wats the longest word in english?

Answer 1

Hey Sethu, Since your question is posted in the "Words and Wordplay" section, I think the longest word in English should be the word 'SMILES'. How? From the start to the end, it is a MILE long. :-)

Answer 2

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis for some reason yahoo answers cut out half the letters!!

The longest word in any major English language dictionary is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis , a 45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease, but research has discovered that this word is a hoax. See the separate article for details.

The Guinness Book of Records, in its 1992 and subsequent editions, declared the "longest real word" in the English language to be floccinaucinihilipilification at 29 letters. Defined as "the act of estimating (something) as worthless", its usage has been recorded as far back as 1741. In recent times its usage has been recorded in the proceedings of the United States Senate by Senator Jesse Helms, and at the White House by Bill Clinton's press secretary Mike McCurry, albeit sarcastically. It is the longest non-technical word in the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Answer 3

The Guinness Book of Records, in its 1992 and subsequent editions, declared the "longest real word" in the English language to be floccinaucinihilipilification at 29 letters. Defined as the act of estimating (something) as worthless, its usage has been recorded as far back as 1741. In recent times its usage has been recorded in the proceedings of the United States Senate by Senator Jesse Helms, and at the White House by Bill Clinton's press secretary Mike McCurry, albeit sarcastically. It is the longest non-technical word in the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. The acceptability of the 33-letter adverbial form floccinaucinihilipilificastica... is subject to controversy. The longest technical word in the Oxford English Dictionary is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico... a lung disease.

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The Guinness Book of Records, in its 1992 and subsequent editions, declared the "longest real word" in the English language to be floccinaucinihilipilification at 29 letters. Defined as "the act of estimating (something) as worthless", its usage has been recorded as far back as 1741.

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Answer 6

For a long time I was told it was antidisenstablishmentarism but I know that there are many medical terms now that are longer. As far as I know that is still the longest in the non-scientific realm.

Answer 7

my favorite, it might not be quite the longest, is eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious. It means good.

Answer 8

i think ppl answered yur question.. i dun feel a need to answer it anymore.. . lolz
may GOD blesss ya
T.

Answer 9

antidisestablishmententarism

Answer 10

supercalifragalisticexpealidotion ...?