Officially it is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
A 45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of volcanic ash, but research has discovered that this word was originally intended as 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.
But since you added a riddle to it.....it should be the word SMILES
and the reason being that there is a MILE between the two S's
Cheerios
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2016-11-16 22:33:25 UTC
Biggest English Word
IceDragon
2007-02-09 09:59:52 UTC
The longest word in any major English language dictionary is ' pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis' a 45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of volcanic ash, but research has discovered that this word was originally intended as a hoax.
But then, if you're asking a riddle then I'd probably say 'smile' starting with an 's' ending a mile later.
The Last Paladin
2007-02-09 09:32:17 UTC
* The longest word in any major English language dictionary is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a 45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of volcanic ash, but research has discovered that this word was originally intended as 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.[1]
* The Oxford English Dictionary contains pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters).
* The longest non-technical word is floccinaucinihilipilification at 29 letters. 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.[2][3][4] In recent times its usage has been recorded in the proceedings of the United States Senate by Senator Robert Byrd [5], and at the White House by Bill Clinton's press secretary Mike McCurry, albeit sarcastically.[6]
Nitya
2007-02-09 09:32:45 UTC
The longest word in any major English language dictionary is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a 45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of volcanic ash.
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2007-02-09 20:43:28 UTC
The Biggest Word
In The English Language
Only Has Two Letters -NO
Why ? because it is the hardest word to say.
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2016-05-24 05:24:29 UTC
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagunga... in Massachusetts. Not really English but it is in the US. We were told it's a name the Indians gave it, and it means, "You fish on your side, I fish on my side, and nobody fish in the middle." Other than that, the only other long word I've ever heard is from the movie Mary Poppins "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
2007-02-09 09:25:32 UTC
The word "English" written in ridiculously huge font.
Brite Tiger
2007-02-09 09:28:44 UTC
Smile because S a mile long
2007-02-09 09:26:17 UTC
smiles. There is a mile between the two s's
Ninja
2007-02-09 09:54:37 UTC
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico.....a 45 letter word!
doggiemom
2007-02-09 09:27:30 UTC
I think it's antidisestablishmentarianism.
sayeep
2007-02-09 20:04:05 UTC
hello
Smile- conquers the world
2007-02-09 09:33:19 UTC
mississipi... I don't know if I spelt it right.
fearlessme
2007-02-09 23:25:35 UTC
sMILEs.............there is a mile between the two s'
bhargavi y
2007-02-09 09:24:16 UTC
larger. bigest .
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