Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanocon: Does It Exist?
Some people wanted to know whether this strange word exist: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanocon is supposed to be the longest word in the English dictionary. I ventured out on my own to for some little research to see if this is listed in known online dictionaries. No, this word is NOT listed in any of those dictionaries.
This word looks like something that is coined out in the medicine-related professions, which may be why those general-purpose dictionaries did not list down this word. I tried looking into the some well-established medical dictionaries online and got the same results – their search engines turned up nothing.
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanocon is noun that’s supposed to mean a lung disease that was caused by breathing in fine particles of siliceous volcanic dust. The same word is also spelled as pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. I am unable to find out further if this is indeed true, as there are no reliable online resources that back up this definition. Someone mentioned that this was featured on a TV show, but this isn’t listed even in some news sites.
I heard that this was coined by someone named Everett Smith in 1935 just for the fun of investing a new longest word in his time.
If anybody had found an established online dictionary that lists down this word with its formal definition, let me know.
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The correct spelling is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. This word is 100% true. In fact nung nasa high school ako, pinapaspell sa amin ito nung spelling teacher namin. Karaniwang sakit ito ng mga miners. I think nasa Oxford dictionary namin siya.
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talaga? grabe naman tong word na to…mukang magkakasakit ako sa baga nito sa pag-i-spell pa lang ehehhe!
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so nageexist pla ung word na yan. Yan ba ung correct spelling sir? wah, mahirap padin tandaan,
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Yes, it’s the correct spelling. I’ve copy and pasted that.
ang haba naman ng word na yan
Yes, it’s pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. I first came across this word from one of those Guinness world records paperbacks I bought years ago. I’ve got the word memorized ever since. Don’t remember ever seeing it in a dictionary though.
Just checked my Oxford here and it only has an entry for pneumoconiosis. A shortened form maybe?
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I think I have received a text message about this word before and I remember searching it on our dictionary and online too…
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Gem,
The guy who gave that name must be an idiot. Any doctor or patient trying to write out that name or trying to remember how to say it, the patient would have died before being given medical treatment. LOL!
Ok seriously now… to answer your question. If anybody had found an established online dictionary that lists down this word with its formal definition, let me know
Yes, I found this site: http://www.fasthealth.com/dictionary/
but it could only define “pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis” as….
n, pl -o*ses :a pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of very fine silicate or quartz dust.
There may be other online dictionaries that also list this word but I did not check further.
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sheez! Ang haba naman ng word na yan hahaha… parang nakakalito pa basahin.
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That’s one looooooooong word! I’d hate to be the editor if a person’s work consists of words that long. I haven’t seen any proper online dictionary defining it either.
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I know this word. I’ve memorized it. It’s the longest word in Oxford English Dictionary. I first seen it in Guiness Book of World Records before as I was an avid reader of that book before. It means some sort of a lung disease. – Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
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It sure does exist pero hindi eto ang longest word sa English dictionary, yun nga lang yung iba hindi pa official. At least eto yung pinaka longest accepted. Last week lang inintroduce sakin ng friend ko to, astig kasi makakarelate talaga ako!haha..Well anyway hope we won’t get this kind of disease.
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The correct spelling is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. This word is 100% true. In fact nung nasa high school ako, pinapaspell sa amin ito nung spelling teacher namin. Karaniwang sakit ito ng mga miners. I think nasa Oxford dictionary namin siya.
The correct spelling is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. This word is 100% true. In fact nung nasa high school ako, pinapaspell sa amin ito nung spelling teacher namin. Karaniwang sakit ito ng mga miners. I think nasa Oxford dictionary namin siya.
?????? i didnt get it
Try here: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
They show 3 results from Random House Dictionary, Dictionary.com’s 21st Century Lexicon, and Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary.
And this wikipedia link was given to me by one of my followers on friendfeed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
I wouldn’t normally consider Wikipedia to be an entirely reliable source for information, but check the notes & sources listed and you might find some that are.
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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis i bet only 10 from 100 people in the world can say it right.
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Hi
How do you say and what is the full name of Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanocon…?