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and its not supercailifragilisticexpialidocious....its longer than that

2006-07-02 15:31:17 · 19 answers · asked by carverarena32 1 in Society & Culture Cultures & Groups Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

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P n e u m o n o u l t r a m i c r o s c o p i c s i l i c o v o l c a n o c o n i o s i s

Definition: a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, mostly found in volcano's.

49 letters

Sorry I had to double space the letters or else if cut half of it off Eg. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

2006-07-02 19:58:41 · answer #1 · answered by ak23boi 3 · 1 0

elastic... because it stretches lol

actually the longest official word ever (1,913 letters) is the term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8:

Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenyl-
alanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysyglutamyl-
gycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonyl-
leucylglycylaspartylprolylglycyllisoleucylglutamylglutaminyl-
serylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucyl-
glutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucyl-
glycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucyl-
alanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginyl-
alanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanyl-
glycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanyl-
glutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyl-
lysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucyl-
leucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanyl-
asparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyl-
tyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalyl-
aspartylsrylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalyl-
glutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminyl-
alanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanyl-
prolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartyl-
alanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminyl-
isoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyl-
tyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycyl-
alanylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylleucyllysyl-
glutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminyl-
glycylphenylalanylglysylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminyl-valyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanyl-
glycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucyl-isoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamyl-
prolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenyl-lanylvalylglutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginy-
lserine.

anyways, I have absolutely NO idea how to pronounce it... but it has 1,913 letters lol. and i'm sorry it's not showing it all... i don't know why.

2006-07-02 21:15:33 · answer #2 · answered by i_am_nathan_2002 3 · 0 0

In the English language, I think it is:

Antidisestablishmentarianism.

Only 28 letters I'm afraid, but the 49 letter suggestion is technically latin.
Germans have some much longer words I'm sure.

2006-07-02 20:48:44 · answer #3 · answered by Philippa 3 · 0 0

Pneumonoultramicroscopic...
...silicovolcanoconiosis (originally a hoax)

floccinaucinihilipilification

Antidisestablishmentarianism

2006-07-02 16:03:22 · answer #4 · answered by sam 2 · 0 0

I answered this before...

floccinaucinihilipilification [29 letters: the act of making something worthless]

2006-07-02 15:34:57 · answer #5 · answered by freetronics 5 · 0 0

antidisestablishmentarianism? I bet there are longer medical/chemistry words out there.

2006-07-02 15:44:44 · answer #6 · answered by Gregory 2 · 0 0

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu----its a new zealand hill and
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis----I don't know what it means but its in the dictionary!!

2006-07-02 18:45:18 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0 0

smiles-exactly one mile between the two s-old hippie here

2006-07-02 15:37:41 · answer #8 · answered by bergice 6 · 0 0

I dont know how to spell it.
antidisestablishmentarism

2006-07-02 16:40:36 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 0 0

Isn't it like antidisestablishment or something close to it?

2006-07-02 15:37:37 · answer #10 · answered by Diamonds_4Ever 3 · 0 0

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