upsetting Johnson, who quickly adds the alleged word to his manuscript. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌkɒntɹəˌfɪbjʊˈlæɹɪtiz/ === Noun === contrafibularities pl (plural only) (humorous, rare) False congratulations, sounding congratulatory while actually pulling someone's leg. === See also === anaspeptic frasmotic compunctuous pericombobulation === Further reading === Blackadder the Third, epi. 2, "Ink and Incapability", on Wikiquote Reviewer's Choice on Blackadder the Third