Chris Posted 24 years ago
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Longest word in the English language?
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?
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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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? )
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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!)
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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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.
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.
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I use this word regularly, only the other day I remember thinking..
"This thread is the floccinauccinihilipilification of pointless"
"This thread is the floccinauccinihilipilification of pointless"
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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 **** difficult time trying to pronounce it!
Sorry, that was rather distasteful.
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 **** difficult time trying to pronounce it!
Sorry, that was rather distasteful.
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(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)"
45 letters, you'd be dead before they had a chance to tell you what it was.
"Sir, you have pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico.... (beeep beeeeeeeeep)"
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Pia - You pun away.. I'll adjust this forum accordingly..
new title time coming up!
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new title time coming up!
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Oh dear, all these chemical and baffling words - do they really count?
I'd say even the most children know the longest English word, it's so easy:
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" (34 letters!)
That's incontestable, isn't it?
What do you think?
I'd say even the most children know the longest English word, it's so easy:
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" (34 letters!)
That's incontestable, isn't it?
What do you think?
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