2006-06-11 13:26:44 · 19 answers · asked by * wiSH * 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Longest non-medical word:
floccipausinihilipilification
Meaning: the act of estimating as worthless
The second longest is: antidisestablishmenterianism
2006-06-11 13:30:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The world's longest word is pneu -mo -no -ultra -micro -scopic -silico -volca -neosis. I have to break it up because if you type this continuesly, there is an elipses and you wouldn't understand it. This word has 41 letters and 9 syllables. So it is the longest word in the English language.
2006-06-11 20:49:43 · answer #2 · answered by karl_0905 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, but this is debated. See Wikipedia for more info.
If you doubt the credibility of that, then try floccinaucinihilipilification.
However, there are other words, often scientific,such as complex chemical names, that can be longer. Whether that counts as English is in the air.
2006-06-11 20:29:35 · answer #3 · answered by presidentrichardnixon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious came from Mary Poppins, Idiots.
2006-06-11 20:29:43 · answer #4 · answered by Rubik 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?
2006-06-11 20:28:38 · answer #5 · answered by deathblooms7894 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jahaisticaliousiousico
usentablishineiamato
syntalium
It's originally a Hawiian term about the power of one of the lakes there. Im not even kidding but i might have spelled it wrong.
2006-06-11 20:33:02 · answer #6 · answered by Boris Diaw MVP! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
smiles
because there is a mile between the 2 s's
2006-06-11 20:29:51 · answer #7 · answered by goombapie@sbcglobal.net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
S O R R Y, I don't know, but I slept at a Holiday Inn last night...
2006-06-12 00:46:01 · answer #8 · answered by Merry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
smiles
There is a mile between the first and last letter :)
2006-06-11 21:51:23 · answer #9 · answered by SharpStimpy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agrre with GooGoo.
2006-06-11 20:29:41 · answer #10 · answered by *ღ♥۩ THEMIS ۩♥ღ* 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋