Find the longest word you know.

Discussion in 'Space Junk' started by Arvendragon, Jan 16, 2009.

Find the longest word you know.

Discussion in 'Space Junk' started by Arvendragon, Jan 16, 2009.

  1. Arvendragon

    Arvendragon Member

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    Find It!

    Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - In major dictionaries. 45 letters.

    Lopado*temakho*selakho*galeo*kranio*leipsano*drim*hypo*trimmato*silphio*karabo*melito*katakekhy*meno*kikhl*epi*kossypho*phatto*perister*alektryon*opto*kephallio*kigklo*peleio*lagōio*siraio*baphē*tragano*pterýgōn - Longest word used by a major author, Aristophanes. 183 letters.

    And the biggest, a whopping 189819 letters long, the chemical name for Titin.

    http://luminaryuprise.wikidot.com/longest-word

    I think I win!
     
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  2. darkone

    darkone Moderator

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    A.
     
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  3. EonMaster

    EonMaster Eeveelution Master

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    who thought it would be a good idea to make a word almost 190k letters long???
     
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  4. Arvendragon

    Arvendragon Member

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    idk. Some scientist.
     
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  5. Arvendragon

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    Didi u know, i is shorter than A.

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    A
     
    Arvendragon, Jan 16, 2009
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  6. Seradin

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    Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

    Lopado*temakho*selakho*galeo*kranio*leipsano*drim*hypo*trimmato*silphio*karabo*melito*katakekhy*meno*kikhl*epi*kossypho*phatto*perister*alektryon*opto*kephallio*kigklo*peleio*lagōio*siraio*baphē*tragano*pterýgōn
    Yes it is a word :D

    Someone had to say it!
     
    Seradin, Jan 16, 2009
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  7. Fenix

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    กรุงเทพมหานครอมรรัตนโกสินทร์มหินทรายุธยามหาดิลกภพนพรัตน์ราชธานีบุรีรมย์อุดมราชนิเวศน์มหาสถานอมรพิมานอวตารสถิตสักกทัตติยะวิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์

    Which in Roman letters is

    Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit

    Which means

    The city of angels, the great city, the residence of the Emerald Buddha, the impregnable city (of Ayutthaya) of God Indra, the grand capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukarn.


    EDIT: Damn autospacing
     
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    LanceLeader New Member

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  9. Meee

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    Gotta memorize that Titin :D

    How about 'smiles', huh? There's a whole mile in between the two s!
     
    Meee, Jan 17, 2009
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  10. ijffdrie

    ijffdrie Lord of Spam

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    the longest word in dutch is the word for the phobia for long words
     
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  11. 11-Sodium

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    Longest nontechnical word in the Oxford English Dictionary is floccinaucinihilipilification, which means "the action or habit of estimating something as worthless."

    More long words that are either technical, coined, both, or neither: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English

    Of course, even titin doesn't win: the technical name for one DNA molecule in a human chromosome 1 would have billions of letters, since chromosome 1 has about 220,000,000 base pairs. Since DNA is actually two molecules tightly bound, the name would apply to half of a strand. The fact that this word hasn't been written out as far as I know is the only reason titin could still be considered.
     
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