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GuitarrassDeAmor
May 12th, 2008, 06:52 AM
Well, while browsing Urban Dictionary and editing some stuff, I found this word....
PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS
Yes it is a real disease.
What long words can you find (Real words guys!!!)?
magaro
May 12th, 2008, 07:05 PM
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch is the name of a town in the UK I think.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch
EDIT: also found this oneTaumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakap ikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahuis a hill on new zealand which means: The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one
hoverbike
May 13th, 2008, 12:17 AM
I like these words: Nanobiotechnology or Bionanotechnolgist.
ChocolateBuddy
May 14th, 2008, 04:56 AM
how about deoxyribonucleicacid i remem ber that word from middle school.. good times. good times
magaro
May 14th, 2008, 06:52 AM
how about deoxyribonucleicacid i remem ber that word from middle school.. good times. good times
hmm thats DNA right??:rolleyes:
VintageElise
May 14th, 2008, 01:26 PM
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch is the name of a town in the UK I think.
Yeah is in Wales. Iv been there...Whooo
SteelSamurai
May 16th, 2008, 09:14 AM
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - The fear of long words. :D
GuitarrassDeAmor
May 18th, 2008, 11:31 PM
We need more and the definitions. I just like seeing long words and trying to use them in sentences in normal everyday life.
the_End
May 19th, 2008, 03:00 AM
I bring you, the second longest word in the English language:
Lopadotemakhoselakhogameokranioleipsanodrimypotrim matosilphiokarabomelitokatakekhymenokikhlepikossyp hophattoperisterphobiaticlerialektryonoptokephalli okigklopeleiolagōiosiraiobaphētraganopterýgōn
Translated from the Greek word
λοπαδοτεμαχοσελαχογαλεοκρανιολειψανοδριμυποτριμματ οσιλφιοκαραβομελιτοκατακεχυμενοκιχλεπικοσσυφοφαττο περιστεραλεκτρυονοπτοκεφαλ...
It is name of a dish compounded of all kinds of dainties, fish, flesh, fowl, and sauces. Ok, it was coined by an author but WTF! 183 letters o_O. Oh but that's not all, the longest word for a protein is 189,819 letters o_O.
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapiki maungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu is the longest name of a recognized place.
Pgsley
May 19th, 2008, 03:42 AM
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - The fear of long words. :D
haha that was freaking hilarious
+ rep for that laugh
Sam_From_Space
May 19th, 2008, 03:39 PM
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Zoibie
May 19th, 2008, 03:49 PM
^you annoying person, I was about to post that :D
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHICALLY- Longest un-hyphened word apparently
GuitarrassDeAmor
May 19th, 2008, 11:50 PM
Wow....
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Wow Sam lol.
GAbravedawg
August 4th, 2008, 04:46 AM
I dont know a lot of long words...lol nebuchnezzer? lol (Its a real word, just not long)
SoDev
August 4th, 2008, 05:01 AM
Hmm... the longest I can think of is 'gothopotamus'.
Definition -
http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/250211/757701.jpg
advancednewbie
August 4th, 2008, 08:56 AM
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...what the...LOL i've never seen that before..or even heard of it:dunce..nice LOL
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