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BlueYaws
04-25-2002, 04:14 PM
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

BlueYaws
04-25-2002, 04:16 PM
Found a longer one.

Technical terms
An 1185-letter chemical term for the "Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Dahlemense Stain" was published in the American Chemical Society's Chemical Abstracts in 1972 and is considered by some to be the longest real word. It does hold the record for the longest word ever published in an English language publication in a serious context (ie. for some reason other than to publish a very long word).

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Murlaw26
04-25-2002, 04:18 PM
holy fucking god. what a damn long word

BlkPagan
04-25-2002, 04:29 PM
You know.... I probably can't say that in 1 breath. Thats Fubar.

ADO0MSDAY
04-25-2002, 05:20 PM
i before e except after c...

Cow`
04-25-2002, 06:58 PM
hmmm they should ask that at spelling b's

Wheelz
04-26-2002, 05:23 PM
yes pagan. that's fubar indeed :fyi:

Neverside
04-26-2002, 05:55 PM
Hooray for Yaws, his first post that I was impressed with:p :p :p :p

ADO0MSDAY
04-26-2002, 05:56 PM
lol as was i but when i saw his second one i was like...

Cow`
04-26-2002, 06:00 PM
like whoa?

ADO0MSDAY
04-26-2002, 06:02 PM
yes... i was like whoa...

Cow`
04-26-2002, 06:28 PM
were u like WWWWHHHHHOOOOOAAAAA?

XxSWATxX
04-26-2002, 08:55 PM
i thought mile was the longest 4 letter word :) rock me.

GoAtankGo
04-27-2002, 05:04 AM
what's a word?

Cow`
04-27-2002, 09:31 PM
u put words together to make letters stupid