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post #1 of 14
7/12/10 at 11:28am
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Did you know the longest word in the world's dictionary? here it is:

pneu⋅mo⋅no⋅ul⋅tra⋅mi⋅cro⋅scop⋅ic⋅sil⋅i⋅co⋅ vol⋅ca⋅no⋅co⋅ni⋅o⋅sis

and it is name of a silica disease
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post #2 of 14
7/12/10 at 11:50am
I did! We learned this in grade school. I guess no longer word has come about since then......
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post #3 of 14
7/12/10 at 12:42pm
There's a small town in Wales called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch
There's more letters in this, but I'm guessing it's probably not in the dictionary ?
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post #4 of 14
7/12/10 at 12:52pm
I remember learning about that! I know the full name of Titin is 189,819 letters but I guess doesn't really count as a "word"
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post #5 of 14
7/12/10 at 1:02pm
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Originally Posted by PerfumeGoddess View Post

Did you know the longest word in the world's dictionary? here it is:

pneu⋅mo⋅no⋅ul⋅tra⋅mi⋅cro⋅scop⋅ic⋅sil⋅i⋅co⋅ vol⋅ca⋅no⋅co⋅ni⋅o⋅sis

and it is name of a silica disease

Yes, my brother and I used to try to outdo each other saying it fast.

Then there is also antidisestablishmentarianism....
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post #6 of 14
7/12/10 at 1:27pm
Entire world? Hardly. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is indeed the longest "dictionary" word in English, though.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakit anatahu = 105

Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebsw erkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft = 79

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch = 58

And then there's this 189,819 letter monster: http://sarahmcculloch.appliedgeekery...gest-word.html
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post #7 of 14
7/13/10 at 7:49am
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lol thats horrible.. who made such long words man. GOSH!
well that was informative thanks for sharing
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post #8 of 14
7/13/10 at 8:42am
For fun.............

Lopado­temacho­selacho­galeo­kranio­leipsano­drim­ hypo­trimmato­silphio­parao­melito­katakechy­meno­ kichl­epi­kossypho­phatto­perister­alektryon­opte­ kephallio­kigklo­peleio­lagoio­siraio­baphe­tragan o­pterygon

A made up word by Greek author Aristophane for his work -Assemblywomen.
This word is like nonsense.
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post #9 of 14
7/14/10 at 4:51am
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this is indeed a nonsense
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post #10 of 14
7/14/10 at 5:07am
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.and to think since third grade I always thought 'infinity' was the longest word. Sheesh..
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post #11 of 14
7/15/10 at 4:53am
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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe View Post

I remember learning about that! I know the full name of Titin is 189,819 letters but I guess doesn't really count as a "word"

Someone is so going to name their baby that.
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post #12 of 14
7/15/10 at 5:25am
pneu⋅mo⋅no⋅ul⋅tra⋅mi⋅cro⋅scop⋅ic⋅sil⋅i⋅co⋅ vol⋅ca⋅no⋅co⋅ni⋅o⋅sis
I LOVE this word, because in certain select (very select) situations, it's usable!
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post #13 of 14
7/15/10 at 8:18am
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Originally Posted by Craig View Post

There's a small town in Wales called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch
There's more letters in this, but I'm guessing it's probably not in the dictionary ?

I think I've heard of that.

How about Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia: Phobia of Long Words

And another I always find interesting is that the full name for the city of Los Angeles is: El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ãngeles del RÃ*o de Porciúncula .
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post #14 of 14
7/15/10 at 11:12am
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I think I've heard of that.

How about Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia: Phobia of Long Words

And another I always find interesting is that the full name for the city of Los Angeles is: El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ãngeles del RÃ*o de Porciúncula .



Sounds like a fear of four gathered hippos !!
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