History Main / Antidisestablishmentarianism

"Anti­dis­establish­ment­arian­ism", as a word, technically refers to a specific political movement which would have opposed removing the Church of England from its status as the "official" church of Ireland. (Website/TheOtherWiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidisestablishmentarianism has some information]], if you're curious.) A more modern definition is that it refers to the movement to dissolve the legal separation between church and state.[[note]]or sometimes as opposing the removal of the C of E from its status as the official church of England itself.[[/note]] That's what the Burma Shave quote was referring to. This is not about that movement, however. This is about the word.

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* Norwegian folk singer Music/OysteinSunde has a song called "Overbuljongterningpakkmesterassistent". He did invent the word, but it's a legitimate word according to the rules of the Norwegian language, and means something like "over bouillon cube sorter assistant".

* Showed up in the ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'' episode "For Letter or Worse". In the beginning of the episode, the designated {{Nerd}}s (the [[PunnyName Brainy Bunch]]) guessed this word from the blanks without even trying to get a letter before guessing. They just learned it was the longest word and said it (possibly not so hard a task given the lack of words of that number of letters in English). Shaggy and Scooby then tried to find the word in a dictionary.

* There used to be on Wiki/TheOtherWiki instructions for adding elements to this word, producing "propseudocontraneoantidisestablishmentarianistically" ("in a manner favouring false opposition to a new form of antidisestablishmentarianism").

"Anti­dis­establish­ment­arian­ism", as a word, technically refers to a specific political movement which would have opposed removing the Church of England from its status as the "official" church of Ireland. (Wiki/TheOtherWiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidisestablishmentarianism has some information]], if you're curious.) A more modern definition is that it refers to the movement to dissolve the legal separation between church and state.[[note]]or sometimes as opposing the removal of the C of E from its status as the official church of England itself.[[/note]] That's what the Burma Shave quote was referring to. This is not about that movement, however. This is about the word.

"Antidisestablishmentarianism", as a word, technically refers to a specific political movement which would have opposed removing the Church of England from its status as the "official" church of Ireland. (Wiki/TheOtherWiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidisestablishmentarianism has some information]], if you're curious.) A more modern definition is that it refers to the movement to dissolve the legal separation between church and state.[[note]]or sometimes as opposing the removal of the C of E from its status as the official church of England itself.[[/note]] That's what the Burma Shave quote was referring to. This is not about that movement, however. This is about the word.

* Siimilarly, the officially longest Swedish word is nordvästersjökustartilleriflygspaningssimulatoranläggningsmaterielunderhållsuppföljningssystemdiskussionsinläggsförberedelsearbeten, meaning roughly "the work needed to prepare a statement for a debate on the support system needed for maintenance of flight simulator equipment for the northwestern coast artillery".

You see, this infamously long-winded word is more famous for being long, unwieldy, and taking a heck of a long time to type. If anybody needs a go-to big word, this is the one they usually pull out. (Especially if it's at a SpellingBee.) It's not even [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English the longest word in the English language, though it is the longest one that is neither a scientific term nor specifically coined to make a huge word]]. Why this word? While it's long, it's really just "establish" with a bunch of fairly standard prefixes and suffixes tacked on. It's not even hard to spell, since it's spelled exactly as it's pronounced, without any of English's 1001 special spelling exceptions or oddities.[[note]](You might note it still contains two different ways to pronounce the letter "a"; three to pronounce "s", in one of which it is combined with another letter; depending on whether one is speaking British or American, two to three ways to pronounce "i", the third of which is as a diphthong; and two different ways to pronounce "e"; all within the same word. And a couple of the vowel sounds are written with a different letter in different places. But by the standards of English, that's "spelled exactly as it's pronounced", [[SincerityMode seriously.)]][[/note]] Possibly because it's [[InherentlyFunnyWords Inherently Funny.]] A favorite form of SesquipedalianLoquaciousness. For another gag about long words, see ScaryScienceWords.

* The Finnish language is well known for almost endless possibilities on combining long compound words, such as ''Pientalokolmivaihevaihtovirtakilowattituntimittari'' (Small house three-phase alternative current kilowatt-hour meter) or ''Lentokonesuihkuturbiiniapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas'' (Aircraft turbojet engine auxiliary mechanic non-commissioned officer student). Those are actual, but seldom used, words.

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', they had a spelling bee, and the resident SmartGuy tried to spell this word during a practice session. His dad recommended he skip down to "antidote".

* Showed up in the ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'' episode "For Letter or Worse". In the beginning of the episode, the designated {{Hollywood Nerd}}s (the [[PunnyName Brainy Bunch]]) guessed this word from the blanks without even trying to get a letter before guessing. They just learned it was the longest word and said it (possibly not so hard a task given the lack of words of that number of letters in English). Shaggy and Scooby then tried to find the word in a dictionary.

* In VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople Episode 2: Strong Badia the Free, upon inspecting Strong Bad's large collection of "Edgarware" titles, which includes "anti-virus", "anti-spyware", and "anti-disestablishmentarianism".

You see, this infamously long-winded word is more famous for being long, unwieldy, and taking a heck of a long time to type. If anybody needs a go-to big word, this is the one they usually pull out. (Especially if it's at a SpellingBee.) It's not even [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English the longest word in the English language, though it is the longest one that is neither a scientific term nor specifically coined to make a huge word]]. Why this word? While it's long, it's really just "establish" with a bunch of fairly standard prefixes and suffixes tacked on. It's not even hard to spell, since it's spelled exactly as it's pronounced, without any of English's 1001 special spelling exceptions or oddities.[[note]](You might note it still contains two different ways to pronounce the letter "a"; three to pronounce "s", in one of which it is combined with another letter; depending on whether one is speaking British or American, two to three ways to pronounce "i", the third of which is as a diphthong; and two different ways to pronounce "e"; all within the same word. And a couple of the vowel sounds are written with a different letter in different places. But by the standards of English, that's "spelled exactly as it's pronounced", [[SincerityMode seriously.)]][[/note]] Possibly because it's [[InherentlyFunnyWords Inherently Funny.]] A favorite form of SesquipedalianLoquaciousness.

* In the United States, the longest place name on record is Lake ''Char­gogg­a­gogg­man­chaugg­a­gogg­chau­bun­a­gung­a­maugg'', Massachusetts, which in Nipmuc Algonquian, roughly translates to "Fishing Place at the Boundaries -- Neutral Meeting Grounds" or "lake divided by islands", located near Webster, MA.

* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}:'' "I will return before you can say Antidisestablishmentarianism." Since the "you" in question is [[TheDitz Prince George]], he's right. Although he needs two days.

* Huey, Dewey, and Louie use this at one point in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017''. Despite being "unique snowflakes", they momentarily SpeakInUnison, causing them to say it in an attempt to stop doing so.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'' had one of Robot's friends try to write this on a guitar. He then asks "How do you spell that?"

** The Sherman Brothers also came up with "[[Film/SnoopyComeHome Fundamentalfrienddependability]]."

-->"Results-oriented multitasking hands-on team-building problem-solving take-charge self-starter with enterprise-wide cross-functional productivity-enhancement management-specific capabilities including all phases of conceptualization, implementation, integration, augmentation, allocation, irrigation, fermentation, lactation, plantation, and antidisestablishmentarianism served over field greens with a balsamic viniagrette."

* Showed up in the ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'' episode "For Letter or Worse". In the beginning of the episode, the designated {{Hollywood Nerd}}s (the [[PunnyName Brainy Bunch]]) guessed this word from the blanks without even trying to get a letter before guessing. They just learned it was the longest word and said it (possibly not so hard a task given the lack of words of that number of letters in English). Shaggy and Scooby then tried to find the word in a dictionary. The Bunch get tripped up in the end when the word has two consecutive [=Zs=], and they don't know any (which there are actually plenty of). They are stumped, while Shaggy and Scooby recognize the five-letter word immediately: "pizza".

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb:'' Apparently, they found a cure.
** "I can finally take off this puce ribbon."
** InUniverse FridgeLogic: "Wait, I thought it was more an ideological stance than a disease?"

-->'''Steve [as Karl]''': Yoo-hoo! Antidisestablishmentarianism!
-->'''Ricky [as captain of the rescue ship]''': Get him on this boat now.

* ''VideoGmae/{{Hellsinker}}'' uses Floccinaucinihilipilification as a name for one of its final bosses.

* Suzy Gee from ''WebComic/{{Nukees}}'' starts an organization called "Citizens Opposed to Antidisestablishmentarianism." The name can, with some generosity, be said to fit - she's trying to stop a bill that would [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything explicitly tie marriage to religious faith]].

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/WaltDisneyPresents'' focused on WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, including a scene of a psychological examination conducted by Ludwig von Drake. Von Drake starts [[WordAssociationTest a word-association exercise]] with "antidesestablishmentarianism", but can't pronounce it after several tries, and simply rips off the first letter and starts with "A" instead.

* One episode of ''WaltDisneyPresents'' focused on DonaldDuck, including a scene of a psychological examination conducted by Ludwig von Drake. Von Drake starts [[WordAssociationTest a word-association exercise]] with "antidesestablishmentarianism", but can't pronounce it after several tries, and simply rips off the first letter and starts with "A" instead.