Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico volcano
pneumonoultramicroscopic silico volcano coneosis (45 letters — had to misspell it to fit in urban dictionary — merge all of the words togeather); a lung disease caused by breathing in certain particles) is the longest word in any english-language dictionary. (it is also spelled -koniosis.)
on feb. 23, 1935, the new york herald-tribune reported on page 3:
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico volcano-koniosis succeeded electrophotomicrographically as the longest word in the english language recognized by the national puzzlers’ league at the opening session of the organization’s 103d semi-annual meeting held yesterday at the hotel new yorker.
the puzzlers explained that the forty-five-letter word is the name of a special form of silicosis caused by ultra-microscopic particles of siliceous volcanic dust.
his pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico volcano koniosis made him cough-up black phlegm and blood.
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