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Flygonwings, 2 yr 270 days ago
Cool! it is a word! Smile [:)]
Anonymous, 2 yr 262 days ago
The longest word in English without any 'university hardness' is supercallifragilisticexpiellidoucious. Big Smile [:D]
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Flygonwings, 2 yr 261 days ago
The word supercallifragilisticexpiellidousious was from the movie Mary Poppins.
Anonymous, 2 yr 259 days ago

Interesting,

I don't think I can read it, even if I try to pronounce it for a month.

Flygonwings, 2 yr 255 days ago
Hehe... me too. I got it after a year.
Hemavich  +  335138 Sat, 03 Mar 07 03:14 AM
 Black_Rose wrote:

The longest word in English is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcano-coniosis, (45 letters) meaning 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust'. Smile [:)]

Look it up if you don't believe me!


I am sure his answer is the correct one.
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcano-coniosis is a medical term.
And this disease affects  those who work in mines.
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Anonymous, 1 yr 200 days ago

PRAHBARSHNEEY

HZhou  +  504923 Thu, 24 Apr 08 05:15 PM
Actually, the longest word is 'beleaguered', because there's a league between the letters.

1 league = 3 miles. 
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Anonymous, 1 yr 194 days ago
 thats not howyou spell it.... its antidisestablishmentarianism

 

THANK YOu VERY MUCH!!Big Smile

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