pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis,

an invented long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust.

Person FC: He is diagnosed with pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis,
Person UK: Did you mean pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, by Dylan Achiles June 9, 2022

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 by Fludence March 9, 2009

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis 

The wifi password

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

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis by HeavenlyCheeseGod March 19, 2021

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis 

1. A disease gotten from inhalation of diminative particles of silica or quartz.
Pneumono - Lung
Ultra Microscopic - Very small/fine
silico volcano - igneous, silica
coniosis - disease
; Black Lung

In the mid 1880's, miners would get pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis by Kyle Zager January 6, 2005

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis 

A form of silicosis caused by breathing in siliceous volcanic dust.

Exceeded electrophotomicrographically as the longest recognized word in English.

Me: *COUGH*
You: Dude, stop smoking.
Me: I don't smoke.
You: Yes, you do.
Me: No, I have pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis by OfEternity July 7, 2005

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis 

an extremely long word often cited as the longest in the english language referring to a disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust

Bob got pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis after working in the mines for 10 years.

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis by mikmik March 10, 2009

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis 

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.

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis by AKACroatalin April 8, 2019