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longest english word?

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It cracked me up because they are taking time to discuss crap like that. Hah.


COMPUTERZ RULE LOLOLOLOLO!!!111
 

ggnl

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Makes me wonder...who gets laid less, ATOT users or englishforums users?
 

Snapster

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Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
antidisestablishmentarianism is the longest one I know of...

Ditto, until they brought all that medical terminology in.
 

DrPizza

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Smiles, because there's a mile between the two s's.

:D

*sigh* I suppose that's probably pasted on those other pages though.
edit: crap. it's there :(
 

nakedfrog

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What about counterantidisestablishmentarianism?
Eh, I suppose it's not a real word. Fun to say though.
 

Semidevil

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Originally posted by: DrPizza
Smiles, because there's a mile between the two s's.

:D

*sigh* I suppose that's probably pasted on those other pages though.
edit: crap. it's there :(


dont worry Dr. Pizza, I didn't browse their thread, so therefore, that joke is YOURS....
 

spunkz

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pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest i've seen in a regular dictionary
 

Eli

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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
 

NikPreviousAcct

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Originally posted by: spunkz
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest i've seen in a regular dictionary

You are correct. It's a disease that coal miners get after breathing microscopic coal particles.
 

Turkish

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Kudos to the person that knows which language this comes from:

Cekoslovakyalilastiramadiklarimizdanmisiniz?
 

Eli

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Originally posted by: The Boss
Kudos to the person that knows which language this comes from:

Cekoslovakyalilastiramadiklarimizdanmisiniz?
Turkish? :D
 

Turkish

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Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: The Boss
Kudos to the person that knows which language this comes from:

Cekoslovakyalilastiramadiklarimizdanmisiniz?
Turkish? :D

Yup. English is too analytical. That one single word in English:

Are you one of those whom we could not turn into a Czechoslovakian?

Politically outdated, but still :)
 

Tom

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it isn't that long, but i just realized that pizzazz is just the word pizza with 2 more zz's.
 

blakeatwork

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Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
antidisestablishmentarianism is the longest one I know of...

that was my answer, as it was the only real word I could think of..

How long did it take to spell... :D