No, it's not "antidisestablishmentarianism" ("opposition to the separation of the established church and state" - that is a good Tea Party word, eh?), nor "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious". (which literally means "repentant for the utmost and fragile beauty yet highly teachable", yet practically means "very wonderful"). Good guesses, though.
If you suffer from hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, then perhaps you shouldn't continue reading this post, as I don't want you to freak out. Take a hike, if you're near Webster, Massachusetts, maybe to Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, (Native American for "You fish on your side; I fish on my side; nobody fish in the middle," as Richard Lederer puts it). If you are in England then you could go to the famous and relaxing spas at Bath, which are restorative and also aequeosalinocal -calinosetaceoaluminosocupreovitriolic. If you like to fish, then perhaps you could go to Hawaii and see if you can catch some humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa.
Or if you like Greek cuisine you may want to invite a bunch of your friends over and try dining on lepadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosil
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James Joyce was fond of long words, and used them in his books. He gets credit for using or inventing - bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronn
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