English Deutsch Français Italiano Español Português 繁體中文 Bahasa Indonesia Tiếng Việt ภาษาไทย
All categories

2007-02-15 16:38:26 · 13 answers · asked by kamdar_mitul 1 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

13 answers

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico
(continuation)volcanoconiosis

A lung disease caused by inhaling fine particles of silica.

At 45 letters, it's the longest word in any English language dictionary.
It's a trophy word -- its only job is to serve as the longest word. In
day-to-day use, its nine-letter synonyms "silicosis" or "black lung"
work just as well, and the latter is more descriptive.

2007-02-15 16:44:07 · answer #1 · answered by sfaye_hart 3 · 0 0

You have two options : 1) Break up. 2) Take steps to be together on a more permanent basis. $30,000 a year is awesome for someone your age you should be very proud. I don't know what it is that you do and being able to work in Switzerland wouldn't be easy you would need to get married and aquire work authorization. However she can't easily go to school in the US without spending A LOT more than $30,000 a year on tuition as a foreign national. On the plus side a broken heart hurts like you would not believe and you'll go back and for trying to rationalize how a little thing little like distance can keep you apart, in the end it doesn't make sense. I say this from experience. If you really love her, I mean REALLY love her than it doesn't really matter, the choice is already made. So you live like paupers for a few years while you find a good job, this is your one spin, the only spin you get, don't throw it away. EDIT : After reading some of your other questions I'm not so sure that this is all your cracking it up to be this evening. May be better to count your losses. Maybe she is not as inclined to give any on he end is because she doesn't trust you and to be honest do you really blame her?

2016-05-24 05:53:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The longest word in any major English language dictionary is pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­coniosis, a 45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of volcanic ash, but research has discovered that this word was originally intended as a hoax. It has since been used in a close approximation of its originally intended meaning, lending at least some degree of validity to its claim.[1]
The Oxford English Dictionary contains pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters).
The longest non-technical word is flocci­nauci­nihili­pili­fication at 29 letters. Consisting of a series of Latin words meaning "nothing" and defined as "the act of estimating something as worthless," its usage has been recorded as far back as 1741.[2][3][4] In recent times its usage has been recorded in the proceedings of the United States Senate by Senator Robert Byrd [5], and at the White House by Bill Clinton's press secretary Mike McCurry, albeit sarcastically.[6]
Anti­dis­establishment­arianism (a nineteenth century movement in England opposed to the separation of church and state) at 28 letters is still in colloquial currency for being one of the longest words in the English language.
The longest word which appears in William Shakespeare's works is the 27-letter honorific­abilitud­initatibus, appearing in Love's Labour's Lost. This is arguably an English word (rather than Latin), but only because it was Shakespeare who used it.
The humuhumu-nukunuku-a-pua‘a, or reef triggerfish, is Hawaii's official state fish.[7] At 22 letters (including the okina) it is one of the best known very long one-word names for an animal. It is occasionally quipped that the name is longer than the fish.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

2007-02-16 08:44:59 · answer #3 · answered by ash 3 · 0 0

I think you have to exclude foreign words and medical terms... that's just stretching it.

And Supercalifragilisticexpialadocious isn't even a real word.

I would say antidisestablishmentarianism is pretty close.

Being against a person who believes in the disestablishment of something.

It's a big word, but if you brake it down into its little sections, the average person can grasp its meaning.

Don't count on finding it in dictionaries though.

2007-02-15 16:49:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, noun
(NOO-muh-noh-UL-truh-MY-kruh-SKOP-ik-SIL-i-koh-VOL-kay-no-koh-NEE-o-sis,
nyoo-)

A lung disease caused by inhaling fine particles of silica.

[From New Latin, from Greek pneumono- (lung) + Latin ultra- (beyond,
extremely) + Greek micro- (small) + -scopic (looking) + Latin silico
(like sand) + volcano + Greek konis (dust) + -osis (condition).]

Even though we have included the pronunciation of this word, we advise
caution lest you may have to avail the services of an
otorhinolaryngologist
(a throat, nose, and ear specialist).

At 45 letters, it's the longest word in any English language
dictionary.

2007-02-15 17:49:55 · answer #5 · answered by naveen k 3 · 0 0

Supercalifragilisticexpialadocious.

Nah, the longest word is work because my workday is SOOOOOOOO long...........

2007-02-15 16:46:25 · answer #6 · answered by curiositycat 6 · 0 0

equator, because it goes around the entire world.

2007-02-19 11:06:35 · answer #7 · answered by Harry 5 · 0 0

"Smiles" --because there's a mile between the first and last letters. (Yeah, I know: "Groan.")

2007-02-15 16:49:52 · answer #8 · answered by yahoohoo 6 · 1 0

pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­coniosis.
its a disease caused by volcanic ash.

2007-02-15 16:48:51 · answer #9 · answered by Sammy76 2 · 0 0

smiles

2007-02-15 18:05:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

fedest.com, questions and answers