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Iveris

PostPosted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 5:39 pm
^^ Almost. You forgot the first 'e.' *must resist urge to use chat speak*

Laugh out loud.  
PostPosted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 6:14 pm
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Is there a phobia for long words?

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of incredibly long words.  

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 6:19 pm
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^^ Almost. You forgot the first 'e.' *must resist urge to use chat speak*

Laugh out loud.


And there's an "e" in place of an "a".

The word is antidisestablishmentarianism.  
PostPosted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 6:23 pm
Ah, well, I only read so far. No matter. I think you get a free pass when spelling the longest word in the dictionary.  

Iveris


Mia_Marque

PostPosted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 6:41 pm
Ah, it's so much fun pulling out the word "antidisestablishmentarianism" when in the presence of the illiterate masses. Try it at school and see how everybody looks at you like a freak.  
PostPosted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:00 pm
Must we really waste our time looking in there?  

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:44 pm
Wow. How you even remember the spelling of all those long words? eek  
PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:38 am
It isn't a waste of time looking up words in the dictionary to see which one is the longest. I myself, loves to looking up words from the dictionary. I learn new words everyday, just by looking up words. I know it sounds bad, but it's true. You just never know someday you maybe usig those words in College.  

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:14 am
Sorry, I have no clue as to what the longest word is.  
PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 1:38 pm
Well I was looking it up on Wikipedia. Search on Google and click the Wiki link.  

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 4:46 pm
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Smoozle
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Hehe, hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. How ironic, all 37 letters of it.


Yes, but that isn't a word. It's a Phobia. The longest word is:

methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanyla lanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalany lphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylglycylaspa rtylprolylglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleu cylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspar tylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylser ylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonyliso leucylglutaminylaspfraginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylpheny lalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcyste inylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylargin ylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylgl ycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylpheny lalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalany ltyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylva lylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglu taminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalan ylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucy lphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartyl aspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryl tyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylseryl arginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparag inylarginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistidylleucy lvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalany lprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylser ylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylas partylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylser ylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhi stidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethio nylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylglutaminylp rolylmethion yllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine.

But that isn't in the dictionary!


^ I see spaces, so that doesn't make it one whole word, does it? Unless the spaces were done on accident.

You got me there>_< I would never be able to pronounce this  
PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:29 pm
THe longest word ever:

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia--Fear of long words.

OH THE IRONY!  

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:20 pm
Lip­smackin­thirst­quenchin­acetastin­motivatin­good­buzzin­cool­talkin­high­walkin­fast­livin­ever­givin­cool­fizzin

100 letters and I got it from Wikipedia


The longest non-technical word is: flocci­nauci­nihili­pili­fication with 29 letters.
 
PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:29 pm
Wow! I'd love to be able to read these words (especially the really long one from Smoozle!), since I am trying to get into the National Spelling Bee, but they hurt my eyes and my brain, and I can barely even pronounce the first line of...that word from Smoozle!  

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:08 am
chrystalclear
Wow! I'd love to be able to read these words (especially the really long one from Smoozle!), since I am trying to get into the National Spelling Bee, but they hurt my eyes and my brain, and I can barely even pronounce the first line of...that word from Smoozle!


I wish you the best of luck at the National Spelling Bee! I know what you mean about trying to pronounce the longest word. I have a hard time pronouncing some of the words used in the medical fields.  
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