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New long word ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:44 am  New long word ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM
 

Hi,

My little funny has been cracked. Now then what about a genuine example of the longest word. Anyone ready to have a crack as to its meaning?

ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM and you could also stick LIKE on the end if you wish.

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Morphological analysis :) Sat Sep 30, 2006 13:40 pm  Morphological analysis :)
 

Alan wrote:
ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM

Definitely, that 'ISM' should be something opposite to DISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM Smile
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New long word ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM Sat Sep 30, 2006 20:58 pm  New long word ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM
 

Hi!

I wonder whether that word really exists? I mean, for me it sounds double negativ: Anti_dis_establishmentarianism, doesn?t it?

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New long word ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM Sun Oct 01, 2006 9:24 am  New long word ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM
 

antidiscrimination (laws)?
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New long word ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM Sun Oct 01, 2006 9:52 am  New long word ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM
 

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How about this:

antidisestablishmentarianismesque

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New long word ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM Sun Oct 01, 2006 9:58 am  New long word ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM
 

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ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM

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Quote:
antidisestablishmentarianismesque

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Word Sun Oct 01, 2006 10:54 am  Word
 

Hi,

Who can explain what the word means?

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Pneumo­noultra­microscopic­silico­volcano­coniosis Sun Oct 01, 2006 21:27 pm  Pneumo­noultra­microscopic­silico­volcano­coniosis
 

You'll have to forgive my contemptuous floccinaucinihilipilification of your word, Alan, but it can't rival 'mine', I'm afraid: pneumo­noultra­microscopic­silico­volcano­coniosis (a 45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease). Rolling Eyes

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Antidisestablishmentarianistic

http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-flo2.htm
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Word Sun Oct 01, 2006 21:49 pm  Word
 

Hi Conchita,

OK, I give in.

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Pneumo­noultra­microscopic­silico­volcano­coniosis Sun Oct 01, 2006 21:57 pm  Pneumo­noultra­microscopic­silico­volcano­coniosis
 

Conchita wrote:
pneumo­noultra­microscopic­silico­volcano­coniosis (a 45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease). Rolling Eyes

Ah, but can you say it, Conchita? Laughing

At least antidisestablishmentarianism is pronounceable. Very Happy
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Pneumo­noultra­microscopic­silico­volcano­coniosis Sun Oct 01, 2006 23:12 pm  Pneumo­noultra­microscopic­silico­volcano­coniosis
 

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Ah, but can you say it, Conchita? Laughing

Right, saying it is another matter altogether! Still, it's a piece of cake as compared to memorizing it! Smile
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Word Sun Oct 01, 2006 23:27 pm  Word
 

Alan wrote:
Post subject: word

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An honest, humble and concise definition if there ever was one (for such a pretentiously grandiloquent thing)!
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Words :-) Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:22 am  Words :-)
 

Hi

Just to add several words for your enjoyment Smile :

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian
honorificabilitudinitatibus
floccinaucinihilipilification
Trinitrophenylmethylnitramine
immunoelectrophoretically
psychophysicotherapeutics
thyroparathyroidectomized
pneumoencephalographically
radioimmunoelectrophoresis
psychoneuroendocrinological
antidisestablishmentarianism
hepaticocholangiogastrostomy
spectrophotofluorometrically
floccinaucinihilipilification
pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism
metaphysico-theologo-cosmolonigology
aminoheptafluorocyclotetraphosphonitrile

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Word Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:32 am  Word
 

Hi,

OK I'll shut up although I'd still like an explanation of what must now be regarded as my pathetic little word.

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New long word ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:47 am  New long word ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM
 

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I think that we need to an archaeologist to decipher this " hieroglyphs " . Laughing

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