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chris  +  160 Tue, 15 Apr 03 06:24 PM

holophrastic (adjective)

and to make up for yesterday.... how about.....

scuttlebutt

By the way. does anybody know what the longest word in the English dictionary is?

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hitchhiker  +  161 Tue, 15 Apr 03 08:31 PM
hehe,

A scan of my database (for a word game we're doing) got:

ethylenediaminetetraacetates at 28 letters

But I don't think chemical names are counted right?

This was the query for anyone interested:
SELECT MAX(LEN(EN)) AS ml, EN
FROM dictionaryEnable
GROUP BY EN
ORDER BY ml DESC

(sorry, wrong forum!)
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chris  +  163 Tue, 15 Apr 03 09:13 PM
Hmm..

Not bad... BUT I can beat that with a word found in certain dictionaries - note: neither in Oxford English nor have I found it in dictionary.com .... ready for it

Drum Roll!!!!!!!

floccinauccinihilipilification (a whopping 30 letters)

meaning?

To estimate something as worthless.

How would one use it in a sentence....... NO IDEA!
hitchhiker  +  164 Tue, 15 Apr 03 09:19 PM
I use this word regularly, only the other day I remember thinking..

"This thread is the floccinauccinihilipilification of pointless"

:)
chris  +  165 Tue, 15 Apr 03 09:32 PM
Somehow, it doesn't seem quite right!

Anyhow,

How about this:

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (a cracking 45 letters)

Meaning?

A lung disease.

Let us hope that no-one in our lifetime ever contracts it as we'd have a damn difficult time trying to pronounce it!

Sorry, that was rather distasteful.

hitchhiker  +  166 Tue, 15 Apr 03 09:42 PM
(Like medicine isn't hard enough to study)

45 letters, you'd be dead before they had a chance to tell you what it was.

"Sir, you have pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico.... (beeep beeeeeeeeep)"
Pia, 6 yr 208 days ago
may i suggest that we have a Pun of the Day too ? pleeeaaassseee ?
Pia, 6 yr 208 days ago
like this maybe ?? ....... Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.
hitchhiker  +  170 Wed, 16 Apr 03 10:08 AM
Pia - You pun away.. I'll adjust this forum accordingly..

new title time coming up!

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