There is a debate about the longest word in the English language; in my opinion it's floccinaucinihilipilificatious compared to the debate on antidisestablishmentarianism. Those with hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia tend to avoid the subject. The longest word in the common English dictionary is pneumohoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoko niosis, although in medical diaries and such methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutam ylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutamin ylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutam ylglycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylph enylalanylvalylthreonylleucylglycylaspa rtylprolylglycylisoleucylglutamylglutam inylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylth reonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglyc ylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleu cylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylser ylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylgly cylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasp fraginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalan ylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylth reonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylph enylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanyl leucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysylhi stidylprolylthreoylisoleucylprolylisole ucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosyla lanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanyl asparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartyl glutamylphenylalanyltyrosylalanylglutam inylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylva lylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanyla spartylvalylprolylvalylglutaminylglutam ylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylg lutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhisti dylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucy lphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylpr olylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspar tylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleuc ylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyl tyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylseryl arginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycyla lanylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylal anylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistid ylleucylvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglut amyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylproly lprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenylalan ylglycylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspar tylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisol eucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylgl ycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalan ylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucyl glutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylis oleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethi onylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylp henylalanylvalylglutaminylprolylmethion ylysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine reigns supreme. But in the science of deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA) all amino acids have their own little tag. {eg. glutaminyl=C5H9N2O2 valyl=(CH3)2CHCH(NH2)CO} Therefore one strand of DNA could be lengthened out to an infinite amount of letters long.
The current longest accepted word in English dictionaries (above) is questioned also being as that it was coined by a man in 1935 simply for the purpose of creating a new longest word. Though pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoco niosis does have a definition as a disease caused by inhalation of sulfuric dust in volcanic smoke, very prominent among mine workers and volcanic scientists.
As it is an open debate feel free to choose what you believe.
The current longest accepted word in English dictionaries (above) is questioned also being as that it was coined by a man in 1935 simply for the purpose of creating a new longest word. Though pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoco niosis does have a definition as a disease caused by inhalation of sulfuric dust in volcanic smoke, very prominent among mine workers and volcanic scientists.
As it is an open debate feel free to choose what you believe.
WARNING: Reading above "longest word" out loud may result in electroencephalographical complications.
by Ty4thVenom December 14, 2005
by ant-tony November 28, 2009
A great many words bring along not only their meanings but extra weight, loads of judgment, or bias that plays upon the emotions instead of helping with understanding. These words deserve careful handling and minding. They are loaded.
In casual conversation, emotional stuffing is lent to words by inflection and gesture: the innocent phrase, "Thanks a lot," is frequently a vehicle for heaping servings of irritation. loaded word - thanks a lot.
"Never," Aldous Huxley said, "have misused words—those hideously efficient tools of all the tyrants, warmongers, persecutors and heresy hunters—been so widely and disastrously influential."
"Never," Aldous Huxley said, "have misused words—those hideously efficient tools of all the tyrants, warmongers, persecutors and heresy hunters—been so widely and disastrously influential."
by rumormill February 14, 2008
The phenomenon of a particular message or recommendation being passed from an individual to his/her contacts through the internet.
All it took was a little word-of-mouse and the next thing Henry knew his "catsuit with knobs" clip was on boing-boing. He felt like it was the lowest point in his life. That was until he switched on the evening news.
by Dananjay Anandan January 19, 2006
The Longest Word is over 100,000 letters long and takes over 3 hours to prounce if pronouced correctly. If you want to know what it looks and how it is spelled, look it up on google because I'm not going to spend hours and hours just to write 1 damn word.
P.S - It is not an official word in the dictionary.
P.S - It is not an official word in the dictionary.
by any other person November 4, 2016
I couldn't get a word in edgewise. She kept talking to me about her shoes, purse, and how her best friend just got dumped. I am a word receptacle.
by archlich November 6, 2009
by NuttyJ January 2, 2008