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Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

edited September 2008 in General Discussion
<span style="font-size:92">is the fear of long words.<br><br>o.o;</span>
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  • LMFAO
    "I am carrying all my hatred and contempt for power, its laws, its authority, its society, and I have no room for guilt or fear of punishment."-Diego Rios
    Semper Fi.
  • Umm.. let me guess is that the scientific form of a Hippo? o.o
  • DustyVinci wrote:
    Umm.. let me guess is that the scientific form of a Hippo? o.o
    <br><span style="font-size:92">LMAO. No. It's the real term for the fear of long words. Google it. XD</span>
    <span style="font-size: 10pt;">rLHC1jx.gif </span><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">sophierue.png</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;">oh I swear to ya, I'll be there for ya.
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  • We learned that in 5th grade in the Quest (group for advanced students to do advanced work at their own pace) as the word of the day, and I was the only one how knew what it was :lol:
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  • and its also the longest word in the dictionary.
  • lmao<br>I knew that xD<br><br>Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word xD<br>My friend can actually remember it xP
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  • lmao<br>I knew that xD<br><br>Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word xD<br>My friend can actually remember it xP
    <br><br>What in the world is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?!
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  • Sybhat3 wrote:
    lmao<br>I knew that xD<br><br>Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word xD<br>My friend can actually remember it xP
    <br><br>What in the world is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?!
    <br><span style="font-size:92">Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is a lung disease, it's shortened to <span style="font-style:italic">silicosis</span>. ^_^</span>
    <span style="font-size: 10pt;">rLHC1jx.gif </span><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">sophierue.png</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;">oh I swear to ya, I'll be there for ya.
    10.31.10 ❤
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  • SeaOats wrote:
    Sybhat3 wrote:
    lmao<br>I knew that xD<br><br>Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word xD<br>My friend can actually remember it xP
    <br><br>What in the world is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?!
    <br><span style="font-size:92">Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is a lung disease, it's shortened to <span style="font-style:italic">silicosis</span>. ^_^</span>
    <br><br>Dude.<br>Those scientific desease names scare me ^.-
    "I am carrying all my hatred and contempt for power, its laws, its authority, its society, and I have no room for guilt or fear of punishment."-Diego Rios
    Semper Fi.
  • All these big words scare me! Dx
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  • I know *emotear*
    "I am carrying all my hatred and contempt for power, its laws, its authority, its society, and I have no room for guilt or fear of punishment."-Diego Rios
    Semper Fi.
  • gawd, w/ my luck that will be my word in the spelling bee
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  • acording to wiki<br><br>Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism<br><br>is the longest word in any bigger dictionary that is not coined, from what i get coined basicaly mean it wont be recognised as legit in word contests because its seen as an 'invented' word by a dictionary just to get a new longest word<br><br>Hose's word is the longest acording to wiki found in a dictionary, but it is coined<br><br>another page i found claim that officialy this is the word recognised as the longest word in english <span style="font-style:italic">floccinaucinihilipilification</span> and basicaly quite ironicaly and amusing it means 'the act of estimating as worthless', and acording to some various other searches in google the guinness world record book recognised this as well in 1992<br><br>the same page also lists Hose's word as the longest unnoficial one<br><br>and checmical wise or such the longest every used in a script is almost 2000 letters long<br><br>while <span style="font-style:italic">TAUMATAWHAKATANGIHANGAKOAUAUOTAMATEATURIPU<br>KAKAPIKIMAUNGAHORONUKUPOKAIWHENUAKITANATAHU</span> is the longest place name, its a hill in NZ
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