02-13-2005, 07:08 AM
In 7th and 8th grade (I had the same teacher for both grades) I had an English teacher who gave vocab lists that had infamous "number 10" words that were quite unusual. Flibbertigibbet (a word, even if I don't spell it right...), kerfuffle, sesquepedalian (again, a word, even if I can't spell), ort, futtock, and other assorted words. For the last liste of 8th grade, he gave us a number 11 word for a point of extra credit if we could spell it and give the definition. The word is... *drumrole*
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - a lung disease caused by the silicon in a volcanic eruption.
I still remember it, and bust it out when people talk about long words...
Fact of the matter is, I still remember these stinkin' words and its been 3 years!
He showed us the above word, 1800ish letters, I believe? And it was some kind of a compound with 26 different types of alge or something similar... Can't remember exactly. Now that would be a tough word to spell :-P
Baylan
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - a lung disease caused by the silicon in a volcanic eruption.
I still remember it, and bust it out when people talk about long words...
Fact of the matter is, I still remember these stinkin' words and its been 3 years!
He showed us the above word, 1800ish letters, I believe? And it was some kind of a compound with 26 different types of alge or something similar... Can't remember exactly. Now that would be a tough word to spell :-P
Baylan