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The Dictionarys Longest word?

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Originally posted by kris1234
i thought it was antidisestablismentarianism!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_the_English_language#.22Official.22_longest_word

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i thought it was smiles. theres a mile between the esses

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Originally posted by Exy
There is a longer one, dating back to the 2nd editon of the OED.

[b]pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
[/b]
This word is factitious. But it is in the SOED.

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Originally posted by kris1234
i thought it was antidisestablismentarianism!
Another factitious word.

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Originally posted by kris1234
fine then 1 non sub rec!
thanks now iv got 51 non sub recs check out my other thread if you dont believe me!
I said -1.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
Another factitious word.
its supercalafragalisticexpiallodoscious

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Originally posted by kris1234
you must have a strange dictionary!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, it's a little known, very rare and hardly ever used one called the 'Oxford English Dictionary'

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pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism


(Genuine.)

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Originally posted by Daemon Sin
Yeah, it's a little known, very rare and hardly ever used one called the 'Oxford English Dictionary'
Do you own a copy of this?

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Originally posted by Bowmann
Do you own a copy of this?
A copy of your post? No I don't own one Annwomb.

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Antidisestablishmentarialists

its not the longest word, but the biggest one i knew.

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Originally posted by dale21
Antidisestablishmentarialists

its not the longest word, but the biggest one i knew.
Are you dead?

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Originally posted by Bowmann
Do you own a copy of this?
Thought not.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
That number is quite absurd!
Technically it is not an absurd (irrational) number, such as pi, e, or the square root of 2. Rather it is what is known in mathematical circles as a preposterous number.

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Originally posted by Serendipity
its supercalafragalisticexpiallodoscious
supercalligoballisticcelticareatrocious
For those of you who remember it.

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