Talk:antidisestablishmentarianism

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This one needs some work. — Hippietrail 04:14, 29 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Shouldn't the "other language" links be moved to the other language Wiktionary as interwiki links? 65.95.137.212 20:47, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind, wrong article. 65.95.137.212 20:48, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Longest word[edit]

I know this used to be the longest word in English but what's the new one? I think it means lung disease. 82.3.49.212 09:06, 11 February 2008 (UTC) pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word, Jeremy[reply]

... until someone makes up a longer one! Adding syllables in the middle of common words is a popular sport. Dbfirs 14:36, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
What about "Hypopsuedoantidisestablishmentarianisticalitianistic" as the new longest word? Potentially, Hypopsuedoantidisestablishmentarianisticalised is all that is required to surpass pseudoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, but you can go further. Do these words even make sense? — This unsigned comment was added by 94.0.16.175 (talk) at 19:31–2, 11 February 2010 (UTC).
Not really. Until these words are actually assigned a meaning and used, we won't include them. (deprecated template usage) antidisestablishmentarianism has been used in published works. Equinox 19:42, 11 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The (deprecated template usage) -itianistic ending doesn't really make sense. I suppose a person could interrupt a speech by asking, in an astonished voice, "Sir! Are you really proposing that we act propseudocontraneoantidisestablishmentarianistically?!" Or something like that...  (u):Raifʻhār (t):Doremítzwr﴿ 19:43, 11 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If a person spoke about the negative aspects of the dissolvement of the Church, could the action of speaking thusly be considered antidisestablishmentarianistic? — This unsigned comment was added by 98.191.170.3 (talk) at 18:47, 4 December 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Yes, but that's incredibly rare. Usually they'd just be considered antidisestablishmentarianist. Equinox 18:52, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Former usage notes[edit]

  • For many yearsTemplate:proveit, the word was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest word in the language.
  • The word is sometimes employed to imply that the user has an above-average intellect. ("Some techy words – 'global thermonuclear war,' 'quadratic equation' and 'antidisestablishmentarianism' – just sound smart." — New York Times, December 30, 2004.) [moved from entry] DCDuring TALK 19:36, 7 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]