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PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:49 pm


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Seokonai
antidisestablishmentarianismistan


an·ti·dis·es·tab·lish·men·tar·i·an·ism /ˌæntiˌdɪsəˌstæblɪʃmənˈtɛəriəˌnɪzəm, ˌæntaɪ-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[an-tee-dis-uh-stab-lish-muhn-tair-ee-uh-niz-uhm, an-tahy-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.


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[Origin: anti- + disestablishment + -arian + -ism]

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Seokonai
hippopotophormolinguaphobianess.


Main Entry: hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
Part of Speech: n
Definition: fear of long words

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Well, I learned something new today xp Thanks for the information.
PostPosted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 4:04 pm


Go here: http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19971021
A little explaination of the word 'antidisestablishmentarianism'.

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Venat the Undying

PostPosted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:37 am


I read the first post only, so if anyone else said this, sorry.

first off, he used "antidisestablishmentarianism" wrong (and spelled it incorrectly too)

next he spelled "hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia" entirely incorrectly.


I think he made half of it up as he went along.
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