I used to give this as a bonus question for my students.
If you're looking for a real word, then it has to be ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM or
FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION.
The word ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM, with 28 letters, is commonly regarded as the longest accepted word in the English language. The word is used seriously in academic and ecclesiastical writing about the Church of England when the concept arises, which it does occasionally.
However, since 1992 it has lost this title to FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION in the Guinness Book of Records.
Antidisestablishmentarianism might still be the longest word not invented for the specific purpose of being a long word (the word floccinaucinihilipilification may have been invented as a joke, and is an amalgamation of four Latin words[2][3]).
Presumably the creation of the word antidisestablishmentarianism invoked the irony of its length, and may have to do with the politics and commentary of the time.
2007-03-14 04:56:18
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answered by Dimbermort 2
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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 fine silica dust.
The Oxford English Dictionary contains "PSEUDOPSEUDOHYPOPARATHYROIDISM" (30 letters).
The longest non-technical word in major dictionaires is "FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION" at 29 letters.
2007-03-14 09:58:55
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answered by GoodGuy 3
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The longest word in American English without a doubt is
"SMILES" if you will notice there is a full "MILE" between the two S's S"MILE"S
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2007-03-14 15:11:03
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answered by Glenn Y 2
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FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPHILIPICATION
I might have spelled it incorrectly. This word is the longest in the Webster Dictionary and it means 'The act of estimating something as worthless.'
2007-03-14 10:00:00
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answered by cidyah 7
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supercartafragtalisticexpialadoshis
An english word related to buisiness
2007-03-14 09:55:23
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answered by Zsazsa A 3
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eisiest to remember? uncopyrightable.
2007-03-14 10:39:22
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answered by torqueymonster 3
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pnumono-ultra-micro-scopic-
silaco-volcano-coneosis
means: black lung dizease
2007-03-14 11:43:30
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answered by Anonymous
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PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICON.......... i.e
PNEUMONO+ULTRA+MICROSCOPIC+SILICON.......
ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM i.e
ANTI+DIS+ESTABLISHMENT+ARIANISM
FLOCCINAUCINIHLIPILIPHICATION i.e
FLOCCI+NAUCI+NIHLI+PILI+PHICATION
hope helpd
2007-03-14 10:10:08
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answered by Anonymous
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