diff --git a/emacs/tawny-mode.el b/emacs/tawny-mode.el
index 591a62f..93c3f36 100644
--- a/emacs/tawny-mode.el
+++ b/emacs/tawny-mode.el
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 (require 'nrepl-client)
 (require 'clojure-mode)
 (require 'easymenu)
+(require 'cl)
 
 ;;; Code:
 
@@ -82,6 +83,32 @@ elk or jfact."
     (cider-current-ns)
     )))
 
+(defun tawny-mode-identitas ()
+  "Prints random prolong (lexical pronounceable string) ID generated
+by the Identitaslibrary."
+  (interactive)
+  (tawny-mode-check-for-nrepl-buffer)
+  (cider-nrepl-request:eval
+   (format
+    "(do (require 'tawny.emacs)(tawny.emacs/identitas \"%s\"))"
+    (cider-current-ns))
+   (tawny-mode-make-into-buffer-response-handler (point-marker))))
+
+(defun tawny-mode-make-into-buffer-response-handler(marker)
+  "Return a messaging response handler into the current BUFFER."
+  (lexical-let
+      ((m marker))
+    (nrepl-make-response-handler
+     (marker-buffer marker)
+     (lambda (buffer value)
+       (save-excursion
+         (set-buffer (marker-buffer m))
+         (goto-char m)
+         (insert (substring value 1 -1))))
+     (lambda (buffer value))
+     (lambda (buffer value))
+     (lambda (buffer)))))
+
 (defun tawny-mode-unsatisfiable ()
   "Prints a message describing unsatisfiability of current ontology."
   (interactive)
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 2eca613..840bde6 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@
                  ;; Shut up ELK
                  [log4j/log4j "1.2.17"]
                  ;; Shut up OWL API
-                 [org.slf4j/slf4j-nop "1.7.10"]]
+                 [org.slf4j/slf4j-nop "1.7.10"]
+
+                 ;; identitas
+                 [uk.org.russet/identitas-j "0.0.1"]]
 
   ;; multiple profiles for testing against different OWL versions. The :base
   ;; dependency adds dev-resources to the path which I need for testing.
diff --git a/src/tawny/emacs.clj b/src/tawny/emacs.clj
index 2c2f45d..ece3b56 100644
--- a/src/tawny/emacs.clj
+++ b/src/tawny/emacs.clj
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ NAMESPACE"
         "Ontology is consistent."
         "Ontology is not consistent."))))
 
+(defn identitas
+  "Return a random prolong ID from the identitas library."
+  [id]
+  (let [id (uk.org.russet.identitas.Util/randomProlong)]
+    id))
+
 (defn list-classes
   "Given a set of classes, returns a string representation."
   [classes]