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The longest word in the English language
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:58 am
by d_three
This is the coat protein of the Dahlemense strain of the tobacco mosaic virus. Its chemical name is acetylseryl- tyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminylphenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyl- tryptophylalanylaspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinylthreonylserylseryl- leucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanylglutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonyl-
threonylglutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyltryptophyllysylprolylphenyl-
alanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalylarginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosyl-
arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucylthreonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthre-
onylphenylalanylaspartylthreonylarginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamylasparaginyl-
glutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamylthreonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginy-
larginylvalylaspartylaspartylalanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucylasparag-
inylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycylthreonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylas-
paraginylthreonylphenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophylthreonylserylalanylpro-
lylalanylserine.
At 1185 letters, that may be the longest word in the English language.
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:14 am
by chunkie
yes
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:38 am
by sonar
paha, are you serious?
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:37 pm
by ashley
It's not a word, it's a name.
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:38 pm
by feasible_weasel
antidisestablishmentarianism
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:42 pm
by ashley
Floccinaucinihilipilification
Definition: an act or instance of judging something to be worthless or trivial
Longest non technical word in the English language.
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:44 pm
by pk-
it's hyphenated, though.
between the flocci and the nauci
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:48 pm
by ashley
pk- wrote:it's hyphenated, though.
between the flocci and the nauci
Not according to the dictionary
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ ... lification
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:55 pm
by pk-
shit.
i saw it hyphenated in a book
it's a ridiculous word anyway!
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:57 pm
by ashley
pk- wrote:shit.
i saw it hyphenated in a book
it's a ridiculous word anyway!
And the chemical compound isnt?!
?
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 1:16 pm
by __________
thats heavy, as if anyone could say that word anyway, see how many l's and y's there are in it.
i think some scientist was taking the piss when he named that protein or whatever it is.
technically speaking, brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrap is bigger than antidisestablishmentarianism anyway
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:13 pm
by ashley
£10 Bag wrote:thats heavy, as if anyone could say that word anyway, see how many l's and y's there are in it.
i think some scientist was taking the piss when he named that protein or whatever it is.
technically speaking, brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrap is bigger than antidisestablishmentarianism anyway
Poooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooomplex is longer
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 3:18 pm
by showguns
say it 5 times fast?
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 5:54 pm
by j rock
saying it only once fast would impress the fuck outta me!
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:10 pm
by parson
i once read a list of the chemical ingredients of cigarettes and i quit smoking that day after 10 years
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:10 pm
by wizard
ok guys how about this
acetylseryl- tyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminylphenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyl- tryptophylalanylaspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinylthreonylserylseryl- leucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanylglutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonyl-
threonylglutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyltryptophyllysylprolylphenyl-
alanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalylarginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosyl-
arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucylthreonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthre-
onylphenylalanylaspartylthreonylarginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamylasparaginyl-
glutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamylthreonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginy-
larginylvalylaspartylaspartylalanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucylasparag-
inylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycylthreonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylas-
paraginylthreonylphenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophylthreonylserylalanylpro-
lylalanylserantidisestablishmentarianismFloccinaucinihilipilificationbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrapPoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooomplex
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:12 pm
by __________
it says in the guardian that stopping smoking is more dangerous to your health than continuing......strange
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:12 pm
by parson
thats ridiculous
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:15 pm
by wizard
I say!!
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:17 pm
by __________
thats what i thought, but i'm not gonna stop smoking to find out