Talk:Longest word in English
Latest comment: 1 month ago by DavidWBrooks in topic hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
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electroencephalographically
editAccording to Merriam-Webster, electroencephalographically is the longest word. (27 letters)
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
editPneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is a string of Latin terms that together describe an inflammatory lung disease caused by long-term inhalation of silica dust. While the word is made up, the disease is real, and it's known under the names pneumoconiosis, silicosis, or black lung in the UK. 210.1.127.194 (talk) 03:49, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
- The wikipedia page for pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis states that it is not silicosis or black lung, but a subset of it. The page here is misleading. 172.58.109.40 (talk) 05:29, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylalanyl...isoleucine
editThis is word is my new favorite. Hinkik123 (talk) 16:14, 12 September 2024 (UTC)
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
editWhy isn't hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia here? It's the fear of long words (what sick idiot made this up) and has 36 letters. TJPowerspeed75 (talk) 17:46, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- Because someone literally just made it up as a joke and it's not a real word in any actual dictionary. Reywas92Talk 18:11, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- They didn't do a very good job of making it up, either, since "hippo" is from the Greek meaning "horse" not "really large animal". There are been a dozen, maybe more, efforts to add this word to this article over the years; mostly from anon accounts. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 19:01, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- Yeah, but there's a Wikipedia article already about this topic. TJPowerspeed75 (talk) 21:22, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
- They didn't do a very good job of making it up, either, since "hippo" is from the Greek meaning "horse" not "really large animal". There are been a dozen, maybe more, efforts to add this word to this article over the years; mostly from anon accounts. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 19:01, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- It's in wiktionary - which is why we don't use that as a reference. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 23:40, 15 October 2024 (UTC)