It’s pronounced nju mə(ʊ)nəʊˌʌltrəˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈskɒpɪkˌsɪlɪkəʊvɒlˌkeɪnəʊˌkəʊnɪˈəʊsɪs not that that is any great help but, at 45 letters, it is at the time of writing, the longest word to be found in an English dictionary. As for what it is, it’s a lung disease caused by inhaling dust and ash from volcanoes, so it’s a variant of silicosis and pneumoconiosis. It is said to be a made-up word intended simply to be the longest word in the English language, but it isn’t, that title goes to the chemical name for Titin which is a type of protein. In English this word has 189,819 letters and would take three-and-a-half hours to pronounce.
If you thought Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis was bad, let’s see you pronounce the chemical name of titin.
by AKACroatalin April 08, 2019
After fucking that hot chick in the asbestos-filled construction site, I think I got Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis real bad.
by Bad C dev February 27, 2021
One fucking mouth full of a word. Used to confuse people that don't google Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
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by CuWHENIcU March 31, 2017
The longest word in the English language that has a, definition.
A type of a silicosis disease.
Silicosis is a form of occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust, and is marked by inflammation and scarring in the form of nodular lesions in the upper lobes of the lungs.
A type of a silicosis disease.
Silicosis is a form of occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust, and is marked by inflammation and scarring in the form of nodular lesions in the upper lobes of the lungs.
by AdlerHidolf June 12, 2021
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
Person 1: Hey! Did you hear about someone getting pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?
Person 2: Yeah! I heard one of my classmates got pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis!
Person 3: Must you use the longest word in the dictionary?
Person 2: Yeah! I heard one of my classmates got pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis!
Person 3: Must you use the longest word in the dictionary?
by a guy thing December 10, 2021
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is actually the longest word in the English dictionary. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious aint got nothin on this word.
by AlexDoesWeerdStuff December 04, 2020