It has been forever and a day since I have posted, but I have just (within the last few seconds) come across the longest word in the English Dictionary, while studying for Anatomy and Physiology. Are you ready for it? Here it is:
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
The definition: a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, mostly found in volcanos.
It was originally postulated by Everett M. Smith, simply to serve as the longest English word, but has been used in several sources as an approximation of its originally intended definition. The plural of this word, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, which is equally long.
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Wow! It even beat out supercalifragilisticespialidocious!
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