Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?

Is this even a word?

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Abe: Welcome home, son. I broke two lamps and lost all your mail. What's wrong with your wife? Homer: Never mind, you wouldn't understand. Abe: Flu? Homer: No. Abe: Protein deficiency? Homer: No. Abe: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis? Homer: No. Abe: Unsatisfying sex life? Homer: N -- yes. But please, don't you say that word! Abe: What, seeex? What's so unappealing about hearing your elderly father talk about sex? I had seeeeex.

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No entry found for Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis in the dictionary.

Alex Cain wrote in message news:...

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis: An invented word said to be a lung disease caused by inhalation of very fine silica dust. Generally used (along with antidisestablishmentarianism) as an example of a very long word.

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licovolcanoconiosis&db=*

It's in the Oxford English Dictionary, the mother of all dictionaries. It comes in several volumes, so they don't cut gigantic words for space. Also, see:

On 21 Oct 2001 20:47:11 GMT, [email] (Katijaikat) wrote:

I just always figured it meant a silicone implant that exploded. D'oh

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I most certainly did not.

Ryan W. Mead wrote:

The longest word in the English language, to be exact....

licovolcanoconiosis&db=*

http://pages.prodigy.com/BVHS57B/pneumono.htm

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