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what do you think is the longest word in the english language ?

2006-09-05 05:52:03 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

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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 · answer #1 · answered by Paley Pale 5 · 1 0

SUPER­CALI­FRAGI­LISTIC­ EXPI­ALI­DOCIOUS, lol!

Seriously though, 'pneumono­ultra­ micro­scopic­silico ­volcano­coniosis', 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 'flocci­nauci­nih ili­pili­fication' at 29 letters. (More recent editions of the book have since acknowledged 'pneumono­ultra­ micro­scopic­silico ­volcano­coniosis')

2006-09-05 12:54:05 · answer #2 · answered by dsd 5 · 0 0

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 · answer #3 · answered by columbia11 2 · 0 0

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 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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 · answer #5 · answered by nicholas_dloniak 3 · 0 0

pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­coniosis-a 45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease

2006-09-05 12:55:12 · answer #6 · answered by dprut 2 · 0 0

smiles -- there's a mile between the 2 s's!

2006-09-05 12:53:22 · answer #7 · answered by jeanne g 4 · 2 0

smiles (there's a MILE between the 1st & last letters)

2006-09-05 12:55:08 · answer #8 · answered by Jen J 4 · 0 0

There's a disease called pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

2006-09-05 12:55:22 · answer #9 · answered by deedah 3 · 0 0

antidisestablishmentarianism

2006-09-05 12:54:13 · answer #10 · answered by imnotbtami 5 · 0 0

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