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2007-03-27 10:05:11 · 8 answers · asked by timon 1 in Society & Culture Languages

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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]

2007-03-27 10:11:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The folks above are probably right about the english language.. but my dad grew up on Webster Lake in Massachussetts and the Native name for the lake is: Lake Chargoggagoggmanchaoggagogg
chaubunagungamaugg
( yes, really )
The longest lake name in the US. We all had to learn to pronounce it as kids.

2007-03-27 10:26:20 · answer #2 · answered by NinaFromNewEngland 4 · 0 0

Entidistablishmentarism

2007-03-27 10:09:56 · answer #3 · answered by Firefly 5 · 0 0

Smiles. There is a mile between the two s's.

2007-03-27 10:20:32 · answer #4 · answered by sparbles 5 · 1 1

Pregnancy,
as it takes 9 months. ( joking if you don't mind)

2007-03-27 21:17:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

edimenteraraithemartenmartavarritionaphobia... it means you are afraid of the world's extiction...you know when someone is really scared of the end of the world...

2007-03-27 10:24:46 · answer #6 · answered by *Kendall* 2 · 0 0

as far as I know it's antidisestablishmentarianism

2007-03-27 12:45:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

i do believe it is spelled Antidisestablishmentarism

2007-03-27 10:13:46 · answer #8 · answered by bdyoung8 2 · 0 0

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