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Longest word I know (and I know someone who has it too and he's scared to death by it. Which makes the word quite ironic.) Other than the ones listed above.

 

Hippomonstrosequippedaliaphobia. The fear of long words :D

 

That word is incredibly ironic. Fortunately, the longer the word, th longer I lol

 

LOL

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Officially the longest word is 'floccinaucinihilipilification' at 29 characters, meaning 'the act of estimating as worthless'.

 

Then there's 'antidisestablishmentarianism' at 28 letters, meaning 'opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England'. It is often considered the longest word as it has an actual meaning instead of being created just to be long.

 

Unofficially the longest word is 'pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis' at 45 characters, meaning 'a lung disease'. It was created solely for the purpose of being the longest word, however, it does appear in a few dictionaries.

 

The longest place name is that of a hill in New Zealand at 85 characters:

 

TAUMATAWHAKATANGIHANGAKOAUAUOTAMATEATURIPU

KAKAPIKIMAUNGAHORONUKUPOKAIWHENUAKITANATAHU

 

The word with the most letters is a name of protein, as a name, it technically does not qualify as a word.

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