Ok in this thread you put three of the longest words uou know of
on your mark get set go
Long Word Stand Off
45 public posts in this discussion.
Post 2
Well of course I'd have to list "Disestablishmentarianism".
Although honestly, the chemists will win this match, I think I'll add "Contrafibularities".
And of course "Liberal Party". A very long word if you're a long suffering ALP True Believer.
Post 3
is a Disestablishmentarianismist someone who practices Disestablishmentarianism?
TaumatawhakatangihangakoauotamateturipukakapikimaungahoroNukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
deoxyribonucleic acid
that's my 3.
oh.. and just so i get it before anyone else.... supercalafragilisticexpialadocious.
Post 4
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Post 5
and then there is the slightly longer version of EP's word and that is:
Antidisestablishmentarianism
and theres the fear of long words (not sure of the proper spelling)
hippomonstrosesquipdaliaphobia
deoxyribonucleicacid - DNA
and theres the famous mary poppins word that is actually in the oxford dictionary.
supercalifragilisticexpialadocious
Post 6
PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS (45 letters; a lung disease caused by breathing in certain particles) is the longest word in any English-language dictionary. (It is also spelled -koniosis.)
I Win.. thank the lord for google.
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Post 7
Floccinaucinihilipilification, to estimate as worthlessness.
Post 8
I would hate to live in...
Germany: DONAUDAMPFSCHIFFAHRTSELEKTRIZITAETENHAUPTBETRIEBSWERKBAUUNTERBEAMTENGESELLSCHAFT (80 letters), "the club for subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamboat electrical services (name of a pre-war club in Vienna),"
Sweden: NORDOSTERSJOKUSTARTILLERIFLYGSPANINGSSIMULATORANLAGG-
NINGSMATERIELUNDERHALLSUPPFOLJNINGSSYSTEMDISKUSSIONS-
INLAGGSFORBEREDELSEARBETEN (130 letters), "preparatory work on the contribution to the discussion on the maintaining system of support of the material of the aviation survey simulator device within the north-east part of the coast artillery of the Baltic,"
Post 9
Oh.. and i would hate to be a chemist..
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This word has appeared in the American Chemical Society's Chemical Abstracts and is thus considered by some to be the longest real word.
yes i copied and pasted... cos i wasn't going to type that... ever.
Post 10
Cheating Googler... Anybody can do that... I did mine off the top of my head...
so try winning with just your vocabulary... or can't you?
Post 11
i did 'TaumatawhakatangihangakoauotamateturipukakapikimaungahoroNukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu' off the top of my head thank you.
Post 12
Yeah sure after you read it off google a few times for memory... Anybody got some good long words that are more common?
Post 13
discombobulate and defenestration!
sesquipedalian is potentially the coolest of the longer words tho.
Post 14
rombitruncatedisosododecahedron dont know if it is the right spelling but its a shape and i dont know how many sides it has but i saw it on a poster once in a maths room
Post 15
'TaumatawhakatangihangakoauotamateturipukakapikimaungahoroNukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu' is a place near where i grew up thank you very much.
Post 16
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia.
The Fear of Long words.
:shock:
Post 17
That is a great a sig for Knight right there. The irony if he did.
Post 18
I only know of pseudoantidisestablishmentarianism
Post 19
oh yeah? well what about semipseudoantidisestablishmentarianism!
Post 20
Quote from paladin:
oh yeah? well what about semipseudoantidisestablishmentarianism!
Grr beat me to that one will ya :(
Post 21
i know: thisisprettylameconsideringallthelongwordshavebeendone
:)
Post 22
all i know is anomonopiea
Post 23
Quote from SWAT Commander:
all i know is anomonopiea
Onomatopoeia ?
Post 24
Quote from Seqo:
Onomatopoeia ?
yes
Post 25
Then you don't exactly know it do you....:rolleyes:
Post 26
not really
Post 27
Quote from SWAT Commander:
all i know is anomonopiea
lol I commend you on your creative spelling of the word... good laugh
Post 28
Rubberband
Why? Because it stretches as long as you can get it to, making it the longest word! :P
Post 29
no
smiles is the longest word
see, cos there's a mile between the S's
haha ... haaa
ahem
Post 30
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strengths is the longest word with 1 vowel...
Post 31
devertebrated -- longest word that can be typed with only the left hand on a qwerty keyboard (provided you actually type using home keys)
phyllophyllin - same but with the right hand
glycyphyllin beats strengths
counterrevolutionaries word with most vowels
Post 32
and the word typewriter is the only word that can be spelled on a qwerty keyboard, with only the keys on the qwerty row.
introducing the useless facts thread...
Post 33
perpetuity
peppertree
just a few from my repertoire ;)
Post 34
smartarse.
that's a word written with both hands, from all rows of the keyboard
Post 35
I hardly call names real words, same goes for chemist stuff or towns, places.
Longest word? No idea if it more than about 8 letters can bet id have trouble with it anyway :P
Post 36
stewardesses is the longest word, on a qwerty keyboard, to be spelt with only your left hand.
Post 37
stewardesses = 12 letters
devertebrated = 13 letters.
Post 38
i got one. and it is real
cazoogoralladopiadochikummeryfraxtextualizationate
me n my mate make up sweet words.. so i cut n paste em together to make this one
btw, it means whatever the hell you want it to mean :P
Post 39
Quote from Cow:
and the word typewriter is the only word that can be spelled on a qwerty keyboard, with only the keys on the qwerty row.
Tree? Yurt? Wept? Weep? Query? Prow? Quote? Weir? Poor? Twerp?
Post 40
Quote from Roady:
cazoogoralladopiadochikummeryfraxtextualizationate
btw, it means whatever the hell you want it to mean :P
99.99^% of people think it means you're a retard.
Post 41
lol
Post 42
Quote from paladin:
stewardesses = 12 letters
devertebrated = 13 letters.
b = right hand doesn't it? (or either hand?)
If not, guinness world records need to change a few things ;)
Post 43
b belongs to the left hand as far as i'm concerned. its also on the left group of keys on a natural/ergonomic keyboard.
Post 44
errrr i use my left hand for b's
It's in the tgb diagonal... so i think its left hand.
Post 45
hyperparathyroidism
kwashiorkor
straightforwardness