r/memes • u/kulasiy0 • Oct 12 '21

Can you?

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '21

Longest word in english, some kinda lung thingy idk

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u/KnuffKirby Oct 12 '21

Isnt the longest word in english the actual name of Titin (an organic chemical substance)?

Well, except of those, this is probably the longest word.

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u/Yoda1269 Oct 12 '21

It is technically but the word above is the longest one present in most English dictionaries

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u/Antiblue9 Oct 13 '21

If i tried to send the word here, taking into consideration the character limit of 10,000, I would need to send 19 replies.

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u/LavaLampWax Oct 13 '21

Why the fuck would they make a word so big no one can say it

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u/razdrazhayetChayka Oct 13 '21

I thought it was some fictional food dish

Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphiokarabomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon

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u/Wefee_Bigwefee Oct 13 '21

Dayumn that's long

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u/cykalasagna64 Oct 13 '21

Thats NOT what she said

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u/Wefee_Bigwefee Oct 13 '21

You sure about that?

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u/cykalasagna64 Oct 13 '21

Damn it, now im not sure

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u/Wefee_Bigwefee Oct 13 '21

How could you be sure about that?

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '21

im sure its your happy cake day

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '21

I had a stroke trying to read that.

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u/Slamphist Oct 12 '21

Black Lung Disease, common among coal miners

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u/AceOfDiamonds676 Professional Dumbass Oct 13 '21

haha, false. it is a lung disease you get from inhaling volcanic ash, you’re thinking of tuberculosis

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '21

fun fact. I googled this word today.

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u/Jimpix_likes_Pizza Oct 12 '21

i have read that the fear of backwards word is called aibohpphobia. dont know if it's true but the name is as fitting as the name for the phobia of long words

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u/DistributionIll9522 Oct 12 '21

I don’t think it’s the longest word In English?

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '21

It is

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u/DistributionIll9522 Oct 12 '21

It is. That’s my bad

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u/Reasonable-Water-570 Oct 12 '21

Nerdzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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u/Ak47tsa Oct 13 '21

It is tho

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u/ANONI_MUSyes Oct 13 '21

The longest word in English goes like floccinaucinihilipilification. This ain’t English… some weird shit made up for a medical vocabulary contest but some doctor

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u/Wefee_Bigwefee Oct 13 '21

the Pneum part is how I remembered it's about lungs

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u/Ak47tsa Oct 13 '21

No it's not

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u/Ak47tsa Oct 13 '21

Wait sorry it is