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Guest,
4 yr 351 days ago
I always thought it was antidisestablismentunitariumism, however I don't have a clue what it means. I did use this in a debate in high school. TO DEBATE IS GREAT
Guest,
4 yr 351 days ago
I think no one knows what the longest word actually is. It could be fought over. And if there was of such a word, no one would know it means. ![Smile [:)]](/emoticons/emotion-1.gif)
Good luck trying to find it!!!!!
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chef terrell
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Wed, 08 Dec 04 06:25 AM
my history professor told my class, lo those many years ago, that the longest accepted word in the english language was.........................
ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM
28 letters
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Guest,
4 yr 351 days ago
longest word I am aware of is ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM
Guest,
4 yr 351 days ago
My vote'd be:
antidisestablishmentarianistic (30 letters)
Some (crassly! I might add) tack on "ally" at the end of the word, bringing it up to 34 letters, but the resulting word is made up. But look it up; it's a real word!!
I didn't have a chance to read all the posts, but got here from a Yahoo! page...apologies if this word has already been suggested.
Guest,
4 yr 351 days ago
I think it is antidisestablishmentarism (25)
Guest,
4 yr 351 days ago
Yeah, but that's just a string of amino acids strung together. Should I read you the entire human genome?
Guest,
4 yr 351 days ago
After much ballyhoo, conjecture,experienced and educated attempts to identify the longest English word, try this one on for size: anticontraconvertidebenturalarbitrigenophobicide-48 letters. It has as much validity as any of the others. Do you have any idea as to the meaning?
Guest,
4 yr 351 days ago
That's not fair, the letters between the first and last letters in "smiles" are each three blocks long.
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