I used to believe that the longest word in the english language was "antidisestablishmentarianism". That's a really long word, and it looks like it means something. Plus, I think I saw it on Jeopardy. That lends a lot of credibility. Alex Trebek doesn't lie.
There is another word, longer than "antidisestablishmentarianism". I am going to paste it here using quote tags.
Personally, I think someone let their cat loose on a keyboard and saved the result in a text file. This is not a word. I once let my 2 year old son mash away at my keyboard and he came up with something similar. It had a lot more "4"s though, because my son likes the number 4. Just because you label it a "medical term" doesn't mean it's a real word.
Besides, anyone who has ever watched Star Trek 2 knows that the longest word in the english dictionary was uttered by Captain James T. Kirk.
edit: "Captian" is not "Captain"
There is another word, longer than "antidisestablishmentarianism". I am going to paste it here using quote tags.
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Personally, I think someone let their cat loose on a keyboard and saved the result in a text file. This is not a word. I once let my 2 year old son mash away at my keyboard and he came up with something similar. It had a lot more "4"s though, because my son likes the number 4. Just because you label it a "medical term" doesn't mean it's a real word.
Besides, anyone who has ever watched Star Trek 2 knows that the longest word in the english dictionary was uttered by Captain James T. Kirk.
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edit: "Captian" is not "Captain"