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    Posted: 17 Feb 06 at 6:34pm
To estimate something as worthless. 
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I was told it meant that valueing is worthless.

Although apparently there is another longer one which is some sort of disease.
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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis appears in the oxford eglish dictionary, but doesn't count as the official longest word because it was made up as a hypothetical long word from a load of medical terms.
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well antidisastablishmentaireanism means to be against the church or management of the church.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote A Seabadger Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Feb 06 at 6:48pm
Very impressive knowlage
any guesses on how to pronounce it?
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anti dis as stab lish ment air ian ism
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Did you know up until last year (or something) a duck's quack didn't echo. They've now found out it does echo through advances in technology, so the fact that a duck's quack doesn't echo is now incorrect.............. (Les corrected me last night) 
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Originally posted by mike ellis

anti dis as stab lish ment air ian ism


I meant any guesses on how to prounounce "Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis"

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new mon olt tra micro scopic silly co volcan o con io sis  anyone got a better idea??
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Black no sugar Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Feb 06 at 7:06pm

Originally posted by mike ellis

anti dis as stab lish ment air ian ism

Are you sure about that one?

establish

establishment 

establishmentarian

establishmentarianism

disestablishmentarianism

antidisestablishmentarianism

Spelling's easy... It's all in the affixes

 

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