hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian.

[TheBurningCat]

If you don't know, a hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian is a long word. For your pointless enjoyment, here's my collection of them.


Antidistablishmentarianism
- Pronounced an"tE-dis"u-stab"lish-mun-târ'E-u-niz"um
- Opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England

Honorificabilitudinitatibus
- From medieval Latin and means "with honourableness"
- Longest word which appears in Shakespeare's writings and comes from Love's Labour's Lost (Act 5, Scene 1, line 44)

Trinitrophenylmethylnitramine
- Pronounced trI-nI'trO-fen'l-meth'ul-nI"tru-mEn
- Tetryl

Floccinaucinihilipilification
- Pronounced flok"su-nô"su-nI"hil-u-pil"u-fi-kA'shun
- The estimation of something as valueless

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
- Pronounced "new-mono-ultra-micro-scopic-silico-volcanic-coniosis"
- Lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust


Other various long words:
-immunoelectrophoretically
-psychophysicotherapeutics
-thyroparathyroidectomized
-pneumoencephalographically
-radioimmunoelectrophoresis
-psychoneuroendocrinological
-antidisestablishmentarianism
-hepaticocholangiogastrostomy
-spectrophotofluorometrically
-floccinaucinihilipilification
-pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism
-metaphysico-theologo-cosmolonigology
-aminoheptafluorocyclotetraphosphonitrile

The longest official word ever (1,913 letters) is the term for the formula C1289-H2051-N343-O375-S8

It is the chemical name of the protein part of the tobacco mosaic virus:

Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleuc ylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamyla rginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanylvalylpr olylphenylalanylyalylthreonylleucylglycylaspartylp rolylglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyll ysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutam ylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylle ucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartyl prolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisol eucylglutaminylasparaginylalanylthreonylleucylargi nylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreon ylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylgluta mylmethionylleucyalanylleucylisoleucylarginylgluta minyllysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolyliso leucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylaspa raginylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginyllysylglyc ylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyltyrosylalan ylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalyl aspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylpr olylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenyl alanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhi stidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucylphenyla lanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanyla spartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutamin ylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycylty rosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanyl glycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginyl arginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhi stidylleucylvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyr osylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylgluta minylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylserylalanylp rolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisole ucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylis oleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylis oleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparagi nylisoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylle ucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylg lutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonyla rginylserin

Are you bored too, TBC?

Thanks for the English lesson!

Cheers
Mick

BTW, what does hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian mean?

[TheBurningCat]

Originally posted by TheBurningCat
If you don't know, a hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian is a long word.

LOL, read!

Oops, I thought you meant to say it is a long word. I knew that, but wondered what it meant!!!



Cheers
Mick

[TheBurningCat]

[sven222]

damn thats a few carbons and hydrogens! what a name! ahh

I knew Engeesh ees a defikult langwage, but this ees reedikulous.

[goldpag]

how do you say that last one, you know i'm gona ask you at school TBC lol hahaha its a doozy

[desmocat]

Ok, guess what this:
sodium laureth sulfate, cocamidopropyl betaine,isostearamidopropyl ethyldimonium ethosulfate,
panthenol, glycerin, cocamide mea, dimethacone copolyol,amodimethicone, proline, analine, betaine,palmitoyl myristyl serinate, arginine, threoonine, lysine, glycine, sorbital,ricinoleamidopropyl ethyldimonium ethosulfate, citric acid, oleic acid serine, behenic acid, palmitic acid, glutamic acid, lindleic acid, steric acid, arachidic acid,glycol stearate, cetrimonium chloride, hydroxyethylcellulose, peg-8/smdi copoylmer,trideceth-12, peg-8, polyquaternium-11, sodium pca, sodium chloride, tetrasodium edta, dmdm hydantoin, iodopropynyl butylcarbamate, and other ingredients..
Anybody want to venture a guess? It's a pretty common thing we all use just about daily..

[Knothead]

Would that be shampoo, Desmo?

YUMMY! Can't wait to slather a bunch of THAT all over my (rapidly de-forested ) head!