Robbo - I choose you
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Oh, sorry, I didn't realise we were going on length. Well, I won't do a Mikey and use the internet, I'll just be gracious in defeat. I'd still beat Jason tho....Not if you can count
(45) PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS (also spelled PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOKONIOSIS) = a lung disease caused by breathing in particles of siliceous volcanic dust.
This is the longest word in any English dictionary. However, it was coined by Everett Smith, the President of The National Puzzlers' League, in 1935 purely for the purpose of inventing a new "longest word". The Oxford English Dictionary described the word as factitious. Nevertheless it also appears in the Webster's, Random House, and Chambers dictionaries.
and SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS is actually in the dictionary... google truly is useful at times
This is the longest word in any English dictionary. However, it was coined by Everett Smith, the President of The National Puzzlers' League, in 1935 purely for the purpose of inventing a new "longest word". The Oxford English Dictionary described the word as factitious. Nevertheless it also appears in the Webster's, Random House, and Chambers dictionaries.
and SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS is actually in the dictionary... google truly is useful at times
So thats how i lasted at 18 stone will i live forever??And of course, we still allow me to post, and we do this because....well, we do it because I weigh over 16 stone.
bejjezzus that's annoying ...phew, had to get that off my chest...sorry, it just came out that way.
PS JK Nick
bejjezzus Is Robbo on a bet to see how many times this word can be used in a week?
Infangthief or oufangthief..couple of great ones from my school days...great with English teachers who think they know it all...can only really be used in historical texts though...
The trick with "Science Words",is that they are usually just a bunch of smaller words stuck together, with conjunctions etc.
For example Tetra-Hydro-Cannabinol is a good one.
Mono-sodium glutamate is another and found in almost everything in America.
Tri-Nitro-Toluene is a dramtic one
Methylene-Dioxy-Meth-Amphetamine, is a popular one in clubs worldwide.
Regarding Zarathustra...you think Good Thought had a bad thought then?
Or maybe because "I Hire a Mazda"..perhaps not a great automotive choice