proantidisestablishmentarianism

what does it mean? and what does it mean to you?

and use it in a sentence if you know so much, smarty pants.

No.

MrJoker said:

yes

I don't feel like looking in a dictionary. So let MsSmartypants answer it. Where is the old hag anyways

LMFAO. This is actually one of the first words my brother used to spell at like age 3. No kidding. He'd do it rhythmically in 4's too...ANTI-DISE-STAB-LISH-MENT-ARIA-NISM. I still get that stuck in my head to this day. It's like a song.

MrJoker said:

quit holding out.

Anxiety said:

It's an underground movement from within to org to defame and slander the name of all MODs except Luv4U, who seems to enjoy the contraversy anyways.

AsianBomb777 said:

ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM
go to http://RexCurry.net

“Antidisestablishmentarianism” is one of my favorite words and it is very handy to denounce government growth. Other libertarian language tips are at http://members.ij.net/rex...smain.html I write to encourage all anti-establishment types and everyone to help me to resurrect the long word. With 28 letters, It is usually the longest word in common large dictionaries. Though the word has an obscure historic origin, referring to the disestablisment of the Irish Church, its more general statist sentiment is clear and that makes it fun for any discussion of politics and liberty. For example, as a libertarian, I often exclaim -

Fight antidisestablishmentarianism !

Other enjoyable options are "Stop antidisestablishmentarianism!" or "Oppose antidisestablishmentarianism!" or “The government is full of socialists and their antidisestablismentarianism makes me retch.” Similar quips are infinite.

The dictionary definition of “Antidisestablishmentarianism” is: opposition to the disestablishment of a church or religious body; specifically, strong opposition to the disestablishment of a State Church, as was manifested in Ireland in 1869, when Gladstone disestablished the Irish Church (Protestant) to which all the people, including Roman Catholics, had been compelled to pay tithes.

Searches of the web and newsgroups reveal that http://rexcurry.net is the only site that results from a search for "fight antidisestablishmentarianism" and "stop antidisestablishmentarianism" and almost for "oppose antidisestablishmentarianism." For related article see http://members.ij.net/rex...anism.html
For more articles on etymology see http://members.ij.net/rex...smain.html

Floccinaucinihilipilification (29 letters) is the action or habit of judging something to be worthless, or to make it worthless. Back in the eighteenth century, Eton College had a grammar book which listed a set of words from Latin which all meant “of little or no value”. In order, those were flocci, nauci, nihili, and pili. Someone put all of those together and then placed "–fication" on the end to make a noun

The worst example of floccinaucinihilipilification was the Holocaust and the socialist Wholecaust under the industrial armies of the socialist trio of atrocities: the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 62 million deaths; the People's Republic of China, 35 million deaths; and the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, 21 million deaths (numbers from Professor R. J. Rummel's article in the Encyclopedia of Genocide (1999). Socialists are nuclear bombs. Socialism is nuclear war. http://members.ij.net/rex...alists.jpg

To oppose taxes and socialism for sports is not floccinaucinihilipilification. On the contrary, sports fanaticism is a form of antifloccinaucinihilipilification so strong that it leads otherwise-good people to embrace taxes and socialized stadiums. Many fans behave as if anything they consider Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (34 letters) is deserving of socialistic support and tax subsidies. They antidisestablishmentarianistically (34 letters) rationalize excuses for government subsidies of their entertainment. The battle cry of socialistic sports nerds has become: “Antidisestablishmentarianism!”

AsianBomb777 said:

Found this on a message board.

>>It means that the State shall not favour any particular religion, making it a "State" religion.

>>Or what they call an "established religion," like in England or Texas.

>>Me, I've never held with those antidisestablishmentarian views.

>>For myself, I favor antidisestablishmentarianism.

>>So that would make you proantidisestablishmentarianism, yes?

Anxiety said:

Look, don't ruin the mood--I'm actually enjoying this thread.

GangstaFam said:

SO CLOSE!!!!

i'm afraid the word at hand is proantidisestablishmentarianism. you defined antidisestablishmentarianism, which is almost the same, but without an essential suffix.

and we still need you to use it in a sentence.

AsianBomb777 said:

wrong answer!

actually, this thread was specially designed to make you miserable. nice try, though...you were almost correct, except for the part where you were enjoying yourself.

try again!

Anxiety said:

Well, I figured I'd go with what I know and once I add the pro, I could build from there.

Your sentence: "Fuck you AND your proantidisestablishmentarianism!"

this thread makes my head hurt!

endorphin74 said:

WRONG ANSWER!!!

we almost let you have this answer because you were really close, but the russian judge had to be a hardass.

try again!!!

The "pro", "anti", and "dis" make it so contradictory. It can't make up its mind what it wants to be.

GangstaFam said:

WRONG AGAIN!!!

we would have accepted "Fuck you, your proantidisestablishmentarianism, and the horse you rode in on!"

you almost had it!

AsianBomb777 said:

GangstaFam said:

Anxiety said:

Anxiety said:

Back to the lab.

GangstaFam said:

Oh My God, that avatar!!!

i just had this answer anonymously submitted to me via wireless:

Sentence: "If George Bush had actually had PROantidisestablishmentarianism as part of his platform, then Sassy wouldn't be so confused and would have a legitimate reason to vote for him."

Can't even quote my damn self right edit.
[Edited 12/22/04 19:09pm]

Anxiety said:

Anxiety said:

Zelaira???

GangstaFam said: