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    floccinaucinihilipilification
    "action or habit of estimating as worthless," 1741, a combination of four Latin words (flocci, nauci, nihili, pilifi) all signifying "at a small price" or "for nothing," which were listed together in a rule of the well-known Eton Latin Grammar. The kind of jocular formation that was possible among educated men in Britain in those days. Just so, as in praesenti, the opening words of mnemonic lines on conjugation in Lilley's 16c. Latin grammar, could stand alone as late as 19c. and be understood to mean "rudiments of Latin."

    Also note that while it is 29 letters long, not a single one of them is the letter e.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eldrick_User View Post
    Also note that while it is 29 letters long, not a single one of them is the letter e.
    That in itself is not so special. In various languages writers have succeeded to write novels with the use of just a single vowel throughout the whole book.

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    Yeah, OK, I'll grant you that. But even though the roots are Latin, this is still an English word, and for something this long to pass by without a single E in the English language is quite a feat, I think.

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    Felicio
    thats pretty long right? its like 4 syllables
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    Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch, but it is occasionally broken into two words after the 20th character, but it means: "St. Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool of the church of St. Tysilo near the Red Cave" in Welsh

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    pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters) and its a lung disease caused by breathing in certain particles) is the longest word in any English-language dictionary. (It is also spelled -koniosis.)

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    oh and also :

    ACETYLSERYLTYROSYLSERYLISOLEUCUL-
    THREONYLSERYLPROLYLSERYLGLUTAMINYL-
    PHENYLALANYLPHENYLALANYLLEUCYL-
    SERYLSERYLVALYLTRYPTOPHYLALANYL-
    ASPARTYLPROLYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLLEUCYL-
    LEUCYLASPARAGINYLVALYLCYSTEINYL-
    THREONYLSERYLSERYLLEUCYLLGLYCYL-
    ASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLPHENYLALANYL-
    GLUTAMINYLTHREONYLGLUTANIMYLGLUTANIMYL-
    ALANYLARGINYLTHREONYLTHREONYL-
    GLUTAMINYLVALYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYL-
    PHENYLALANYLSERYLGLUTAMINYLVALYL-
    TRYPTOPHYLLYSYLPROLYLPHENYLALANYL-
    PROLYLGLUTANIMYLSERYLTHREONYLVALYL-
    ARGINYLPHENYLALANYLPROLYLGLYCYL-
    ARPARTYLVALYLTYROSYLLYSYLYLVALYLTYROSYL-
    ARGINYLTYROSYLASPARAGINYLALANYLVALYL-
    LEUCYLASPARTYLPROLYLLLEUCYLLEUCYLGLYCYL-
    THREONYLPHENYLALANYLASPARTYLTHREONYL-
    ARGINYLASPARAGINYLISOLEUCYL-
    ISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLVALYLGLUTAMYL-
    ASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLSERYL-
    PROLYLTHREONYLALANYLGLUTAMINYL-
    THREONYLLEUCYLASPARTYLALANYLTHREONYL-
    ARGINYLLARGINYLVALYLASPARTYLASPARTYL-
    ALANYLTHREONYLVALYLALANYLISOLEUCYL-
    ARGINYLSERYLALANYLASPARAGINYLISOLEUCYL-
    ARAGINYLISOLEUCYLVALYLASPARAGINYL-
    GLUTAMYLLEUCYLVALYLARGINYLGLYCYL-
    THREONYLGLYCYLLEUCYLTYROSYLASPARAGINYL-
    GLUTANIMYLASPARAGINYLTHREONYL-
    PHENYLALANYLGLUTAMYLSERYLMETHIONYL-
    SERGLYCYLLEUCYLLEUCYLVALYLTRYPTOPHYL-
    THREONYLSERYLALANYLPROLYLALANYLSERINE (1,185 letters) ; the tobacco mosaic virus, dahlemense strain. Probably not in any dictionary, and there certainly are molecules with longer names, but this is believed to be the longest that is actually used, thus qualifying as an word of the English language.

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    :O hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is MY WORD *angry*
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    Quote Originally Posted by Saraaa View Post
    oh and also :

    ACETYLSERYLTYROSYLSERYLISOLEUCUL-
    THREONYLSERYLPROLYLSERYLGLUTAMINYL-
    PHENYLALANYLPHENYLALANYLLEUCYL-
    SERYLSERYLVALYLTRYPTOPHYLALANYL-
    ASPARTYLPROLYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLLEUCYL-
    LEUCYLASPARAGINYLVALYLCYSTEINYL-
    THREONYLSERYLSERYLLEUCYLLGLYCYL-
    ASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLPHENYLALANYL-
    GLUTAMINYLTHREONYLGLUTANIMYLGLUTANIMYL-
    ALANYLARGINYLTHREONYLTHREONYL-
    GLUTAMINYLVALYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYL-
    PHENYLALANYLSERYLGLUTAMINYLVALYL-
    TRYPTOPHYLLYSYLPROLYLPHENYLALANYL-
    PROLYLGLUTANIMYLSERYLTHREONYLVALYL-
    ARGINYLPHENYLALANYLPROLYLGLYCYL-
    ARPARTYLVALYLTYROSYLLYSYLYLVALYLTYROSYL-
    ARGINYLTYROSYLASPARAGINYLALANYLVALYL-
    LEUCYLASPARTYLPROLYLLLEUCYLLEUCYLGLYCYL-
    THREONYLPHENYLALANYLASPARTYLTHREONYL-
    ARGINYLASPARAGINYLISOLEUCYL-
    ISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLVALYLGLUTAMYL-
    ASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLSERYL-
    PROLYLTHREONYLALANYLGLUTAMINYL-
    THREONYLLEUCYLASPARTYLALANYLTHREONYL-
    ARGINYLLARGINYLVALYLASPARTYLASPARTYL-
    ALANYLTHREONYLVALYLALANYLISOLEUCYL-
    ARGINYLSERYLALANYLASPARAGINYLISOLEUCYL-
    ARAGINYLISOLEUCYLVALYLASPARAGINYL-
    GLUTAMYLLEUCYLVALYLARGINYLGLYCYL-
    THREONYLGLYCYLLEUCYLTYROSYLASPARAGINYL-
    GLUTANIMYLASPARAGINYLTHREONYL-
    PHENYLALANYLGLUTAMYLSERYLMETHIONYL-
    SERGLYCYLLEUCYLLEUCYLVALYLTRYPTOPHYL-
    THREONYLSERYLALANYLPROLYLALANYLSERINE (1,185 letters) ; the tobacco mosaic virus, dahlemense strain. Probably not in any dictionary, and there certainly are molecules with longer names, but this is believed to be the longest that is actually used, thus qualifying as an word of the English language.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kailrik View Post
    Stunted wall of text uses sneak attack.

    An unbelievable amount of damage!

    Kailrik fainted.
    lmao you okay? :P

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