Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, mostly found in volcanoes.
Look it up, it really is a word. 45 letters. They (who knows who) thinks this is the longest.
2006-09-05 05:58:15
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answered by Paley Pale 5
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SUPERÂCALIÂFRAGIÂLISTICÂ EXPIÂALIÂDOCIOUS, lol!
Seriously though, 'pneumonoÂultra microÂscopicÂsilico ÂvolcanoÂconiosis', a 45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease, but research has discovered that this word was originally intended as a hoax.
The Guinness Book of Records, in its 1992 and previous editions, declared the "longest real word" in the English language to be 'flocciÂnauciÂnih iliÂpiliÂfication' at 29 letters. (More recent editions of the book have since acknowledged 'pneumonoÂultra microÂscopicÂsilico ÂvolcanoÂconiosis')
2006-09-05 12:54:05
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answered by dsd 5
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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico volcanokonios (remove the space) is commonly accepted as the longest word in the english language.
It is the name of a special form of silicosis caused by ultra-microscopic particles of siliceous volcanic dust.
2006-09-05 12:54:42
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answered by columbia11 2
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pneumonouitramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis 45 letters
plural es instead of is at the end still 45 letters .
started as a hoax but now commonly used for a lung disease
2006-09-05 13:05:05
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answered by Anonymous
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Floccinaucinihilipilification - is the act or habit of estimating or describing something as worthless, or making something to be worthless by said means.
2006-09-05 12:55:05
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answered by nicholas_dloniak 3
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pneumonoÂultraÂmicroÂscopicÂsilicoÂvolcanoÂconiosis-a 45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease
2006-09-05 12:55:12
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answered by dprut 2
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smiles -- there's a mile between the 2 s's!
2006-09-05 12:53:22
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answered by jeanne g 4
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smiles (there's a MILE between the 1st & last letters)
2006-09-05 12:55:08
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answered by Jen J 4
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There's a disease called pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
2006-09-05 12:55:22
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answered by deedah 3
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antidisestablishmentarianism
2006-09-05 12:54:13
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answered by imnotbtami 5
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