This is generally considered the "longest" English word, although its origin is obscure. It is supposed to mean black lung disease, found in coal miners, although some thing it was invented solely so that it could be the longest word. Pneumono: in the lung you have... ultra microscopic: very small pieces of... silico volcanoconeosis: bits of rock.
Learn to say it fast, and you will always have a way to command the conversation.
DOH! I hate when I make typos. ...volcanoconiosis is indeed the preferred spelling of this word, that apparently exists only so that it can exist.
Nice breakdown, but I think you mean pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. ;-)
This is generally considered the "longest" English word, although its origin is obscure. It is supposed to mean black lung disease, found in coal miners, although some thing it was invented solely so that it could be the longest word.
Pneumono: in the lung you have...
ultra microscopic: very small pieces of...
silico volcanoconeosis: bits of rock.
Learn to say it fast, and you will always have a way to command the conversation.
Best damn word in the English dictionary.