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Longest English word

THE word floccinaucinihilipilification, which means worthless, was artificially contrived simply to be the longest English word, longer by one letter than the previous champion, antidisestablishmentarianism. But it has been knocked off its perch by the name of a supposed disease, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. - Amazing Facts, Ladybird; alphadictionary.com

THE word floccinaucinihilipilification, which means worthless, was artificially contrived simply to be the longest English word, longer by one letter than the previous champion, antidisestablishmentarianism. But it has been knocked off its perch by the name of a supposed disease, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. - Amazing Facts, Ladybird; alphadictionary.com

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