I could go on, but this is already a pretty long post. All in all, a good place to live, but I for one am looking elsewhere.
PneumonoÂ­ultraÂ­microscopicÂ­silicoÂ­volcanoÂ­coniosis succeeded electrophotomicrographically as the longest word in the English language recognized by the National Puzzlers' League at the opening session of the organization's 103rd semi-annual meeting held yesterday at the Hotel New Yorker.
English dictionary entries claiming the title of longest English word: The longest word in a standard English dictionary is the 45-letter 'pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis' . This word was concocted in 1935 by a fan of word games and puzzles, using the lung disease, silicosis, as its base.t is an obscure term referring to a lung disease caused by inhalation of silica dust. However, it is actually 4 words. The longest non-technical word in an English dictionary, (and the longest in common usage) is the 34-letter 'supercalifragilisticexpialadocious' .