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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicavolcanoconiosis 

A misspelling of pneumonoultramicroscopicsiliovolcanoconiosis.
“Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicavolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the dictionary!”
“No it’s not! Pneumonoultramicroscopicsiliovolcanoconiosis is!”
“What?”
“You misspelled it by one letter!”

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicavolcanoconiosis 

You almost spelled pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis right, but you didn't. You gave it your best, but you failed to spell it. And you were only one letter off, too.
Your in the national spelling bee, your going against the best person so far. Everyone else is out. Then you get your word.
"Spell pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis."
"Language of origin?"
"Latin."
"P-N-E-U-M-O-N-O-U-L-T-R-A-M-I-C-R-O-S-C-O-P-I-C-S-I-L-I-C-A-V-O-L-C-A-N-O-C-O-N-I-O-S-I-S."
"I'm sorry that's incorrect. You were SO close, though. Only one letter off."
And then you almost have a mental breakdown, but the opponent also spelled "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicavolcanoconiosis."

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicavolcanoconiosis 

what my grandpa has :,(
harder daddi

""pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicavolcanoconiosis""

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicavolcanoconiosis 

a lung disease caused by silica dust but more probably (in my opinion,) THE LONGEST WORD IN THE WORD! Really, I actually copy pasted that word: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicavolcanoconiosis from google but anyways I think my keyboard is tired.
Lala- I know a lot of doctors who don't even know what pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicavolcanoconiosis is! Ha!
Lala's friend- Wait, what does it mean?
Lala- *Starts sweating* Oh! Look at that bird!

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis 

An inflammation of the lungs caused by microscopic grains of certain types of rock.

*NOTE* This word was actually coined in a deliberate attempt to be the longest word in the english language, although you would be hard-pressed to find it in the language dictionary as it is a medical/scientific term.
"Dude, now that I've learned how to spell antidisestablishmentarianism, what am I going to do to make people think I'm smart?"

"Quiet man, I'm trying to name this condition we discovered today. Its an inflammation of the lungs caused by microscopic grains of certain types of rock."

"Hey, I smell opportunity! How long could we make this word?"

"Pretty long...I suppose we could stretch it to pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis"

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis 

A: What's the wifi password?
B: It's on the back of the router.
The router: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis