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2007-03-21 13:23:44 · 8 answers · asked by lil boy 1 in Society & Culture Languages

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'smiles'

There's a mile between the two s's:-)

2007-03-21 13:42:56 · answer #1 · answered by paladin 3 · 5 1

The longest word in any major English language dictionary is pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­coniosis, a 45-letter word that refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of fine silica dust. 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 in major dictionaires 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]

2007-03-21 20:41:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Pneumonoultramicroscopic silicovolcaniconiosis may be longest word in the dictionary, but it isn't the longest word in the English language.

I don't remember the longest word, but I know that it had over 1,000 letters. I think it was a medical term, at that.

I saw it in a textbook when I was in middle school, but unfortunately have not been able to find it on the Internet.

There are a few other words that have more than 100 letters in them-- but again, they are all medical terms.

2007-03-21 22:47:01 · answer #3 · answered by yuja 2 · 0 0

pneu mono ultra microscopic silico volcano coniosis

45 letters! i've known how to spell this since 4th grade. i was quite the spelling bee champ back in the day.....lol. i'm really not that old...high school.

anyways, it's a black lung disease that miners get.

2007-03-21 21:15:07 · answer #4 · answered by Kmisun 2 · 1 0

pneumono­ultra­ - micro­scopic -­ silico - ­volcano­coniosis! 45 letters

2007-03-21 20:39:00 · answer #5 · answered by ..... 1 · 3 0

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Don't ask how you say it but it is the scientific name for a protein enzyme.

2007-03-21 20:42:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

supercalafragalisticexpialidocoius
lol... jk
i think its antidisestablishmenterrialism
i dont know if i even spelt it right sorry...

2007-03-21 20:45:19 · answer #7 · answered by StarLyssStar* 2 · 1 1

antidisestablishmentarianism

2007-03-21 21:58:28 · answer #8 · answered by FUNdie 7 · 0 0

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