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¿Question #381?
MikeMKH: Is antidisestablismentarianism the longest word you know?

oldhoss: Perhaps, I don't usually count the letters in words I use. That would really slow down a conversation.
MartinWin: No. I speak German.
Felimid: In English, yes. But watch out for German words with lots of prefixes and suffixes.
bcooperok: hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
Woelf: "Smiles" is longer. (Think about it.)
Ombwiri: No. I know longer names
J0kER: No it is not.
Jatoha: maybe
pakruse: It's the longest word I can spell, at least. There are a few medical terms longer.
xofour: It is not the longest word I have heard. but it probably is the longest word that I actually know. ya know.
LordDarkSith: yea
Crazy_Dave: No, "Infinity" is a much bigger word
Numskull: What makes you think I know it?
whac3: no
Polgara: no, hottentottententententoonstellingsgebouwen is longer
Randy Cox: I don't know.
ZargonDDG: Yes.
Der Ubermolch: No, but I think it's the longest one I can spell.
Inwardpanic: no
Malicious Compliance: Anthropomorphism is the longest word I know =/
aleo09: no
MacGee: No. Next question.
DHEK: Maybe. I don't recall seeing a longer one.
then: no, i think 'a' is the shortest word
Beelzebub: Nope - Supercalafragilisticexpialadocious
rickwar: no, because I don't know that word
skars: Longest english word...
rawdawg: huhh..
Chris Page: Try antidisestablishmentarianisms. (Or some organic compounds.)
kronik: I didn't think I knew such a word existed in the first place
adonismayhem: Yup
Musti: Nope. I speak Dutch so just like in German, we can make words as long as we want.
Sagiro: no
Helenoftroy: no, the German language has much longer words. . . and is that a real word?
ronster0: no its..... non-antidisestablishmentarianism
mats-k: No. I can make up arbitrarily long words.
brainrob: No
RalfAMM: No, because I don't know it. (And I probably can make up a longer German word.)
LemonyFresh: No
RyanMC: no
xlorp: Absofragginzippittydoodahlutely not!
Geese: When it's spelled correctly it is.
scriptorum: No, it's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, and in Webster's dictionary. I never did manage to memorize that pneumosilicowhateverthehell word.
peacmyer: In English, yes.
confuse_a_cat: pneumonoultrasilicovolcanoconiosis
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bigbadsteve: nope
jasta6: now it is
locusshifter: No way... everyone knows the longest non-science or legal word is supercalafragilisticexpialadocious
Loquutus: yes
Clanger: I didnt know it
POvidiusNaso: No, the Germans have longer words.
davebo: yes
nerman8r: Not if you include German words
SteveK2: No
Bandit Ripshawd: Yup.
Jeshko: no, that would be pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
skrutsch: yeah.
puzzleme: No, the longest word in the English language is: smiles
Larry Chong: y
kimapesan: nope... pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcaniconiosis is.
ssmooth: No.
Belash: "the" is
puffinge: I know a word one letter longer.
dcgogo: nope pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is it means lung disease caused by inhalation of silica dust ;)
The Unbeliever: 42
Gargoyle: I see your "antidisestablismentarianism" and raise with "epäjärjestelmällistyttämättömyydellänsäkäänköhän".
chad56s: No. antidisestablisHmentarianism is.
Lord_Prussian: No
erli: It's the longest word everyone knows unless they've seen Mary Poppins
KnobDoctor: Is that even used for anything other than "look how long this word is"? And no, it isn't.
jimchris: No.
Karlsen: No
jmagnini: it is now
WasQ: maybe
midgetsrawk: no
-Johnny-: yes
Tim Synge: Donauschiffahrtskapitänsmützenquaste
isolated: No.
AlorielLelyn: Know, yes. Have heard of, no. I've heard there's a town in Germany who's name is 125 letters long.
Oborro: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is longer, I believe
gnomehome: No
Styro: No
manowarplayer: No.
djflippy: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Wernazuma: no
Grimwold: no... flockynockynihilpilification is longer (even if my spelling is a little off)
m_r_tyler: I don't know that word.
CDRodeffer: I don't know.
GuyHill: no
Blackwind: I guess.
CortexBomb: In english, yes
fellonmyhead: Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!
DangerMouse: No.
nnf1: No
djlg: No
chaddyboy_2000: I don't even know the word "antidisestablismentarianism".
Steve Leach: no
Glamorous Mucus: Depends on what qualifies as a word. "Antidisestablishmentarianism" has a sensible meaning, but no one is going to use it except as an example of a really long word. I think the longest English word that a person might actually want to use is "incomprehensibilities."
ejmowrer: No, neunhundertneunundneunzigtausendneunhundertneunundneunzig is the longest word I know.... in German.
UhhhClem: Reichsdeputationshauptschluss is longer.
netfilterz: I dunno...
geberus: yes
Shakar: I guess so, yes.
jaredh: no supercalfrajalisticexpialidocious is.
louiseh: Probably.
KakarisMaelstrom: There's that superfragil....
BobDodgerBlue: No
Ludocrazy: yes
seanp: It is now.
snoozefest: no
Denise: No, but a lot of my work involves pharmaceutical patents.
Debate: Maybe it's an urban myth, but isn't antidisestablismentarianism the longest word in the dictionary? Anyhow, I can make one longer. How about antidisestablishmentarianismness--you can add ness to anything!
tragicpoet: Technically I don't know that word so I can't answer
queequeg: no
jttm: You spelt it wrong :P
hakko504: No, but it's the ugliest.
Eric Haas: Yes
LudesFactor: .... how to spell .... lol
WonderCinz: No.
Flyspeck23: No. It's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
Aldie: is this a word?
Friendless: No, because that's not a word.
janiera: yes
dietevil: In English?
ValJor: I know German, so even something tame like "1999" is longer than that
Magnus the Blue: It is now...
seppo21: Not if I am allowed to actually borrow some of the chemical names for organic compounds.
AnakinOU: stupid word. Who the hell popularized that, anyway? Nobody would ever use that word, anyway. Ridiculous.
EYE of NiGHT: No. That Welsh town is longer.
skelebone: No, it isn't.
viogression: No. Floccinaucinihilipilification.
HBGlover: Yeah.
EndersGame: No. Hippopotomonstrosesquipidalian: "Pertaining to extremely long words". Even better: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters)
BaSL: apothekersassistentenopleidingslaboratoriumonderzoeksresultatenverslag is the longest I remember.
MisterCranky: It's the longest one I can spell easily.
shumyum: no
lyman: No