TIL that the longest English word is . . . - Reddit TIL that the longest English word is "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis," which is a type of lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silica dust
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Whats the longest word in the dictionary? : r ENGLISH - Reddit As it was taught to me as a fun fact from a linguistics prof, and as listed on Wikipedia, the longest word to appear in a dictionary is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis but no one uses the full word
You can know the exact amount of people able to say the word . . . 144 Reply StefanodesLocomotivo • 4 mo ago pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis pneumo- (related to the lungs) ultramicroscopic (very small) silicicovulcanoco (ash-something) ni-osis (abnormal state) So an abnormal state of the lungs (disease) due to very small bits of ash-something Makes sense I guess