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Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu

A hill in New Zealand. The height of the hill is 305 meters (1,001 ft). The hill is notable primarily for its unusually long name, which is of Maori origin; it is often shortened to Taumata for brevity.
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Thumbation 

When couples are holding hands and then start touching or petting each others' thumbs. Can evolve into thumb wars and other kinky behaviors.
Man Friend: "So what did you do at the movies with Katie at the movies last night?"
Dude: "We held bands. Little thumbation."
Man Friend: "Kinky."
Thumbation by Dave Rowe January 27, 2009

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu

The Maori name of a hill in New Zeland, it translates as "The place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed, and swallowed mountains, known as a land-eater, played the flute to his loved one."
If you can pronounce Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, you have too much time on your hands.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu 

Maori word meaning "The place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed and swallowed mountains, known as 'landeater', played his flute to his loved one". 2nd longest place name in the world with 126 characters after "krungthep mahanakhon udomrajniwes mahasatarn amorn pimarn avaltarnsatit sakatattiya visanukram prasit" which is another name for the Thai capital Bangkok.
One day I will go to Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu!
The Chuck Norris in the massive online multy player game called Runescape.
Taumata dont die in runescape. He just reloads.
Taumata dosent buy RS-GFs, he just web-cams them.
Taumata by 0utlaw3 March 31, 2008

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapiki 

The longest place-name still in use, it's a hill in New Zealand.
Hey Let's go to Taw...Taumate...Tauma-Ah, screw it. Let's go to the movies.

taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukakapiki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­kitanatahu 

Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukakapiki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­kitanatahu.

Yes - it is officially the longest place name in the world. It is Māori for "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".

It's location is in North Island, New Zealand.
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu is it's short form.

By the way, if you can pronounce Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukakapiki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­kitanatahu, then you really need to get a life.

I can pronounce and spell Pneumonoultramicroscopicsiliovolcanoconiosis, but Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukakapiki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­kitanatahu is just too long.
"I'm going to Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukakapiki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­kitanatahu on holiday."

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