Longest word in the English language?

Hi Everyone, My name is Geoff Ramsay.

I'm a first year University student (Queens - Comp Eng!), and as such I like to spice up my door every week with a new quote or interesting piece of information, it just so happens that a few weeks ago I put up my thoughts on the longest word in the english language, so I thought this was kind of fitting!!

here's what I found:

Now, people NORMALLY say the longest word is "antidisestablishmentarianism" (28 letters) but that is defiantly wrong :(
I'm sorry.

the less known one is of course:
PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS (45 letters)
= a lung disease caused by breathing in particles of siliceous volcanic dust.

but seeing as that wa made up JUST to be the longest word by one Everett Smith in 1935 (as many people have noted), sort of discredits it and I feel it can't count!

I think you ALSO have to discredit most Chemical names, as they are hardly ever used, and they all 'normal' equivalents in common english, additionally, there is really no END to how long you can make some chemical terms, so I think we need to draw the line some where. However, it is interesting to note the longest chemical term ever ACTUALLY used (in a published written medium) is:

ACETYL¬SERYL¬TYROSYL¬SERYL¬ISO¬LEUCYL¬THREONYL¬SERYL¬PROLYL¬SERYL¬GLUTAMINYL¬PHENYL¬ALANYL¬VALYL¬PHENYL¬ALANYL¬LEUCYL¬SERYL¬SERYL¬VALYL¬TRYPTOPHYL¬ALANYL¬ASPARTYL¬PROLYL¬ISOLEUCYL¬GLUTAMYL¬LEUCYL¬LEUCYL¬ASPARAGINYL¬VALYL¬CYSTEINYL¬THREONYL¬SERYL¬SERYL¬LEUCYL¬GLYCYL¬ASPARAGINYL¬GLUTAMINYL¬PHENYL¬ALANYL¬GLUTAMINYL¬THREONYL¬GLUTAMINYL¬GLUTAMINYL¬ALANYL¬ARGINYL¬THREONYL¬THREONYL¬GLUTAMINYL¬VALYL¬GLUTAMINYL¬GLUTAMINYL¬PHENYL¬ALANYL¬SERYL¬GLUTAMINYL¬VALYL¬TRYPTOPHYL¬LYSYL¬PROLYL¬PHENYL¬ALANYL¬PROLYL¬GLUTAMINYL¬SERYL¬THREONYL¬VALYL¬ARGINYL¬PHENYL¬ALANYL¬PROLYL¬GLYCYL¬ASPARTYL¬VALYL¬TYROSYL¬LYSYL¬VALYL¬TYROSYL¬ARGINYL¬TYROSYL¬ASPARAGINYL¬ALANYL¬VALYL¬LEUCYL¬ASPARTYL¬PROLYL¬LEUCYL¬ISOLEUCYL¬THREONYL¬ALANYL¬LEUCYL¬LEUCYL¬GLYCYL¬THREONYL¬PHENYL¬ALANYL¬ASPARTYL¬THREONYL¬ARGINYL¬ASPARAGINYL¬ARGINYL¬ISOLEUCYL¬ISOLEUCYL¬GLUTAMYL¬VALYL¬GLUTAMYL¬ASPARAGINYL¬GLUTAMINYL¬GLUTAMINYL¬SERYL¬PROLYL¬THREONYL¬THREONYL¬ALANYL¬GLUTAMYL¬THREONYL¬LEUCYL¬ASPARTYL¬ALANYL¬THREONYL¬ARGINYL¬ARGINYL¬VALYL¬ASPARTYL¬ASPARTYL¬ALANYL¬THREONYL¬VALYL¬ALANYL¬ISOLEUCYL¬ARGINYL¬SERYL¬ALANYL¬ASPARAGINYL¬ISOLEUCYL¬ASPARAGINYL¬LEUCYL¬VALYL¬ASPARAGINYL¬GLUTAMYL¬LEUCYL¬VALYL¬ARGINYL¬GLYCYL¬THREONYL¬GLYCYL¬LEUCYL¬TYROSYL¬ASPARAGINYL¬GLUTAMINYL¬ASPARAGINYL¬THREONYL¬PHENYL¬ALANYL¬GLUTAMYL¬SERYL¬METHIONYL¬SERYL¬GLYCYL¬LEUCYL¬VALYL¬TRYPTOPHYL¬THREONYL¬SERYL¬ALANYL¬PROLYL¬ALANYL¬SERINE (1,185 letters)

Which I think someone previously mentioned is Tobacco.
But as any first year Eng student will tell you, it doesn't count because Chemistry sucks!!! (and so does my mark in it :\)


Anyway!!!


After narrowing it down like that I concluded the longest word must be:


HIPPOPOTOMONSTROSESQUIPPEDALIOPHOBIA (36 letters)


ta da!!

now here's the best part, it actually means: THE FEAR OF LONG WORDS!!

Awesome or what?
I thought so. :p

antidisetablishmentarianism

It used to be: antidisestablishmentarianism 28 characters, meaning - opposition to withdrawal of state support for the church, and specifically the withdrawal of government support for the established Anglican Church in England in the 19th. century.

I gots a even longer word than all of you my word is th longest word ever written down here it 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-
glutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylseriniglutiminuous

1927 words ah-thanku
someone try to top that word and its a real word too.