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  • immoral_angeluk
    immoral_angeluk Posts: 24,506 Forumite
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    silvercharming wrote: »
    Uh, normal english. I'm not sure myself. The whole point of a dissertation is to fling big words about and write long sentences. The idea is that whoever marks it will just assume you know what you're talking about without reading it properly.
    like antidisestablishmentarianism?

    :D See I'm clever me :D
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  • Larumbelle
    Larumbelle Posts: 2,140 Forumite
    Yeah like that!

    *whispers* I once actually did use that word in an essay...

    although it was a dare, so I'm sure we can overlook it? :o

    And for those who question the value of a university education - have I ever needed any of that rubbish in my life since? Have I heck as like!
  • immoral_angeluk
    immoral_angeluk Posts: 24,506 Forumite
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    what does it actually mean anyway? lol
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  • Larumbelle
    Larumbelle Posts: 2,140 Forumite
    That you don't want to get rid of the church of england
  • always_amazed
    always_amazed Posts: 704 Forumite
    erm, I *think* that

    disestablishmentarianism was people who wanted to separate the church and the state...

    so anidisblahblahs were the people who were against that. but wouldn't they just be establishmentists because antidis is a double negative.... arrrhhhh .head gone sore. ouch.

    am going to check that on wikipedia.
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  • always_amazed
    always_amazed Posts: 704 Forumite
    silvercharming, your description was much better. :)
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  • Larumbelle
    Larumbelle Posts: 2,140 Forumite
    Kind of a pointless word, isn't it? It's not even the longest word in the dictionary any more, so it is officially useless.
  • Tete_en_l'Air
    Tete_en_l'Air Posts: 7,134 Forumite
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    I was thinking along those lines AA with the double negative, shouldn't it just be Establishmentarianism, but I think there IS a slight difference - Estab... just means FOR the Church, whereas Antidisestab... just means AGAINST getting rid...? No, I've confused myself. So what IS the longest word then SilverCharming?
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  • Larumbelle
    Larumbelle Posts: 2,140 Forumite
    the double negative thing is because you are anti - disestablishmentarianism. The dis-whatever was already a movement, so that's how it came about. There are grey areas about why it's not just 'establishmentarianism' but I'll leave that for political theory 101.

    As for the longest word... I'm not the oracle, but I'm pretty sure its something medical or chemical.
  • Larumbelle
    Larumbelle Posts: 2,140 Forumite
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English
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