Word of the Day

[Ab Aeterno-Ex Deo]

Morgimirmir

Antidisestablishmentarianistic: (adj.) against the norm or intended norm.

Fire Consumes...




Maybe you need to read up a little but that isn't a real word, people just tend to think it is. The longest non-technical word fully classified in the English language is floccinaucinihilipilification. The longest word in the English language is






acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminyl-
phenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanyl-
aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinyl-
threonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanyl-
glutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl-
glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyl-
tryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalyl-
arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosyl-
arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucyl-
threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonyl-
arginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamyl-
asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamyl-
threonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartyl-
alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucyl-
asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl-
threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonyl-
phenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophyl-
threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine which is a chemical.


...Darkness Surrounds  

[[-Interesting Indeed-]]

Interesting...

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A.sks the dictionary.com gods...oh, can the next "Word of the Day" be "sesquipidalian?"
Definitions:
A. One who is prone to the use of long words.
or B. A word containing many syllables.



Consequently a sesquipidalian IS a sesquipidalian and if you know what sesquipidalian means then you probably ARE a sesquipidalian.
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...Interesting Indeed

 

[burner6336]

ANTI­DIS­ESTABLISH­MENT­ARIAN­ISM = the belief which opposes removing the tie between church and state.
Is a word  

[Bug Q Dlestra]

I've always found the search for the longest word to be silly, because it all depends on what restrictions you place on it, and how far they can be pushed (which, for some people, is quite a long way). It becomes arbitrary unless you're looking specifically for, say, the longest word ever published in a dictionary ('pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis'). So, any way you look at it, it's not a terribly interesting topic.  

[Monkey-Turtle]

Yes.
An Antidisestablishmentarianist is a person opposed to the separation of church and state.

On a different and somewhat irrelevant note, DID YOU KNOW: There is actually a place in New Zealand (The country I live in) called Waikikamukau (pronounced Why-Kick-a-Moo-Cow). Strange but true.  

[Doppelgaanger]

Yes, Antidisestablishmentarianism is indeed a word, and, according to the definition of and online dictionary: "In old Europe the church was the principal depository of all documents, both public and private. A movement developed which would make the governmental agencies of the various countries the legal depository of records. The result of this movement would disestablish the church from that function. Those persons opposed to disestablishing the church joined the movement called antidisestablishmentarianism ."

However, generally, the longest word in the English language is thought of as, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconeosis. This word, originally designed as a prank word, refers to a lung disease contracted by the inhalation of fine silica dust.

(But hyperbilirubinemia is an awesome word anyway.)

But of course the longest "word" ever, containing 189,819 letters is a chemical protein more commonly referred to as Connectin or Titin. It is, according to Wikipedia, "[ Titin ] is a protein that is important in the contraction of striated muscle tissues. Titin connects the Z line to the M line in the sarcomere. The protein limits the range of motion of the sarcomere in tension, thus contributing to the passive stiffness of muscle. Variations in the sequence of titin between different types of muscle (e.g. cardiac or skeletal) has been correlated with differences in the mechanical properties of the muscles."

And yet, you can create arbitrarily long words by adding suffixes and prefixes to them (such as adding thousands of "greats" to grandfather).  

[Ellenl]

It doesn't matter how long a word is so long as it makes sense and is used appropriately.
Afterall, you could call an idiot a nincompoop and the fact that they would stand there pondering the word would prove your point.  

[Shelton3369]

When we expand our vocab words everyday.. you will have many more to learn each day and the rest of your lives  

[Kireshai]

Why kick a moo cow.... You New Zealanders have weirder place names than us Aussies. I mean, we have some pretty odd place names. Humptydoo, for example.  

[Damien Nocturne]

Hm...

Oh, large words? I'm not overly fond of large words, but rather, esoteric ones.

Dystopia. Eldritch. Stygian. Septuagenarian. Didactic. Coruscating.

"The burning sky was obscured by the crumbling towers of blackened stone, bloodstained crucifixes of bone rising from the withered soil like grotesque mockeries which could be only vaguely analogous to trees; it was a hideous vista indeed, a tainted vision of some dystopic cityscape."

Just throw it in there, for fun.  

[TeeJaye]

It's a sad but true state out there, to be sure. Merriam-Webster now has an "Open Dictionary" that has most of the TXT talk in it as words.

Google, and Mouse Potato are now official words in print dictionaries now.

As for a Word of the Day, lets go to Bohemian Rhapsody...

scaramouch • skair-uh-MOOSH • noun

1 capitalized : a stock character in the Italian commedia dell'arte that burlesques the Spanish don and is characterized by boastfulness and cowardliness

2 a : a cowardly buffoon
*b : rascal, scamp

Example Sentence:
My great uncle was an untrustworthy old scaramouch.
Did you know?
In the commedia dell'arte, Scaramouch was a stock character who was constantly being cudgeled by Harlequin, which may explain why his name is based on an Italian word meaning "skirmish," or "a minor fight." The character was made popular in England during the late 1600s by the clever acting of Tiberio Fiurelli. During that time, the name "Scaramouch" also gained notoriety as a derogatory word for "a cowardly buffoon" or "rascal." Today not many people use the word (which can also be spelled "scaramouche"), but you will encounter it while listening to Queen's ubiquitous rock song "Bohemian Rhapsody," in the lyric "I see a little silhouetto of a man / Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the fandango?"  

[Imsomewhatspiffy]

Chaetophorous, in need of a shave.
Fillipendulous, hanging by a single thread.
Falciform, curved or shaped like a sickle, i.e. a falciform moon.  

[-x x kyoxtohru x x-]

Monkey-Turtle

Yes.
An Antidisestablishmentarianist is a person opposed to the separation of church and state.

On a different and somewhat irrelevant note, DID YOU KNOW: There is actually a place in New Zealand (The country I live in) called Waikikamukau (pronounced Why-Kick-a-Moo-Cow). Strange but true.

xD I love that. "Why-Kick-a-Moo-Cow"

&& Yeah. Antidisestablishmentarianism is a word. [On a side-note: So many people think it's hard to spell. I just tell them: "An-ti-dis-es-ta-blish-ment-ari-an-ism.
Sure, it's about 12 syllables. It's still really easy.]

 

[Black rose shika]

~prize_in_the_box~

Oo! What about
"Fecund": prolific, productive

I'm very fecund young man of complexity.  

[Diuy]

Ab Aeterno-Ex Deo

Morgimirmir

Antidisestablishmentarianistic: (adj.) against the norm or intended norm.

Fire Consumes...




Maybe you need to read up a little but that isn't a real word, people just tend to think it is. The longest non-technical word fully classified in the English language is floccinaucinihilipilification. The longest word in the English language is






acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminyl-
phenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanyl-
aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinyl-
threonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanyl-
glutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl-
glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyl-
tryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalyl-
arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosyl-
arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucyl-
threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonyl-
arginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamyl-
asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamyl-
threonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartyl-
alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucyl-
asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl-
threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonyl-
phenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophyl-
threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine which is a chemical.


...Darkness Surrounds

Antidisestablishmentarianistic isn't a word. However, antidisestablishmentarianism is a word. It means, originally, opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England, now opposition to the belief that there should be no longer be an official church in a country. xd I was just looking at the chemical you put there. Depending on what you believe, that is the longest word in the English language, although a single molecule of DNA could be more than one billion characters.