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Post: 3564428_1 created on Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:50:19 +0000
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What is it and how many characters does it contain?

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Post: 3564428_2 created on Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:51:57 +0000
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Antidisestablishmentarianism.

It means being against the seperation of Church and State. In lamen's terms: It means that you want the Church and Government to operate as one.

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Post: 3564428_3 created on Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:55:53 +0000
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You know the mary poppins movie, and did you know that one really logn made up word used to be in the dictionary?

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Post: 3564428_4 created on Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:59:59 +0000
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You know the mary poppins movie, and did you know that one really logn made up word used to be in the dictionary?

supercalifradielisticecsplialidoucious?

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Post: 3564428_5 created on Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:00:19 +0000
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You know the mary poppins movie, and did you know that one really logn made up word used to be in the dictionary?

um is it that super soemthing something docious

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Post: 3564428_6 created on Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:02:06 +0000
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ShadowloverKin

You know the mary poppins movie, and did you know that one really logn made up word used to be in the dictionary?

supercalifradielisticecsplialidoucious?

Is it really a word though? Sounds like gibberish to me. I'll try looking it up...

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Post: 3564428_7 created on Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:04:22 +0000
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ShadowloverKin

You know the mary poppins movie, and did you know that one really logn made up word used to be in the dictionary?

supercalifradielisticecsplialidoucious?

Is it really a word though? Sounds like gibberish to me. I'll try looking it up...

its the word from the marry poppins film, its not a real word xd

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Post: 3564428_8 created on Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:07:35 +0000
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ShadowloverKin

You know the mary poppins movie, and did you know that one really logn made up word used to be in the dictionary?

supercalifradielisticecsplialidoucious?

Is it really a word though? Sounds like gibberish to me. I'll try looking it up...

can't find it in my dictionary

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Post: 3564428_9 created on Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:09:18 +0000
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ShadowloverKin

You know the mary poppins movie, and did you know that one really logn made up word used to be in the dictionary?

supercalifradielisticecsplialidoucious?

Is it really a word though? Sounds like gibberish to me. I'll try looking it up...

can't find it in my dictionary

thats because it IS gibberish. xd

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Post: 3564428_10 created on Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:11:36 +0000
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ShadowloverKin

You know the mary poppins movie, and did you know that one really logn made up word used to be in the dictionary?

supercalifradielisticecsplialidoucious?

Is it really a word though? Sounds like gibberish to me. I'll try looking it up...

can't find it in my dictionary

thats because it IS gibberish. xd

on one of the internet dictonaries it is diffined as: a quote used in the movie 'Mary Poppins'

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Post: 3564428_11 created on Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:27:44 +0000
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pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Which is a real word.

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Post: 3564428_12 created on Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:29:37 +0000
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Antidisestablishmentarianism.

It means being against the seperation of Church and State. In lamen's terms: It means that you want the Church and Government to operate as one.

That's what I would have said.
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Post: 3564428_13 created on Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:31:20 +0000
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Antidisestablishmentarianism.

It means being against the seperation of Church and State. In lamen's terms: It means that you want the Church and Government to operate as one.

^ What she said ^

At least, that was the longest word last time I checked.

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Post: 3564428_14 created on Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:31:39 +0000
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pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Which is a real word.

You're right, or pretty close to. Antidisestablishmentarianism merely has the most suffixes/prefixes. It's not the longest word.

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Post: 3564428_15 created on Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:36:14 +0000
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Antidisestablishmentarianism.

It means being against the seperation of Church and State. In lamen's terms: It means that you want the Church and Government to operate as one.

Wrong.

Peppermint

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Which is a real word.

Which is also, once again, wrong.

it is, in fact, floccinaucinihilipilification. What's that? Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is longer? Correct. However- it's not classified as a real word. Floccinaucinihilipilification is the longest non-medical, non-imaginary, non-chemical word in the English language. Other than that, chemical and medical terms can go on practically non-endingly, due to their systematic naming nature.

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Proof of this, clocking in at one thousand, one hundred and eighty five letters- The systematic name of the Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Dahlemense Strain.
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[source = "American Chemical Society's Chemical Abstracts"]

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