http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsPunsJokes/Forum15.htmWhere an utterly useless word is submitted on a regular basis– and now we've thrown in a pun and a joke.enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/5/bhwcz/Post.htm#584154Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:37:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:584154boxy brown0http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/5/bhwcz/Post.htm#584154http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-584154.xmlinfinity is it never ends.http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/4/bhwcz/Post.htm#582171Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:37:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:582171Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/4/bhwcz/Post.htm#582171http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-582171.xmlfertasostositisisarosisicuctomanterawemedasilyendomareitiem is the longest word in the worldhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/4/bhwcz/Post.htm#508366Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:37:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:508366Anonymous2http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/4/bhwcz/Post.htm#508366http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-508366.xmlPNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIShttp://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/4/bhwcz/Post.htm#499977Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:37:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:499977Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/4/bhwcz/Post.htm#499977http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-499977.xmli don't know?http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/4/bhwcz/Post.htm#489700Tue, 26 May 2009 23:37:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:489700Anonymous4http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/4/bhwcz/Post.htm#489700http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-489700.xmlbtw, its spelled "antidisestablishmentarianism" with "establishment", not 'stablishment'...http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/4/bhwcz/Post.htm#489699Tue, 26 May 2009 23:37:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:489699Anonymous5http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/4/bhwcz/Post.htm#489699http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-489699.xmlActually, its pneumonultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis at 45 letters. Its a rare lung disease caused by a fine silico dust found in some volcanoes.http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/4/bhwcz/Post.htm#484133Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:37:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:484133Anonymous6http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/4/bhwcz/Post.htm#484133http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-484133.xmlthats not a word its lettershttp://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/4/bhwcz/Post.htm#309170Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:37:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:309170Marvin A.7http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/4/bhwcz/Post.htm#309170http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-309170.xmlMr.Dictionary wrote: The longest words in the Oxford English Dictionary are Antidisestablishmentarianism, Floccinaucinihilipilification, and my favorite Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Pronunsiation: Anti dis establishment arianism Flocci nauci ni hilip ilification pneumo ultra microscopic silico volcano con iosis See this from Wikipedia: However, the more serious problem is that the word was originally intended as a hoax: In Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics , in several separate articles (May 1985, pp. 95-96; November 1986, pp. 205-206; May 1987, p. 82; November 1989, p. 205 ), researchers discovered that the word was invented in 1935http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/4/bhwcz/Post.htm#308888Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:37:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:308888Anonymous8http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/4/bhwcz/Post.htm#308888http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-308888.xmlNO NITS NOT THE REAL LONGEST WORD IS 180,000 LETTERShttp://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/4/bhwcz/Post.htm#303836Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:37:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:303836Anonymous9http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/4/bhwcz/Post.htm#303836http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-303836.xmlThe longest word is "smiles" because there is a mile between the S's. Seriously, what's a word? What's your metric? And what's "the English dictionary"? /kmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/3/bhwcz/Post.htm#303247Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:37:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:303247Anonymous10http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/3/bhwcz/Post.htm#303247http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-303247.xmlare u people completely stupid? i mean i hate to be rude but all those words from diseases are NOT in the english dictionary... they are in dictionaries of medical terms and if u knew anything about english u'd know that. anyways so i agree with another persons antidishimbel.... whatever that word was but i thought the longest word in the ENGLISH dictionary was (i will try to spell it the way it is pronounced but i know the actual word is much much longer) ON-O-MONO-PIA anyways... there's my 2 centshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/3/bhwcz/Post.htm#288763Tue, 26 May 2009 23:37:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:288763Anonymous11http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/3/bhwcz/Post.htm#288763http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-288763.xmlACETYL SERYL TYROSYL SERYL ISO LEUCYL THREONYL SERYL PROLYL SERYL GLUTAMINYL PHENYL ALANYL VALYL PHENYL­ALANYL LEUCYL SERYL SERYL VALYL TRYPTOPHYL ALANYL ASPARTYL PROLYL ISOLEUCYL GLUTAMYL LEUCYL LEUCYL­ASPARAGINYL VALYL CYSTEINYL THREONYL SERYL SERYL LEUCYL GLYCYL ASPARAGINYL GLUTAMINYL PHENYL ALANYL­GLUTAMINYL THREONYL GLUTAMINYL GLUTAMINYL ALANYL ARGINYL THREONYL THREONYL GLUTAMINYL VALYL GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL PHENYL ALANYL SERYL GLUTAMINYL VALYL TRYPTOPHYL LYSYL PROLYL PHENYL ALANYL PROLYL GLUTAMINYL­SERYL THREONYL VALYL ARGINYL PHENYL ALANYL PROLYL GLYCYL ASPARTYL VALYL TYROSYL LYSYL VALYL TYROSYL ARGINYL­TYROSYL ASPARAGINYL ALANYL VALYL LEUCYL ASPARTYL PROLYL LEUCYL ISOLEUCYL THREONYL ALANYL LEUCYL...http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/3/bhwcz/Post.htm#228732Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:37:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:228732Anonymous12http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/3/bhwcz/Post.htm#228732http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-228732.xmlUmmm i highly doubt that but i do know wat is (and this is true i found it myself) pneumonoultamicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses....it means dust that cause inflamation in your lungs. STICK THAT IN YOUR HAThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/3/bhwcz/Post.htm#217346Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:37:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:217346Anonymous13http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/3/bhwcz/Post.htm#217346http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-217346.xmlactually its antidisestablishmentarinismhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/3/bhwcz/Post.htm#210599Tue, 26 May 2009 23:37:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:210599Anonymous14http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/3/bhwcz/Post.htm#210599http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-210599.xmlso how many random keys did you press on the keybordhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/3/bhwcz/Post.htm#208599Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:37:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:208599Mr.Dictionary15http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/3/bhwcz/Post.htm#208599http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-208599.xmlThe longest words in the Oxford English Dictionary are Antidisestablishmentarianism, Floccinaucinihilipilification, and my favorite Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Pronunsiation: Anti dis establishment arianism Flocci nauci ni hilip ilification pneumo ultra microscopic silico volcano con iosishttp://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/3/bhwcz/Post.htm#208527Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:37:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:208527Anonymous16http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/3/bhwcz/Post.htm#208527http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-208527.xmlTHE LONGEST WORD IS ***http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/3/bhwcz/Post.htm#204708Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:37:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:204708Anonymous17http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/3/bhwcz/Post.htm#204708http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-204708.xmlactually, I googled it. The longest word in the english language is Taumatawhakatang­ihangakoauauot­amateaturipukaka­pikimaunga­horonuku­pokaiwhenuak­itanatahu , a hill in New Zealand.http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/3/bhwcz/Post.htm#202811Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:37:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:202811Hepburngeng18http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/3/bhwcz/Post.htm#202811http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-202811.xmlThat's funny for I first see this word.http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/2/bhwcz/Post.htm#202807Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:37:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:202807Anonymous19http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/2/bhwcz/Post.htm#202807http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-202807.xmlWhat a pun, indeed... that the definition of the word floccinaucinihilipilification is in fact just what floccinaucinihilipilification drives a person to think about such a word's usefulness to the English language... Accept the purpose of creating an extreme in vocabulary by which no man should ever... ever... go beyond, ever again. :-D BTW... my spell check inside of MS Outlook Express actually has that word in its dictionary.http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/2/bhwcz/Post.htm#202611Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:37:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:202611Anonymous20http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/2/bhwcz/Post.htm#202611http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-202611.xml...right. you might think that's funny - it's not.http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/2/bhwcz/Post.htm#201867Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:37:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:201867Anonymous21http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/2/bhwcz/Post.htm#201867http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-201867.xmlNO ITS...http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/2/bhwcz/Post.htm#198446Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:37:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:198446Anonymous22http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/2/bhwcz/Post.htm#198446http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-198446.xmlit is antidisestablishmentarianism???!!!http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/2/bhwcz/Post.htm#189643Tue, 26 May 2009 23:37:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:189643Ville_maddengurl23http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/2/bhwcz/Post.htm#189643http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-189643.xmlfreakyyhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/2/bhwcz/Post.htm#189014Tue, 26 May 2009 23:37:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:189014Anonymous24http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/2/bhwcz/Post.htm#189014http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-189014.xmlno the longest word in the dictionary is antidisalstobiantarianism it is a word but i av no idea how to spell it or wot it means ill be bak to explain allhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/2/bhwcz/Post.htm#159714Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:38:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:159714YoHf25http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/2/bhwcz/Post.htm#159714http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-159714.xmlYou can also write a 1000000000 letter-long word... It's easy if you make a compound word...http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/2/bhwcz/Post.htm#158415Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:38:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:158415Wajidamir26http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/2/bhwcz/Post.htm#158415http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-158415.xmlwhat is thishttp://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/2/bhwcz/Post.htm#155034Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:38:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:155034TammyBaby27http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/2/bhwcz/Post.htm#155034http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-155034.xmlwhat do they mean?!http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/bhwcz/post.htm#153337Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:38:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:153337AngeL Dee28http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/bhwcz/post.htm#153337http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-153337.xmlwell the longest word in english is: antidistablishmenterianismhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/bhwcz/post.htm#153046Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:38:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:153046Anonymous29http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/bhwcz/post.htm#153046http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-153046.xmlI have been researching and i have found the following : ACETYL­SERYL­TYROSYL­SERYL­ISO­LEUCYL­THREONYL­SERYL­PROLYL­SERY L­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­VALYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­LEUCYL­ SERYL­SERYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL­ALANYL­ASPARTYL­PROLYL­ISOL EUCYL­GLUTAMYL­LEUCYL­LEUCYL­ASPARAGINYL­VALYL­CYSTEINYL ­THREONYL­SERYL­SERYL­LEUCYL­GLYCYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINY L­PHENYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMINYL­THREONYL­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­ ALANYL­ARGINYL­THREONYL­THREONYL­GLUTAMINYL­VALYL­GLUTAMINY L­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­SERYL­GLUTAMINYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL ­LYSYL­PROLYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­GLUTAMINYL­SERYL­THREONYL­ VALYL­ARGINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­GLYCYL­ASPARTYL­VALYL­TYRO SYL­LYSYL­VALYL­TYROSYL­ARGINYL­TYROSYL­ASPARAGINYL­ALANYL­VA...http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/bhwcz/post.htm#149582Tue, 26 May 2009 23:38:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:149582Anonymous30http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/bhwcz/post.htm#149582http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-149582.xmlThats not Englishhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/bhwcz/post.htm#135376Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:38:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:135376Zorknumber31http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/bhwcz/post.htm#135376http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-135376.xmlActually ive found that the longest word is made up of over 207,000 letters. It represents the name for mitochondrial disease. Of cource im not going to post it due to the fact that it is so long, plus it is really hard to find someone that posts a word that long. Anyways, for kyyhkyslakkahillotaatelipalmusunnuntaikävelykatujuhlakoristehedelmäkaramellimassatuotevalvontalaitteisto- testauslaboratoriokäyttökertatulitikkuviinapiilohomokaasulasersädehoitokotikaljakimblemestaruussarjakuva- ristikkokilpajuoksuhiekka-aavikkoluonto-ohjelmauusintavaalikokousedustusmeno-paluuruuhkabussivuoropysäköinti- sakkolihakoukkuselkänahkavyöruusukasvimaamunajuustomaitorasvaimunestepinta-alahuulipunakampelaverkkomahalasku-...http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/bhwcz/post.htm#135329Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:38:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:135329Anonymous32http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/bhwcz/post.htm#135329http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-135329.xmlAnonymous wrote: i think its pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis at 45 letters its a disease of the lungs that origionates from certain rock particles being inhaled From Wikipedia: The word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis , also spelled pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcano k oniosis, is defined as "a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica or quartz dust." At 45 letters, it is certainly the longest word ever to appear in a non-technical dictionary of English, the Oxford English Dictionary . However, there are strong indications that the word whttp://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/bhwcz/post.htm#134431Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:38:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:134431Anonymous33http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/bhwcz/post.htm#134431http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-134431.xmli think its pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis at 45 letters its a disease of the lungs that origionates from certain rock particles being inhaledhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/bhwcz/post.htm#125387Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:38:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:125387doodles34http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/bhwcz/post.htm#125387http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-125387.xmlthelongestwordeverhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/bhwcz/post.htm#120423Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:38:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:120423Anonymous35http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/bhwcz/post.htm#120423http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-120423.xmlThe Guinness Book of Records , in its 1992 and subsequent editions, declared the "longest real word" in the English language to be floccinaucinihilipilification at 29 letters. Defined as the act of estimating as worthless...http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/bhwcz/post.htmFri, 27 Feb 2009 00:38:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:120263Smrteepnts236http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordEnglishDictionary/bhwcz/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-120263.xmli think the longest word in the english dictionary is..... <Removed (Non-sense)>