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Zorkaplex
post Dec 3 2005, 04:27 AM
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What is the longest word? I have looked around but only found an 85 letter one for a hill in New Zealand
Taumatawhakatang­ihangakoauauot­amateaturipukaka­pikimaunga­horonuku­pokaiwhenua
k­itanatahu
is this even possible if you find a longer word post it some friends of mine thought there was like a 1000 letter word. I would have put this in the what is catagory but i was not sure of it as a fact so i did not.

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post Dec 3 2005, 04:33 AM
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The only longest word that I know and can spell is antidisestablishmentarianism. lol. It looks longer when you write it out on paper. Thats 28 letters i've counted in that word. I bet the longest word has to be some kind of long chemical name or something. I don't know. I'll google it now and see what yall have come up with.

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post Dec 3 2005, 04:35 AM
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Actually, the longest official word that I know of is Antidisestablishmentarianism. The think that has always made me laugh is the fact that is has a double-negative in it... "Anti" and "dis".

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post Dec 3 2005, 04:37 AM
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Well, it seems that iwuvcookies beat me to it :-\.

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post Dec 3 2005, 04:39 AM
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Well there are a bunch of words that have 28 letters like chemical words but here is one found in some dictionaries. "floccinauccinihilipilification" It is 30 letters long meaning, to estimate something that is worthless. Pretty interesting. I bet there are a lot of words, if you could make up a word and get it submitted to the dictionary you could create the longest word. lol Here is one that is 45 letters long "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis". This is a type of lung disease. You can find it here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonoultra...volcanoconiosis
Pretty interesting stuff.

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post Dec 3 2005, 04:45 AM
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Somewhat off-topic, but has anyone seen the commercial in which a little girl is given 'floccinauccinihilipilification' as a spelling bee word? That commercial cracks me up every time.

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post Dec 3 2005, 04:46 AM
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Well i do know about Antidisestablishmentarianism but there is most likely something we have overlooked. Some times when a word is translated from one language to the other it gets longer somehow. The only example i can think of is in french like the word name is actually "i call myself" it is not a good example but it gives a general idea. That hill's name is fairly long but i dont think you would find it in a dictionary but instead find Antidisestablishmentarianism to be the longest word in the dictionary. Plus words can take on add ons to it like anti or dis that make the word longer so technically there could be some truly long words out there. And is there like some sort of limit of sylables a word can contain i dont believe that is true but with a 1000 letter word it woould take like 30 seconds to say. I do think a word that long is unreal.

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post Dec 3 2005, 05:07 AM
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these are some of the longest words in the world, but not officially reconized by guinness world records and wit that the only would that is the longest with repeated letters is only 16 letters long and that word is Unprosperousness
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longest words
45) PNEUMONO­ULTRA­MICRO­SCOPIC­SILICO­VOLCANO­CONIOSIS
(37) HEPATICO­CHOLANGIO­CHOLECYST­ENTERO­STOMIES
(34) SUPER­CALI­FRAGI­LISTIC­EXPI­ALI­DOCIOUS
(29) FLOCCI­NAUCINI­HILIPIL­IFICATION
(28) ANTI­DIS­ESTABLISH­MENT­ARIAN­ISM
(27) HONORI­FICABILI­TUDINI­TATIBUS
(27) ELECTRO­ENCEPHALO­GRAPHICALLY
(27) ANTI­TRANSUB­STAN­TIA­TION­ALIST
(21) DIS­PRO­PORTION­ABLE­NESS
(21) IN­COM­PREHEN­SIB­ILITIES

longest chemical words

(1,185) ACETYL­SERYL­TYROSYL­SERYL­ISO­LEUCYL­THREONYL­SERYL­PROLYL­SERYL­GLUTAMINYL­PHE
NYL­ALANYL­VALYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­LEUCYL­SERYL­SERYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL­ALANYL­ASPART
YL­PROLYL­ISOLEUCYL­GLUTAMYL­LEUCYL­LEUCYL­ASPARAGINYL­VALYL­CYSTEINYL­THREONYL­
SERYL­SERYL­LEUCYL­GLYCYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMINYL­THREON
YL­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­ALANYL­ARGINYL­THREONYL­THREONYL­GLUTAMINYL­VALYL­GLUTA
MINYL­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­SERYL­GLUTAMINYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL­LYSYL­PROLYL­PH
ENYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­GLUTAMINYL­SERYL­THREONYL­VALYL­ARGINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­
GLYCYL­ASPARTYL­VALYL­TYROSYL­LYSYL­VALYL­TYROSYL­ARGINYL­TYROSYL­ASPARAGINYL­AL
ANYL­VALYL­LEUCYL­ASPARTYL­PROLYL­LEUCYL­ISOLEUCYL­THREONYL­ALANYL­LEUCYL­LEUCYL
­GLYCYL­THREONYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­ASPARTYL­THREONYL­ARGINYL­ASPARAGINYL­ARGINYL­ISO
LEUCYL­ISOLEUCYL­GLUTAMYL­VALYL­GLUTAMYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­SERYL
­PROLYL­THREONYL­THREONYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMYL­THREONYL­LEUCYL­ASPARTYL­ALANYL­THREON
YL­ARGINYL­ARGINYL­VALYL­ASPARTYL­ASPARTYL­ALANYL­THREONYL­VALYL­ALANYL­ISOLEUCY
L­ARGINYL­SERYL­ALANYL­ASPARAGINYL­ISOLEUCYL­ASPARAGINYL­LEUCYL­VALYL­ASPARAGINY
L­GLUTAMYL­LEUCYL­VALYL­ARGINYL­GLYCYL­THREONYL­GLYCYL­LEUCYL­TYROSYL­ASPARAGINY
L­GLUTAMINYL­ASPARAGINYL­THREONYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMYL­SERYL­METHIONYL­SERYL­G
LYCYL­LEUCYL­VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL­THREONYL­SERYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­ALANYL­SERINE

(39) TETRA­METHYL­DIAMINO­BENZHYDRYL­PHOSPHINOUS
(37) FORMALDEHYDE­TETRA­METHYL­AMIDO­FLUORIMUM
(37) DIMETHYL­AMIDO­PHENYL­DIMETHYL­PYRAZOLONE
(31) DICHLORO­DIPHENYL­TRICHLORO­ETHANE
(29) TRINITRO­PHENYL­METHYL­NITRAMINE
(27) ETHYLENE­DIAMINE­TETRA­ACETATE
(26) ETHYLENE­DIAMINE­TETRA­ACETIC

longest name of a town or location

(85) TAUMATA­WHAKA­TANGI­HANGA­KOAUAU­O­TAMATEA­TURIPUKAKA­PIKI­MAUNGA­HORO­NUKU­POKA
I­WHENUA­KITANA­TAHU
(66) GORSA­FAWDDACH­AIDRAIGODAN­HEDDO­GLEDDOLON­PENRHYN­AREUR­DRAETH­CEREDIGION
(58) LLAN­FAIR­PWLL­GWYN­GYLL­GOGERY­CHWYRN­DROBWLL­LLANTY­SILIO­GOGO­GOCH
(41) CHAR­GOGAGOG­MAN­CHAR­GOGAGOG­CHAR­BUNA­GUNGAMOG
(44) CHAR­GOGGAGOGG­MAN­CHAUG­GAGOGG­CHAU­BUNA­GUNGAMOGG,
(45) CHAR­GOGGAGOGG­MAN­CHAUG­GAGOGG­CHAU­BUNA­GUNGAMAUGG,
(44) CHAR­GOGGAGOGG­MAN­CHAUG­GAGOGG­CHA­BUNA­GUNGAMAUGG.
(23) NUNATH­LOOGAGA­MIUT­BINGOI


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post Dec 3 2005, 06:22 AM
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whoa.

yeah that's pretty funny about the double negative... oh, and what are the rules, are we allowed to use plurals? because then antidisastablishmentarianismS is one letter longer! haha I win (except for St Michael biggrin.gif).

actually, what's really scary is I've got a friend who can pronounce that 45-letter one starting with PN... crazy, huh!