Why the English Language is awesome

A word I vaguely remembered last night from my high school English classes:
e·ruc·ta·tion (ĭ-rŭk-tā’shən, ē’rŭk-) n. the act or an instance of belching.
And another word that was brought up at work a couple of weeks ago:
con·tu·ma·cious (kon-too-mey-shuhs, -tyoo-) adj. stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
We discussed this at our write-in last night. One [...]