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The longest words in the world

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message 1: by Dorothy, Bookworm Extraordinaire (new)

Dorothy | 24 comments Mod
This is dedicated to all the wonderfully and obnoxiously long words you know of.


message 2: by Dorothy, Bookworm Extraordinaire (new)

Dorothy | 24 comments Mod
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. This word was coined purely to be obnoxious, and it means silicosis, a disease cause by inhaling tiny bits of ash.


message 3: by Dorothy, Bookworm Extraordinaire (new)

Dorothy | 24 comments Mod
This is TRULY the longest word.
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message 4: by Dorothy, Bookworm Extraordinaire (new)

Dorothy | 24 comments Mod
It means the protein titin, the largest known protein. It is 189,819 letters long. It takes over 3 hours to pronounce.


message 5: by eli ♡ (new)

eli ♡  | 4 comments whoa, seriously?


message 6: by Dorothy, Bookworm Extraordinaire (new)

Dorothy | 24 comments Mod
Yeah! I know, I was surprised too.


message 7: by Jace (new)

Jace (jace_is_reading) My eyes hurt from looking at that word....


message 8: by Dorothy, Bookworm Extraordinaire (new)

Dorothy | 24 comments Mod
It has that effect on people.


message 9: by Jace (new)

Jace (jace_is_reading) I can see why...
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