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2007-03-25 09:22:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Languages

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smiles because there's a mile between the first S and the last

2007-03-25 09:31:44 · answer #1 · answered by --------------- 2 · 0 0

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]

2007-03-25 09:28:18 · answer #2 · answered by 我比你聪明 5 · 0 0

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia-fear of long words, ironic, no?
36 letters

2007-03-25 12:39:47 · answer #3 · answered by iluvmyteddy17 1 · 0 0

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - this isn't the biggest one, but it sure is big :) hehe

2007-03-25 09:30:31 · answer #4 · answered by Cinna 4 · 0 0

supercalifragilisticexpialidoc
i think that is it

2007-03-25 11:14:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

2007-03-25 09:29:29 · answer #6 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 0 0

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