2006-10-22 16:13:26 · 13 answers · asked by Billy O 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
antidisestablishmentarianism
no clue what it means though
2006-10-22 16:15:16 · answer #1 · answered by Bonecrusher 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
PNEUMONOÂULTRAÂMICROÂSCOPICÂSILICOÂVOLCANOÂCONIOSIS
This is the longest word in any English dictionary. However, it was coined by Everett Snonal Puzzlers' League, in 1935 purely for the purpose of inventing a new "longest word". The Oxford English Dictionary described the word as factitious. Nevertheless it also appears in the Webster's, Random House, and Chambers dictionaries.
2006-10-22 23:21:53 · answer #2 · answered by Thumper 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Disestablishmentarianism is a noun and this is the longest word I know of without doing any further research online. Antidisestablishmentarianism is a word I heard many years ago, but I couldn't find it in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. A disestablishmentarian is a person who favors the separation of church and state, esp. the withdrawal of special rights and support granted an established church by a state. .
2006-10-23 00:11:49 · answer #3 · answered by galacticsleigh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico a medical word/term
floccinaucinihilipilification at 29 letters. Defined as the act of estimating (something) as worthless, its usage has been recorded as far back as 1741.
Antidisestablishmentarianism listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, was considered the longest English word for quite a long time, but today the medical term pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is usually considered to have the title, despite the fact that it was coined to provide an answer to the question 'What is the longest English word?'.
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.
2006-10-22 23:16:32 · answer #4 · answered by just lQQkin 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
antidisestablishmentarianism
yeah, its a real word, and no, its not in all dictionaries. the only dictionary i have found it in was a HUUUUGE one
2006-10-22 23:14:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
boolahboolahboolahboolahboolahboolah
you did not say english dictionary!
2006-10-23 05:03:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
pneumonoultramicroscopic-
silicovolcanoconiosis...
(I had to break it in half to get it to all show up on the screen...)
It a lung disease from inhaling tiny particles of silica or somesuch minerals.
At least, I think so. Maybe its just something my teacher made up all those years ago...
2006-10-22 23:16:47 · answer #7 · answered by chocolahoma 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
PNEUMONOÂULTRAÂMICROÂSCOPICÂSILICOÂVOLCANOÂCONIOSIS
meaning; a lung disease caused by breathing in particles of siliceous volcanic dust.
2006-10-22 23:16:32 · answer #8 · answered by voidedius 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
car
meaning: the things you drive to work with
2006-10-22 23:42:45 · answer #9 · answered by Aaron 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
supercalifragilisticexpialidotious. its longer than car.
2006-10-23 01:07:02 · answer #10 · answered by Tim w 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋