Talk:antidisestablishmentarianism

This one needs some work. &mdash; 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)
 * Never mind, wrong article. 65.95.137.212 20:48, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Longest word
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


 * ... until someone makes up a longer one! Adding syllables in the middle of common words is a popular sport.   D b f  i  r  s   14:36, 14 February 2009 (UTC)


 * 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?


 * Not really. Until these words are actually assigned a meaning and used, we won't include them. antidisestablishmentarianism: has been used in published works. Equinox ◑ 19:42, 11 February 2010 (UTC)


 * The undefined: 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)

If a person spoke about the negative aspects of the dissolvement of the Church, could the action of speaking thusly be considered antidisestablishmentarianistic?


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

Former usage notes

 * For many years, 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." &mdash; New York Times, December 30, 2004.) [moved from entry] DCDuring TALK 19:36, 7 August 2011 (UTC)