New long word ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM

Alan · 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.

Alan
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Tamara · Sat Sep 30, 2006 13:40 pm *Morphological analysis :)*

Fan of Arabian horses · 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?

Michael

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

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

.
How about this:

antidisestablishmentarianismesque

Cool

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

Alan · Sun Oct 01, 2006 10:54 am *Word*

Hi,

Who can explain what the word means?

Alan
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Conchita · 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

Alan · Sun Oct 01, 2006 21:49 pm *Word*

Hi Conchita,

OK, I give in.

Alan
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Yankee · Sun Oct 01, 2006 21:57 pm *Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis*

Conchita · Sun Oct 01, 2006 23:12 pm *Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis*

Conchita · Sun Oct 01, 2006 23:27 pm *Word*

Tamara · 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

Alan · 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.

Alan
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Hercules · Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:47 am *New long word ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM*

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

Herc
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