Okay okay. The subject line makes me look like a dumbass. But I’ve always been skeptical about what the longest word in english language ofically is. And what it means.
And if you’re feeling like a hotshot, what the longest word in existence? And what does it mean?
Welcome to the SDMB. You question cannot be answered positively but this link from Uncle Cecil himself should help you out:
there’s also pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis:
aka black lung disease, commonly found in coal miners.
Y’know what the longest word is?
Smiles, 'cause there’s a MILE between the first “s” and the last!
Tee hee – snort – guffaw!
[sub]Okay, somebody shoot me now…[/sub]
An earlier thread on this subject:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=6826