Friday, October 1, 2010

The Longest word in the world

Have you been dying to figure out the longest word in the world?  Well you have found it because here it is:

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

I did not make this word up.  Her is the definition of this strange, but long, word:

pneu⋅mo⋅no⋅ul⋅tra⋅mi⋅cro⋅scop⋅ic⋅sil⋅i⋅co⋅ vol⋅ca⋅no⋅co⋅ni⋅o⋅sis   

[noo-muh-noh-uhl-truh-mahy-kruh-skop-ik-sil-i-koh-vol-key-noh-koh-nee-oh-sis, nyoo-]

–noun an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.

It is hard to put this word in a sentence but I have figured out a good sentence for this word:

The doctor said that the deasease I have is called pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.  It is a very rare lung deasease that only about 5 people in the whole world have.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

WOW! I only thought that the longest word in the world was super-cali-fragel-istic-espi-olla docious! What a discovery! You are a very smart person with many talents I can tell. (I dont think that I spelled the Super... word correct but I hope you know what I mean.) I hope that you come up with more cool stuff!
From:
A person who does not want her name all around the globe!

Anonymous said...

thanks you 4 posting my coment! here is the longest word on the world:
Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon

Beth said...

WOW! Thank you for letting me know about that. I will find the deffinition of that word nad I will make corrections.
Thanks,
Bethany