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• gherkinhead1 245 Posts

  Sun, Jul 14 2019 5:05 PM

  "antidisestblishmentarianism"

   

  Longest word in the English speaking world (according to the Oxford Dictionary).
  

• EasyEdward 13,495 Posts

  Tue, Jul 16 2019 7:17 AM

  gherkinhead1:

  "antidisestblishmentarianism"

   

  Longest word in the English speaking world (according to the Oxford Dictionary).
  

  not once they recognize what most other dictionaries do:

  pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

  a lung disease contracted from inhaling fine silica particles.
  

• BogeyOne 1,965 Posts

  Tue, Jul 16 2019 7:58 AM

  Great tongue twister, Try saying "toy boat" five times as fast as you can.

• alosso 21,037 Posts

  Tue, Jul 16 2019 8:07 AM

  EasyEdward:

  pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

  Just 45 letters.

  A German would say: "Erdnüsse!"

• DoctorLarry 4,276 Posts

  Tue, Jul 16 2019 2:53 PM

  alosso:

  EasyEdward:

  pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

  Just 45 letters.

  A German would say: "Erdnüsse!"

  Why not "Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft!"

• mkg335 5,491 Posts

  Tue, Jul 16 2019 6:28 PM

  Been working in the yard today and am a little sore, so...

  Type a massage here...

• gherkinhead1 245 Posts

  Tue, Jul 16 2019 11:52 PM

  EasyEdward:

  gherkinhead1:

  "antidisestblishmentarianism"

   

  Longest word in the English speaking world (according to the Oxford Dictionary).
  

  not once they recognize what most other dictionaries do:

  pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

  a lung disease contracted from inhaling fine silica particles.
  

  yes however there is much debate over whether:  "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosisis" is a proper word or simply a medical term..

  he he he

• BogeyOne 1,965 Posts

  Wed, Jul 17 2019 9:57 AM

  gherkinhead1 scrawled:

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  yes, however there is much debate over whether: "pneumonoultramicroscopicslilcovolcanoniosisis" is a proper word or simply a medical term.

  ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

  See the word "volcano" in that string of letters?  That tells me the whole conglomeration is a proper word that can be used to describe athlete's foot or heart burn or what a log is about to do when thrown into a fireplace.

• gherkinhead1 245 Posts

  Wed, Jul 17 2019 5:11 PM

  BogeyOne:

  gherkinhead1 scrawled:

  v v v v v v v v v v v

  yes, however there is much debate over whether: "pneumonoultramicroscopicslilcovolcanoniosisis" is a proper word or simply a medical term.

  ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

  See the word "volcano" in that string of letters?  That tells me the whole conglomeration is a proper word that can be used to describe athlete's foot or heart burn or what a log is about to do when thrown into a fireplace.

  yes,  it can also be used to describe the geotectonicmagneticintercontinentalplatemovement of magma under immense pressure which could be construed as "antidisesblishmentaranistic" given the right conditions.