Talk:Longest word in English
Latest comment: 17 days ago by 2601:981:4400:6F80:859B:143B:4222:C2CA in topic Not simply silicosis
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electroencephalographically
editAccording to Merriam-Webster, electroencephalographically is the longest word. (27 letters)
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)
Not simply silicosis
editShouldn’t the definition of pneumo…etc etc reflect the fact that it’s specifically silicosis related to mining volcanic rock? 2601:981:4400:6F80:859B:143B:4222:C2CA (talk) 07:38, 27 November 2024 (UTC)