What is the longest word in the English language

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   tom_catonposted 13 years ago

   What is the longest word in the English language
   
   What does it mean? Use it in a sentence...

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   silvana1955posted 13 years ago

   Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
   I'm not sure,find this in Wikipedia

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   Civil War Bobposted 13 years ago

   The old joke says, "smiles"...there's a mile between each "s."  It means that's what you're supposed to do when I write this answer.

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   Hezmyjoyposted 13 years ago

   The last I checked, and it has been awhile, I thought it was antidisestablishmentarianism.

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   tom_catonposted 13 years ago

   Well here's my contribution...
   
   Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, which is a phobia of long words.
   
   A sentence containing this word might go like...
   
   "You know I've got hippopotomonstroses...quip...quip..ed......
   
   AAAAAAGHH!!!!!!"
   
   ...I imagine

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   clairemyposted 13 years ago

   pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis......means a supposed lung disease.infection.
   This is what your doctor would tell you if he could get his mouth around the wordIt has 45 letters in it.

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   Mazzy Boleroposted 13 years ago

   Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrim-
   matosilphiparaomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophat-
   toperisteralektryonoptekephalliokiglopeleiolagoiosiraiobaph-
   etraganopterygon (182 letters)
   
   This doesn't look much like an English word, but it is actually a translation of a word in a play by Aristophanes, which means a stew made up of all the leftovers from the previous two weeks.   I found this one when I researched long words to answer a question on Webanswers.  Although I don't speak ancient Greek, nor do I know much about Greek drama, I suspect this was a word invented by Aristophanes for comic effect, something like
   
   "beef-egg-pork-chicken-fish-bacon-lambchops-frenchfries-tomato-potato-spaghetti-macaroni-noodles-couscous-riceandbeans-stew" 
   
   So it may not or may not count as a proper English word.

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