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Old Feb 24, 2007 | 09:53 PM
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Epiphany
Deluxe
Tango
Lubricious
Costermonger
Pilgarlic
Wallydrag
Weazen
Pavid
Alchemy
Juggernaut
Lulliloo
Old Feb 24, 2007 | 10:15 PM
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Cubicle
Cornucopia
Hazel Nuts - does no one notice they are brown?
Old Feb 24, 2007 | 10:39 PM
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plethora
snivel
Eleemosynary
Old Feb 25, 2007 | 12:25 AM
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oh lord I can't even spell the cool words that I like
Old Feb 25, 2007 | 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by TopDog
oh lord I can't even spell the cool words that I like
LOL, me too!
Old Feb 25, 2007 | 01:32 AM
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ok so here a few of my favorites:


Persnickety
Blasphemy
Articulate
Copulate
Anthology
Ornithology
Old Feb 25, 2007 | 01:37 AM
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antiestablishmentarianism
Old Feb 25, 2007 | 01:40 AM
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Antidisestablishmentarianism is better.
Old Feb 25, 2007 | 01:42 AM
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Antidisestablishmentarianismisicalicious
Old Feb 25, 2007 | 01:43 AM
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Originally Posted by nwscionman
Antidisestablishmentarianismisicalicious
Okay, that's better yet.
Old Feb 25, 2007 | 01:53 AM
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SUPER_CALI_FRAGI_LISTIC_EXPI_ALI_DOCIOUS
NONANTI_DIS_ESTABLISH_MENT_ARIAN_ISM
PNEUMONO_ULTRA_MICRO_SCOPIC_SILICO_VOLCANO_KONIOSIS

don't even ask me to pronounce it I found it in my medical book
Old Feb 25, 2007 | 01:58 AM
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oh and here are a few more from it


HEPATICO_CHOLANGIO_CHOLECYST_ENTERO_STOMIES

TETRA_METHYL_DIAMINO_BENZHYDRYL_PHOSPHINOUS

FORMALDEHYDE_TETRA_METHYL_AMIDO_FLUORIMUM

DICHLORO_DIPHENYL_TRICHLORO_ETHANE

ETHYLENE_DIAMINE_TETRA_ACETIC

these are in the english and oxford dictionary
Old Feb 25, 2007 | 01:58 AM
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I like long words
Old Feb 25, 2007 | 02:04 AM
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In Turkish, ÇEKOSLOVAKYALILASTIRAMADIKLARIMIZDANMISINIZ (43 letters, 18 syllables) is usually cited as the longest word. It translates as "are you one of the people whom we couldn't Czechoslovakianize (i.e. make into a Czechoslovakian)"?

The longest Dutch word is KINDERCARNAVALSOPTOCHTVOORBEREIDINGSWERKZAAMHEDEN (49 letters, preparation activities for a children's carnival procession," or literally, "for children Carnival procession preparation activities")

In German, the longest word is DONAUDAMPFSCHIFFAHRTSELEKTRIZITAETENHAUPTBETRIEBSWERKBAUUNTERBEAMTENGESELLSCHAFT (80 letters), "the club for subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamboat electrical services (name of a pre-war club in Vienna),"
Old Feb 25, 2007 | 02:12 AM
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what about italian words like....... Soqquadro and cicropa.....
Old Feb 25, 2007 | 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Jenna
In German, the longest word is DONAUDAMPFSCHIFFAHRTSELEKTRIZITAETENHAUPTBETRIEBSWERKBAUUNTERBEAMTENGESELLSCHAFT (80 letters), "the club for subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamboat electrical services (name of a pre-war club in Vienna),"
Numbers in German are even worse because they don't use spaces...
999,999 =
neunhundertneunundneunzigtausendneunhundertneunundneunzig

So if you take the time to write out...say...999,999,999,999,999 that would be really long.
Old Feb 25, 2007 | 08:16 AM
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Some very cromulent words there!

Tom
Old Feb 25, 2007 | 09:38 AM
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This is such a wonderful thread that there are no words to describe it.

I am forced to steal a word made up by the fake James Lipton on SNL.........scrumtrulescent
Old Feb 25, 2007 | 02:29 PM
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I am at a loss for words
Old Feb 26, 2007 | 01:17 AM
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I like this one.... one of the longest one word terms for an animal!

humuhumunukunukuapua‘a - Hawaii's State Fish



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