Following up on our discussion of the really big word you ever learned, some listeners responded with antidisestablishmentarianism, a word rarely seen except in, well, discussions of big words. This is part of a complete episode.
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My favorite use of Antidisestablishmentarianism is by Eminem.
“Now get off my dick! Dick’s too short of a word for my dick
Get off my antidisestablishmentarianism, you prick!”