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Guest, 5 yr 215 days ago
my favorite word is Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
its the fear of long words! really! you can look it up. i didnt believe it at first, but its true!
Guest, 5 yr 214 days ago
huh, can any one pronounce this word or actually say it Hmm [^o)]
Guest, 5 yr 214 days ago
I could if someone asked me to.
Guest, 5 yr 210 days ago
The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. It's a disease that has to do with inhaling volcano dust.

-Dixie
Guest, 5 yr 210 days ago
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word or mabye there are some that are longer by a couple of letters but those words that have like 2000 letters are b/s it just keaps reapeating itself until the end
Guest, 5 yr 208 days ago


Antidisestablishmentarianism -

The political philosophy that is opposed to the separation of church and state. The term originated in the context of the 19th century Church of England, antidisestablishmentarians were opposed to proposals to remove its status as the state church of England

Broken down as follows

~ism....................The philosophy of
~arian...................those people who belive in
~anti.....................opposition to
~dis.......................the removal of
~establishment.......The Church of England as the official state church Geeked [8-|]
Guest, 5 yr 203 days ago
the longest word in the english language is actually a certain disease...i forgot what the name was though...when i find out i will tell you guys!  so yeah~ its reeeeally long, its longer than supercalifrajalisticexpialadocious.....if that's how you spell that marry poppin's thing..
lolz
Guest, 5 yr 203 days ago
The longest word in the english word is methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanyl- glutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanyl- valylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylglycylaspartylprolylglycyl- isoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucyl- isoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucyl- glycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartyl- glycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginylalanylthreonylleucyl- arginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanyl- glutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucyl- isoleucylarginylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolyl- isoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalyl- phenylalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyl- tyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylseryl- valylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylseryl- alanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidyl- asparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolyl- prolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminyl- isoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucyl- leucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginyl- arginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistidylleucylvalylalanyl- lysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucyl- glutaminylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartyl- glutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanyl- glycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucyl- isoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolyl- glutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalyl- glutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine

its 1,909 letters long and refers to 297 amino acids that are combined.
Pemmican  +  29066 Tue, 04 May 04 08:19 PM
If I see "methionylglutaminyl.....arginylserine" one more time in this thread, I'll kill myself!!!


What about 999,999 in German?
"Neunhundertneunundneunzigtausendneunhundertundneunundneunzig" (60 letters)

Or even better: 777,777
(smaller in worth - but it has more letters!)
"Siebenhundertsiebenundsiebzigtausendsiebenhundertundsiebenundsiebzig" (68 letters).
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