Re: SECURITY COMPANYS WANTED

[Matt Ion <soundy106@xxxxxxxxx>]

Tommy wrote:
> Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
> -adjective
>       (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to
> represent the longest word in English.)
>
>       Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
>       Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc.
> 2006.

And for that matter, from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious:

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Critics' belief that the word itself has obscure origins has created some debate
about when it was first used historically. According to Robert B. Sherman,
co-writer of the song with his brother, Richard, the word was created mostly out
of double-talk.

Roots of the word have been defined, as Richard Lederer writes in his book Crazy
English as follows: super- "above," cali- "beauty," fragilistic- "delicate,"
expiali- "to atone," and docious- "educable," with the sum of these parts
signifying roughly "Atoning for educatability through delicate beauty." This
explication of its connotations suits the fictional character of Mary Poppins,
in that she presents herself as both superlatively beautiful and also supremely
intelligent and capable of great achievements.
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("Explication" - interesting word ;)

Also, according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English:

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Major dictionaries

The longest word in any major English language dictionary is
pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­coniosis, a 45-letter word that
refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of fine silica dust.
Research has discovered that this word was originally intended as a hoax. It has
since been used in a close approximation of its originally intended meaning,
lending at least some degree of validity to its claim.

The Oxford English Dictionary contains pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters).

The longest non-technical word in major dictionaires is
flocci­nauci­nihili­pili­fication at 29 letters. Consisting of a series of Latin
words meaning "nothing" and defined as "the act of estimating something as
worthless," its usage has been recorded as far back as 1741. In recent times its
usage has been recorded in the proceedings of the United States Senate by
Senator Robert Byrd, and at the White House by Bill Clinton's press secretary
Mike McCurry, albeit sarcastically.

Other notable long words

Anti­dis­establishment­arianism (a nineteenth century movement in England
opposed to the separation of church and state) at 28 letters is still in
colloquial currency for being one of the longest words in the English language.
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So there.  Bass needs a new copy of the Guiness Book of World Records.


> "Robert L Bass" <no-sales-spam@bassburglaralarms> wrote in message
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>>>Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?
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>>Technically, that's not a real word.
>>AFAIK, the longest real word in the
>>language is antidisestablishmentarianism.
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>>Regards,
>>Robert L Bass
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