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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Did you know what pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis mean?



Did you know that the longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?

Did you know that  pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is a 45-letter word which refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silica particles specifically from a volcano?

Did you know that research has discovered that this word was originally a hoax, it has since been used in a close approximation of its originally intended meaning, lending at least some degree of validity to its claim?[4]
Did you know that the Oxford English Dictionary contains pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters)?
Did you know that pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism is an inherited disorder, named for its similarity to pseudohypoparathyroidism in presentatio
Did you know that the longest non-technical word in major dictionaries is flocci­nauci­nihili­pili­fication at 29 letters?
Did you know that flocci­nauci­nihili­pili­fication consisting of a series of Latin words meaning "nothing" and defined as "the act of estimating something as worthless", its usage has been recorded as far back as 1741?





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