Thursday, February 9, 2012

What's the longest English word in the dictionary?

An easy ten points to whoever can spell the longest English word in the dictionary and please don't use a dictionary because that is totally unfair.What's the longest English word in the dictionary?
It should be pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanocon鈥?which is a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of fine silica particles, especiall from a volcano. Apparently, it was a hoax.



pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism = is the longest word in the OED



flocci颅nauci颅nihili颅pili颅fication = is the longest non-technical word which means the act of estimating something as worthless



Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia = is the fear of long words.

I just thought it would be funny if I threw that last part in.

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