What's the LONGEST word you know?

here's mine: floccinaucinihilipilification (i challenge you to beat me...hehe)

definition: the act of declaring something as worthless

used in a sentence: "i enjoy DU because of its members' incessant floccinaucinihilipilification of george shrubya bush."

My dad used to say it alot.

pronounced by an elderly and grizzled prospector.

quite atrocious......"

Antidissistablishmentairianism.

Disliking those who like establishments?

:shrug:

Someone who doesn't like people who don't like the establishment?

I have no idea. This is a totally confusing non-non-non-non-Bill and Ted moment.

Anti-
diss-
istablishment
-airianism.

I think that's a double negative...

Disestablishment is the seperation of church and state. Antidisestablishment is the joining of church and state Antidisestablishmentarianism is the concept of supporting and encouraging the merging of church and state. George Bush is an antidisestablishmentarianist...a person who wants to create a theocratic government.

In otherwords Antidisestablishmentarianism = Bad Mojo

would mean you are for the seperation of church and state?

debate over Lieberman and the First Amendment, so my word is "antidisestablismentarianism".

acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminyl-
phenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanyl-
aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinyl-
threonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanyl-
glutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl-
glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyl-
tryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalyl-
arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosyl-
arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucyl-
threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonyl-
arginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamyl-
asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamyl-
threonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartyl-
alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucyl-
asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl-
threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonyl-
phenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophyl-
threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine

It's 1,185 letters and is the RNA description (chemistry) for the Tobacco Mosaic Virus

acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminyl-
phenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanyl-
aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinyl-
threonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanyl-
glutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl-
glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyl-
tryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalyl-
arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosyl-
arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucyl-
threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonyl-
arginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamyl-
asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamyl-
threonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartyl-
alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucyl-
asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl-
threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonyl-
phenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophyl-
threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine?

a) that it's a real word and
b) that there are not bigger proteins

I think the longest word is that Welsh village, but it does not seem legit either because of all the ggg and lll's in it.
I cannot find the email of the long German word except that it starts with Donau... and it means "captain of the Danube shipping line"

Google "Tobacco Mosaic Virus" and you'll probably find a few websites discussing the length of the RNA description. That IS the longest published word in the English language.

If there are bigger proteins, they have multi-word names.

drum roll please....


Taumatawhakatang­ihangakoauauot­amateaturipukaka­pikimaunga­horonukuokaiwhenuak­itanatahu

or Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitänswitwe for his widow.
We have "zusammengesetzte Nomen", you can plug two substantives together, creating a new one.

Love those German compound nouns. My usual tactic is break them down in to their components. It only works a SMALL percentage of the time. There are even "rules" for how you're allowed to do it. I'm always trying to make up words but people just look at me like I'm from another planet... :shrug:

but, isn't DNA/RNA made up of nucleic acids? What you've here is a protein, composed of amino acids.

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenyl-
alanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysyglutamyl-
gycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonyl-
leucylglycylaspartylprolylglycyllisoleucylglutamylglutaminyl-
serylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucyl-
glutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucyl-
glycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucyl-
alanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginyl-
alanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanyl-
glycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanyl-
glutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyl-
lysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucyl-
leucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanyl-
asparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyl-
tyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalyl-
aspartylsrylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalyl-
glutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminyl-
alanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanyl-
prolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartyl-
alanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminyl-
isoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyl-
tyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycyl-
alanylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylleucyllysyl-
glutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminyl-
glycylphenylalanylglysylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminyl-
valyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanyl-
glycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucyl-
isoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamyl-
prolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenyl-
alanylvalylglutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginy-
lserine.
The longest official word ever (1,913 letters) is the term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8.
I won the 3rd grade spelling bee with that! (not)



 

It's the longest word in any of Shakespeare's plays.

This is a term for "the practice of using long words."

*term.

seems it lasts forfuckinevvvvvver.
and is as floccinaucinihilipilificated as anything i've ever known.

dp

Length unknown until it expires.

Okay, so I can't spell it right.

It's fear of Friday the 13th.

whther it's a minute or an hour it's the longest word I know

two and a half years seems like an eternity.

so-
the longest word I've heard is................

subliminal.......

liar..........

the Hawaiian state fish.

Kamanawanaleia!

what's it mean?

kajuetenklinenputzergehilfe


Sorry, couldn't fit it all in the subject line.

Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu

http://www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.com/






And finally, sadly even the 67 character allowance for a .com domain name is still insufficient for the town of Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu
in New Zealand with a staggering 92 characters however even this seems positively tiny compared to the town of

Krungthepmahanakornamornratanakosinmahintarayutthayamahadilokphop
nopparatrajathaniburiromudomrajaniwesmahasatharn
amornphimarnavatarnsathitsakkattiyavisanukamprasit

in Thailand which is a whopping 163 characters long so long that it doesn't even fit on one line! However whilst the New Zealand place name is recognised by the Guiness Book of Record, the Thailand name is not.

Other long names (but not place names) include words such as Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis (and many others) .

I know - first grade joke. I have dozens of them in my portfolio. I'll just leave the rest of them in there.

I was thinking the same thing. :D

No--it's not the longest--but it just stuck w/ me from 6th grade when our teacher taught us it re: breaking words down...

Hey Mr. Lanciani!

I learned to spell it at 3.

It's the blood-pressure thingies..

def - the belief that the separation between church and state should be removed.

sent - Those freepers are all about antidisestablishmentarianism.

when antidisestablismentarianistic is obviously longer?

this is the 2nd longest in the world

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwypndroewalliantysiliogogogoch

WALES boasts a village called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (58 letters), which in English means "Saint Mary's Church in the hollow of white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of Saint Tysilio near the red cave." The locals call it Llanfairpwll (pronounced thlan vire puth). We'll call it L56h.

http://www.thailandlife.com/ericshackle/placename.html

(A little secret: as many double letters in English are regarded as single letters in Welsh, the name has only 51 letters)."

Internet sites normally have a maximum of 28 letters but the rules were bent for L56h. Its website says the village was known until the 19th century as Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll - St Mary's church near the pool by the white hazels. To encourage train travellers to stop off, a cobbler suggested stretching the name. Local author John Williams believes that a tailor coined the tongue-twisting name to confuse the English. The website is at:

http://llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.co.uk/

NEW ZEALAND stakes its claim on the Maori name for a hill near Porangahau, Hawkes Bay, which is spelt with either 85 or 92 letters. Visitors climb the hill in four-wheel-drive vehicles. The Duke of Edinburgh Hotel invites them to buy a "Collectors' Longest Place Name Bottle of Hawkes Bay Chardonnay or Cab Merlot."

The hill used to be called Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukaka pikimaunga horonukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu (85 letters). That's a combination of the words taumata (brow of a hill), whakatangihanga (music making), koauau (flute), o (of), tamatea (name of a famous chief), turi pukaka (bony knees), piki maunga (climbing a mountain), horo (slip), nuku (move), pokai whenua (widely travelled), ki (to), tana (his), tahu (beloved).

Hawkes Bay Tourism's Internet site says that Porangahau in New Zealand's South Island, "boasts the longest place name in the world:

Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuaakitanarahu, officially entered in the Guinness Book of Records." That stretches the name to 92 letters.

That's from OUTKAST, for all you hip-hop heads.

AKA Webster Lake in Central Massachusetts.

Don't even ask me to pronounce it. I was told once it means "You fish on your side and I'll fish on my side"