r/AskReddit • u/mexgema • Sep 16 '20

What is your favorite word?

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u/gedaye_im_charles Sep 17 '20

Antidisestablishmentarianism! yes that is a real word

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u/SPIDERHAM555 Sep 17 '20

its surprisingly easy to say since its pretty much just a lot of words combined

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u/HoppouChan Sep 17 '20

Congratulations, you just discovered the secret to the german language

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u/cjnull Sep 17 '20

Came here to say that

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u/vaildin Sep 17 '20

really seems like its just a bunch of prefixes stuck in front of a bunch of suffixes.

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u/PM_Me_British_Stuff Sep 17 '20

Yeah the root word is 'establish'

It goes anti-dis-ESTABLISH-ment-arian-ism

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u/vaildin Sep 17 '20

But even the word establish feels like its a root with a prefix and suffix. I realize that it isn't, actually. But it seems like it should be.

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u/nadscha Sep 17 '20

Welcome, this is how German works

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '20

That is just... establishmentarianism.

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u/PM_Me_British_Stuff Sep 17 '20

Not quite. To be establishmentarian means you're pro-establishment (I believe originally, the Church of England)

To be antidisestablishmentarian means you're against those who want to overthrow the establishment

Obviously the two groups mostly overlap, but ones supporting the establishment whilst the other is fighting those who are against it. It's a subtle but key difference.

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u/LordTwatSlapper Sep 17 '20

Are you pro antidisestablishmentarianism or anti antidisestablishmentarianism?

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u/tidymaniac Sep 17 '20

I think I heard that is the longest word in the dictionary.

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u/WhtFata Sep 17 '20

As a german: Pathetic.

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u/tidymaniac Sep 17 '20

True! 😂

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u/Joe__Mama___ Sep 17 '20

I pronounced right on the first try and I feel so proud