[macintologist]

Floccinaucinihilipilification is the longest non technical word in the dictionary.

1 entry found for floccinaucinihilipilification.

Its pronunciation may vary from \'flä-chE-'nau-chE-ni-'hi-lE-'pi-lE-fI-'ca-shun\ to "FLOK-sih-noh-see-NEE-hee-lee-PEE-lih-fih-KAY-shun" or "FLA-sih-NAH-see-n?-hill-l?-pill-l?-fih-kay-shun" or "FLOK-se-NÔ-se-N?-hil-e-PIL-e-fi-K?-shen."

Definition:__
-an act or instance of judging something to be worthless or trivial

Etymology:__
the parts of the word each mean `at nothing' or `with a small price'

I'm having the darndest time trying to pronounce it though

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Don't even get started on Native Indian names. It will kick that ones ass.

[Oisín]

That's the second time in a few days that word's come up... In case anyone's wondering, it comes from 'flocci', 'nauci', 'nihili', and 'pili', all Latin words mean 'nothing, something of absolutely no importance' + '-fication'

The second of the pronunciations you listed seems the most correct one.

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
Don't even get started on Native Indian names. It will kick that ones ass.

Or Welsh ones. As far as I know, the longest single-word place name in the word is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwillllantisili ogogogoch...

[Cubeoid]

Don't make me floccinaucinihilipilificate this thread.

[SimpleLife]

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
Don't even get started on Native Indian names. It will kick that ones ass.

Thing is, a complex idea in First Nations most languages will translate as a "word", especially when giving the name of a geographical location; people will describe how to get there and the location in one word.

[ManOfSteal]

Thread is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

[alligator]

What dictionary was used?

[macintologist]

Originally posted by alligator:
What dictionary was used?

Oxford.

Read all about it at wikipedia.

[Kilbey]

I always liked indefatigitablisticness.

[sugar_coated]

I like small words and big ideas.

[malvolio]

So antidisestablishmentarianism has been dethroned...

[Rev-O]

Quite the collection of sesquipedalians around here.

[Oisín]

Originally posted by Rev-O:
Quite the collection of sesquipedalians around here.

I still think landsbyskolelærerenkealderdomsforsørgelseskassesel skabsbestyrelsesnæstformandssuppleant is the coolest word in the Danish language...

(I also still think it's very strange the way that word always gets cut off halfway)

[alligator]

The OED rocks!

Isn't there some town in England with a HUGE name?

[Daveecee]

Originally posted by alligator:
The OED rocks!

Isn't there some town in England with a HUGE name?

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch is probably what you are thinking of, but it's a town in Wales.

It's beaten by TAUMATAWHAKATANGIHANGAKOAUAUOTAMATEATURIPUKAKAPIKI MAUNGAHORONUKUPOKAIWHE - a hill in New Zealand

However, the longest word is 1913 letters long - the chemical name for the compound C1289 H2051 N343 O375 S8

http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A182765

[malvolio]

Originally posted by Daveecee:
However, the longest word is 1913 letters long - the chemical name for the compound C1289 H2051 N343 O375 S8

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But I just call it Harry.




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[Daveecee]

Originally posted by malvolio:
Methiony...

But I just call it Harry.

I attempted to edit that and make it fit better about three times, but I finally gave up and posted the link

[malvolio]

Originally posted by Daveecee:
I attempted to edit that and make it fit better about three times, but I finally gave up and posted the link

Well, I edited it twice. You'll just have to live with the result.

[grayware]

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg is just a few miles from my home.