The longest word in the dictionary

[Mrvile]

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcaniconiosis.

Not copy/pasted, I'm not sure if the "silico" part has one or two l's.

 

[UglyCasanova]

So what does it mean?

 

[Kalvin00]

3.1415926535897932381626433832795028841

 

[artikk]

I'm sure there is a longer word than that.

 

[artikk]

Originally posted by: Kalvin00
3.1415926535897932381626433832795028841

That's pi. It's a number, not a word.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova
So what does it mean?

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcaniconiosis

 

[bobbybe01]

omgwtfbbqlongestwordinthedictionary (longer word?)

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova
So what does it mean?

It is a disease caused by inhalation of volcanic ash, commonly found in coal miners.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

The longest word is

"methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanyla lanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalany lphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylglycylaspa rtylprolylglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleu cylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspar tylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylser ylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonyliso leucylglutaminylaspfraginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylpheny lalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcyste inylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylargin ylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylgl ycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylpheny lalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalany ltyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylva lylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglu taminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalan ylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucy lphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartyl aspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryl tyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylseryl arginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparag inylarginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistidylleucy lvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalany lprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylser ylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylas partylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylser ylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhi stidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethio nylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylglutaminylp rolylmethion yllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine."

Why? because The Straight Dope said so

 

[rh71]

this must be a real killer in the medical terminology courses at school.

 

[SWScorch]

it's only a halfway-real word. It was coined unofficially, and is listed in the Oxford dictionary as a "made up word." Still, if it's in the Oxford, it's counted as a real word

 

[Mrvile]

Isn't the longest actual word some amino acid that's like 4000 letters long?

 

[Shawn]

I thought it was antidisestablishmentarinism. Guess not.