Do you ever speak matters of floccinaucinihilipilification?

Today’s English
February 15th, 2017

Today is for those who are fascinated by the longest words in English, though, I know very well,  you will use it once in a blue moon in your life.

The word “antidisestablishmentarianism" has 28 letters and 12 syllables (an-ti-dis-es-tab-lish-ment-ar-i-an-is-m).  You are anxious to know it’s meaning, aren’t you?
It means an opposition to the proposal of disestablishment of the Church of England. Disestablishment here means the removal of status of Anglican Church as the state church of England. Now the term is used not only to mean church, but also any established society, system, culture, or government. (Disestablishment itself is an opposition to establishment and when you add “anti", it refers to an opposition to an opposition).

The another word “floccinaucinihilipilification" is generally used to describe something as unimportant or worthless. This word is the elder brother to the previous word I mentioned (Yes, it is born one year before, having 29 letters).  Who is that bloody fellow who coined this word? In England, there is an independent boarding school known as “Eton College” where the pupils coined this long word while learning from Latin grammar book.  Many writers have used this term right from William Shenstone in his “Letters" published in 1741. Recently, in 2012,  a conservative MP,  Jacob used it in the British House of Commons.

Other longest words in English:
1.Llanfair¬pwllgwyngyll¬gogery¬chwyrn¬drobwll¬llan¬tysilio¬gogo¬goch: 
It is the name of a large village in Whales. (58 letters)

2.Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu – the name of a hill in New Zealand. (85 letters)

3.Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg – the name of a lake in Massachusetts, the US. (45 letters)

4.Honorificabilitudinitatibus – the longest word used by  Shakespeare in his  “Love’s Labour’s Lost to mean “The state of being able to achieve honours.”

“What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.”
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet