Is this the longest word in the world? :shrug:> Please, don't ask me what it means... aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic... Wow eh? Reiku :m:
NORDÖSTERSJÖKUSTARTILLERIFLYGSPANINGSSIMULATORANLÄGG- NINGSMATERIELUNDERHÅLLSUPPFÖLJNINGSSYSTEMDISKUSSIONS- INLÄGGSFÖRBEREDELSEARBETEN Supposedly, this is Swedish for "preparatory work on the contribution to the discussion on the maintaining system of support of the material of the aviation survey simulator device within the north-east part of the coast artillery of the Baltic"
Aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic, describing the spa waters at Bath, England, is attributed to Dr Edward Strother (1675-1737). The word is composed of the following elements: * Aequeo: equal (Latin, aequo) * Salino: containing salt (Latin, salinus) * Calcalino: calcium (Latin, calx) * Ceraceo: waxy (Latin, cera) * Aluminoso: alumina (Latin) * Cupreo: from "copper" * Vitriolic: resembling vitriol
The IUPAC nomenclature for organic chemical compounds is open-ended, giving rise to such words as Methionylthreonylthreonyl…isoleucine (189819 letters). I couldn't find the full word though, which is probably for the best Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Are you absolutely certain about the first one? I thought that was based on the same root word but meant "water."
I agree that that makes more sense, I got it from wikipedia :shrug: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English
I'm sure there's another thread on this somewhere... Anyhoo - longest word, if you include scientific words, is "Methionylthreonylthreonyl...isoleucine", it's 189,819 letters long - and I'm sure you could probably get longer ones - as they're mostly descriptions of proteins.
I'd think the longest word would be INFINITY for it goes on forever.Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
But so does ETERNITY, and ENDLESS. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! So we have joint winners!! \o/
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How about the word uttered by the whole World when GWB got elected? "Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"