General Knowledge quiz II

[SS-18 ICBM]

floccinaucinihilipilification (sp?), actual word found in Oxford English Dictionary. To estimate as worthless.

 

[aronnax]

What's the longest word in the English language, and why?

Antidisestablishmentarianism

Um longest non-coined non technical word

 

[Perfection]

A lung disease then.

And the why is because it's got the most letters, Morony McDumbdumb

DOUBLE WRONG

floccinaucinihilipilification (sp?), actual word found in Oxford English Dictionary. To estimate as worthless.

WRONG

Antidisestablishmentarianism

Um longest non-coined non technical word

WRONG

DO YOU GUYS WANT A HINT?

 

[jeps]

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

aka silicosis?

 

[carmen510]

The full chemical name of Titin- 189,819 letters. It would take about 60 posts, so I will refrain from posting the entire thing.

Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylalaylglutaminylprolylleucylglutaminylserylsylthreonylalanylthreonylphenylalanrylglycylphenylalanylprolylvalylprolyllanylarginylaspartylglycylglutaminylvanylleucylprolylglycylvalylglutaminylis
ylglycylarginylalanyllysylleucylthreon...isoleucine.

 

[aronnax]

The full chemical name of Titin- 189,819 letters. It would take about 60 posts, so I will refrain from posting the entire thing.

Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylalaylglutaminylprolylleucylglutaminylserylsylthreonylalanylthreonylphenylalanrylglycylphenylalanylprolylvalylprolyllanylarginylaspartylglycylglutaminylvanylleucylprolylglycylvalylglutaminylis
ylglycylarginylalanyllysylleucylthreon...isoleucine.

Thats a technical term more than a word dont you think?

 

[carmen510]

Who cares? Its still a word.

But fine, be all technical with me:

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, lung disease caused by silica dust inhalation. EDIT: Oops, didn't see jeps.

 

[Steph]

I would have answered "alphabet", with 26 letters, which in French is the longest word, as "anticonstitutionnellement" only has 25.

 

[Catharsis]

Smiles

BECAUSE THERE'S A MILE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND LAST LETTERS ROFL OMG LOL

EDIT: wait they don't have plurals in the dictionary. shoot.

 

[Perfection]

CATHARSIS WINS!

and they do have plurals often, by showing suffixes.

 

[nonconformist]

Actually, I'd like to argue that.

You said "longest", not specifying a quantity.

Id like to nominate "peon" for having "eon" in it, which means an eternity, which I'll find is much longer that mile.

So I win, morons.

 

[Perfection]

Dude, noone likes a soursport.

You lost, plain and simple.

 

[nonconformist]

No i didn't, you lost, because you can't even specify units.

 

[Izipo]

Noncon pwns you all.

Especially in a GENERAL KNOWLEDGE quiz, not semi-funny pun quiz.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

That word is made up. That 45-letter construction can be simply enunciated as pneumonoconiosis or more specifically, silicosis.

 

[Mise]

Aren't all words made up?

 

[choxorn]

All words are imaginary, but some are more imaginary than others.

 

[nonconformist]

So I win, you goons

 

[Olav]

New question! Now!

 

[carmen510]

I agree, noncon owned you all. Although technically, I do have the longest word in English.