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a word that only exists to prove how humanity is fucking shit at naming things
Friend: spell pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

You: fuck you
by heressomedumbfuckjuice July 8, 2020
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A factitious word alleged to mean "a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust" but occurring chiefly as an instance of a very long word. (Definition retrieved from Oxford English Dictionary)
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is notable for causing respiratory problems as well as unnecessary fatigue and frustration at spelling bees.
by bill kapok March 15, 2005
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A type of lung disease caused by breathing in silica dust.

The longest word in the oxford dictionary.
Person A: Hey, guess what? I can spell the longest word ever! *Spells out pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.*
Person B: Dude, get a life...
by Ebony Chalk December 26, 2008
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A medical term to describe a lung disease. Caused by inhaling very fine sand and ash. It is a type of pneumoconiosis, which also means the accumulation of dust in the lungs.
I inhaled very small silica dust from the large volcano and it caused me to contract Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis of the lungs.
by Sobaj Sonkato April 15, 2009
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1) The longest word in the english language
2) A lung disease one gets from tiny dust particles found in volcanoes
1)After I visited the volcano, the doctor said I had pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
by Tal0n December 6, 2003
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1. A lung disease
2. Easy way to end the spelling bee quickly
Do you have pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis? I do and I'm suffocating or something.
by Rand0mS7uff5 February 6, 2015
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A lung disease

Also the longest English word in the Oxford dictionary.
He has pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
by DictionariesArePeopleToo May 26, 2019
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