Josiah
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I believe it was Georgiaxplant who used this word recently.
Lilliputian
[lil-i-pyoo-shuh n]
adjective
1. extremely small; tiny; diminutive.
2. petty; trivial:Our worries are Lilliputian when compared with those of people whose nations are at war.
noun a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Since the word is derived from a proper noun it is sometimes capitalized.

Lilliputian
[lil-i-pyoo-shuh n]
adjective
1. extremely small; tiny; diminutive.
2. petty; trivial:Our worries are Lilliputian when compared with those of people whose nations are at war.
noun a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Since the word is derived from a proper noun it is sometimes capitalized.
