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I love the German word ver­bes­se­rungs­be­dürf­tig, meaning in need of improvement. I'm not German, but thought this was a cracking word.

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[-] Albbi@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago

The longest non-medical word (because c'mon, that's Latin) is antidisestablishmentarianism. I think it is basically being pro-establishment (government) because of the double negative in the word.

[-] Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee 6 points 4 days ago

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcaniconiosis is English, but it is a medical word. The roots of it are Greek and Latin, like much of English. Are you aware of the etymology of antidisestablishmentarianism?

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

I think it also has something to do with believing that the monarch should or shouldn't be head of the Church of England. But yeah, pro-establishment, definitely.

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