Establishmentarianism. It's a disease

[bluestateguy]

's all.

[Electric Monk]

1. Antidisestablishmentarianism. It's the longest non-coined, non-technical English word.

It refers to a 19th century political movement that opposed the disestablishment of the Church of England as the state church of England.

(Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia – fear of long words, at 35 letters could also be considered the longest non-coined, non-technical word, Although it is a "phobia," so is often seen as "technical." Hippopoto- "big" due to its allusion to the Greek-derived word hippopotamus (though this is derived as hippo- "horse" compounded with potam-os "river", so originally meaning "river horse"; according to the Oxford English, "hippopotamine" has been construed as large since 1847, so this coinage is reasonable); -monstr- is from Latin words meaning "monstrous", -o- is a noun-compounding vowel; -sesquipedali- comes from "sesquipedalian" meaning a long word (literally "a foot and a half long" in Latin), -o- is a noun-compounding vowel, and -phobia means "fear".)

That is all :)

[mrfrapp]

2. floccinaucinihilipilification

I prefer http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/floccinaucinihilipilification">floccinaucinihilipilification. One letter longer I think :-)

[Electric Monk]

4. ERROR: Posting error. Long subjects require periodic spaces.

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest English word that appears in a major dictionary. Originally coined to become a candidate for the longest word in English, the term eventually developed some independent use in medicine. It is referred to as "P45" by researchers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_words#English

[BeFree]

3. Resist Much. Obey Little

Ed Abbey @ 1975

Me: Down with the establishment when it requires resisting and Obey it only when it absolutely deserves it.