Word of the Week

[Gene Howe]

31 minutes ago, HandyDan said:

You sure made it hard this week Gene but here goes.

 

Antidisestablishmentarianism is not supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and has been the subject of great debates since the 19th century.

 

 

Maybe, if the antidisestablishmentarianism types had the mind set of Mary Poppins, they wouldn't have needed Antidisestablishmentarianism. 

[kmealy]

As long as we're being sesquipedalian,  pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

 

I always say, "Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do."

 

I had a good customer who told me that in med school, the first year they learned 400 Latin words, then spent 5 years learning how to put them together.

[HandyDan]

1 hour ago, kmealy said:

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

 

Someone with that disease wouldn't have enough breath to say so.

[Gene Howe]

1 hour ago, HandyDan said:

 

Someone with that disease wouldn't have enough breath to say so.

Take a deep breath first.....oh, wait. You can't.

Would a dust mask be an antipneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis device? 

[HandyDan]

1 hour ago, Gene Howe said:

Take a deep breath first.....oh, wait. You can't.

Would a dust mask be an antipneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis device? 

 

I suppose if you wanted to write antipneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis instead of dust mask it would.  

[Grandpadave52]

Not according to the Okee Dokee Brothers

10 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

Antidisestablishmentarianism is supposedly the longest word in English. But, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious beats it.

 

[HandyDan]

[Gene Howe]

35 minutes ago, HandyDan said:

NSA used to employ ducks. Had problems downloading their info, though.