The Guinness Book of Records, in its 1992 and subsequent editions, declared the "longest real word" in the English language to be floccinaucinihilipilification at 29 letters. Defined as the act of estimating (something) as worthless, its usage has been recorded as far back as 1741. In recent times its usage has been recorded in the proceedings of the United States Senate by Senator Jesse Helms, and at the White House by Bill Clinton's press secretary Mike McCurry, albeit sarcastically. It is the longest non-technical word in the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. The acceptability of the 33-letter adverbial form floccinaucinihilipilificastically is subject to controversy.
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lucykittyblue17
2006-01-08 13:30:27 UTC
There is a Scientific term meaning some kind of Synthase A protein...It is about 1916 letters long...But since it is a scientific word, it may not qualify for English...
After that, I think that, yes, floccinaucinihilipilification is one of if not the longest.
Princess
2006-01-08 14:12:07 UTC
supercalifragilisticaxpialliosios? Just guessing
ifyouknowme_youdont
2006-01-07 12:34:17 UTC
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
2006-01-07 12:34:04 UTC
supercalafragilistic
2006-01-07 12:34:27 UTC
SUPERCALAFRAGALISTICEXPEALIDOCIOUS
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