What is the longest non scientific word in english?

Question

can anyone beat the one I've just remembered. Have

Floccihoccinihillipillificationism 28
antidisestablishmentarianism

Answer 1

We had all this a couple of days ago. Any chance of a rest now.....

Answer 2

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcaniconiosis, which is a lung disease from breathing in the ashes of a volcano, and is the same as silicosis.

Antidisestablishmaentarianism, which is the opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church.

Pseudopsedohypoparathyroidism: An inherited disorder that closely simulates the symptons but not the consequences of pseudohypoparathyroidism and, thus it has mild or no manifestations of hypoparathyroidism or tetanic convulsions.

Supercalafragalisticexpealidocious: Originally made famous from Mary Poppins, means God.

Floccinaucinihilipilification: Doesn't mean anything, was created solely for the purpose of being the longest word, and still isn't the longest word.

Honorificabilitudinatatibus: The dative and ablative plural of the medieval Latin word honorificabilitudinitas, which can be translated as "the state of being able to achieve honours".

Praetertranssubstantiationalistically: The act of surpassing the act of transubstantiation, which refers specifically to the transformation of the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ during the Roman Catholic mass.

Answer 3

Off the point slightly but interesting nonetheless: "Set" has the most definitions in the OED! how remarkable is that?
Also, the question does state non-scientific... surely that includes the volcano dust word?

Answer 4

From Yahoo search "comedic playwright Aristophanes created: Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphio-paraomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonop-tekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon, a word of 183 letters that describes a dish by stringing together its ingredients.

Answer 5

The longest word in the English language, according to the OED, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico volcanoconiosis. (A lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust – mostly found in volcanoes).The only other word with the same number of letters is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico volcanoconioses, its plural.

Answer 6

floccin... is the longest word thats not science.
The longest word (scientific) is:
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico
volcanoconiosis.
(both of the long words together) A disease coal miners get from breathing in too much fine silicon dust.

Answer 7

praetertranssubstationalistically.It`s a 37 letter word found in guinness book.It has been used by Mark Mcshanes in the book untimely Ripped (1963).

Answer 8

What I know is the name of a place in New Zealand. Its 85 letters long.
taumatawhakatangihangakaauauotamateaturipukapikimaungahoranukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu

Answer 9

Cheesy

Answer 10

In response to the Mary Poppins answer
Supercallyfrajilistic expiallydoe-shus!!
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Answer 11

I think shes got it but that almost sounds made up, stewardesses is the longest word you can type with your left hand anyway!