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pneumoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis 

1. The longest word ever appearing in a non technical dictionary
2. A lung disease caused by the inhailing of fine silica dust usually found around volcanos
pneumoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
is a bad disease

Pneumoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis 

Pneumoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest proper word in English! It has 45 letters overall. It refers to a lung disease caused by very fine sand or ash.
My friend got Pneumoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

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

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the longest possible grammatically correct EVER.
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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.