The longest word

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Tanguera

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I was reading the thread about long sentences and I wondered: which is the longest word in your language? The Italian one is: precipitevolissimevolmente. :D
 
I forgot to write that precipitevolissimevolmente means "very hasty" and that there's not too much people using it. :)
 
MacMoto said:
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English
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From some reason, this word f. l. o. c. c. i. n. a. u. c. i. n. i. h. i. l. i. p. i. l. i. f. i. c. a. t. i. o. n tickled me! Not going to even try to pronounce it. But, must learn the spelling. Never know when it might come in handy! :lol:

The longest non-technical word is f. l. o. c. c. i. n. a. u. c. i. n. i. h. i. l. i. p. i. l. i. f. i. c. a. t. i. o. n at 29 letters. Consisting of a series of Latin words meaning "nothing" and defined as "the act of estimating something as worthless," its usage has been recorded as far back as 1741.[2][3][4] In recent times its usage has been recorded in the proceedings of the United States Senate by Senator Robert Byrd [5], and at the White House by Bill Clinton's press secretary Mike McCurry, albeit sarcastically.[6]
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The word does not have fullstops in it - it was the only way I could get it to look correct on screen without additional characters!
 
Pacion said:
From some reason, this word f. l. o. c. c. i. n. a. u. c. i. n. i. h. i. l. i. p. i. l. i. f. i. c. a. t. i. o. n tickled me! Not going to even try to pronounce it. But, must learn the spelling. Never know when it might come in handy! :lol:



The word does not have fullstops in it - it was the only way I could get it to look correct on screen without additional characters!
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how absolutely funny... the SO taught me this word over the weekend! was impressed because he could use it intelligently in a sentence.

lol
 
defined as "the act of estimating something as worthless"
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yeah, i had a good laugh. i was like, you mean, "make something moot?"

the long word sounds better, tho. :)
 
llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiologogogoch is the name of a place in Anglesea in Wales. it even had a railway station

see Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.com for a translation........:)
 
AFAIK, in the subcategory of longest monosyllable words . . . 'strength' is the longest in the English language with just one vowel and 'strengths' is tied with others as the longest (others: screeched, . . . )
 
That is some wild stuff. The question begs to be asked: Why? :raisebro:

bordertangoman said:
llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiologogogoch is the name of a place in Anglesea in Wales. it even had a railway station

see Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.com for a translation........:)
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