Comments on: Floccinaucinihilipilification – huh? http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/07/02/floccinaucinihilipilification-huh/ Marina Orlova - Not your typical philologist. Etymology, philology, word origins, origin of, hot teacher. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:00:23 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: manifold sky http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/07/02/floccinaucinihilipilification-huh/comment-page-1/#comment-147910 manifold sky Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:58:04 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/07/02/floccinaucinihilipilification-huh/#comment-147910 Not sure why you posted that link. Sorry, but even if a smoking hot Russian blonde says it, it does not make it a word. Plus NO major dictionary gives credit to the silicosis derivation, whereas MOST give it to floccinaucinihilipilification. Those that don't give it to antidisestablishmentarianism. Again pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovalcanoconiosis is NOT a real word, it is just a set of prefixes affixed to volcaonconiosis, for the SOLE purpose of creating a long word. (Even my spell checker gets it right!)If this is to accepted, then any number of other words are longer, including the names of numerous organic molecules, and I can make ANY word longer just by adding additional prefixes and/or suffixes. Why not: "quasipneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovalcanoconiosisity"? Not sure why you posted that link. Sorry, but even if a smoking hot Russian blonde says it, it does not make it a word. Plus NO major dictionary gives credit to the silicosis derivation, whereas MOST give it to floccinaucinihilipilification. Those that don’t give it to antidisestablishmentarianism. Again pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovalcanoconiosis is NOT a real word, it is just a set of prefixes affixed to volcaonconiosis, for the SOLE purpose of creating a long word. (Even my spell checker gets it right!)If this is to accepted, then any number of other words are longer, including the names of numerous organic molecules, and I can make ANY word longer just by adding additional prefixes and/or suffixes. Why not:
“quasipneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovalcanoconiosisity”?

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]]> By: manifold sky http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/07/02/floccinaucinihilipilification-huh/comment-page-1/#comment-133898 manifold sky Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:30:00 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/07/02/floccinaucinihilipilification-huh/#comment-133898 Sorry for all the would-be smarty pants out there, but pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovalcanoconiosis is NOT the longest word in the English language. It is not even an English word. Sorry to all the supposed nurses that posted, but this word is NOT the name of an actual disease, it is a word created in 1935 by Everett M. Smith, president of the National Puzzlers' League that was created SOLELY for the purposes of creating the longest word. There are no actual attributions of this word EVER being used outside of this context. The condition it purports to describe is actually termed, simply, "silicosis." The longer term certainly does not appear in any medical textbooks for the purposes of describing the aforementioned condition. As such, most sources give longest word credit to the word that inspired the current video. Barring recently coined words with little or no etymological backing, the title falls to the slightly shorter "antidisestablishmentarianism." So there. FTR, the correct pronunciation of the word would actually be flɒksɨˌnɔːsɨˌni(h)ɪlɨˌpɪlɨfɪˈkeɪʃən, not *ˌflɒksɨˌnɔːsɨˌnaɪ(h)ɪlɨˌpɪlɨfɪˈkeɪʃən. The "i" in "nihili" is a long "i." As it is Latin, that would be an "ee" sound, not "i" as in "kite." Sorry for all the would-be smarty pants out there, but pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovalcanoconiosis is NOT the longest word in the English language. It is not even an English word. Sorry to all the supposed nurses that posted, but this word is NOT the name of an actual disease, it is a word created in 1935 by Everett M. Smith, president of the National Puzzlers’ League that was created SOLELY for the purposes of creating the longest word. There are no actual attributions of this word EVER being used outside of this context. The condition it purports to describe is actually termed, simply, “silicosis.” The longer term certainly does not appear in any medical textbooks for the purposes of describing the aforementioned condition.
As such, most sources give longest word credit to the word that inspired the current video. Barring recently coined words with little or no etymological backing, the title falls to the slightly shorter “antidisestablishmentarianism.”

So there.

FTR, the correct pronunciation of the word would actually be flɒksɨˌnɔːsɨˌni(h)ɪlɨˌpɪlɨfɪˈkeɪʃən, not *ˌflɒksɨˌnɔːsɨˌnaɪ(h)ɪlɨˌpɪlɨfɪˈkeɪʃən. The “i” in “nihili” is a long “i.” As it is Latin, that would be an “ee” sound, not “i” as in “kite.”

]]> By: xiath http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/07/02/floccinaucinihilipilification-huh/comment-page-1/#comment-110344 xiath Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:14:17 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/07/02/floccinaucinihilipilification-huh/#comment-110344 -damn ur hot when u say the word the 2nd time.. xoxo;D -damn ur hot when u say the word the 2nd time.. xoxo;D

]]> By: deusex http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/07/02/floccinaucinihilipilification-huh/comment-page-1/#comment-106353 deusex Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:57:07 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/07/02/floccinaucinihilipilification-huh/#comment-106353 But Marina, you did not pronounce it right! At 0:40 sec, you actually say "floccinaucini<b>f</b>ilipilification" f - h But Marina, you did not pronounce it right!

At 0:40 sec, you actually say “floccinaucinifilipilification”

f – h

]]> By: deusex http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/07/02/floccinaucinihilipilification-huh/comment-page-1/#comment-106339 deusex Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:16:34 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/07/02/floccinaucinihilipilification-huh/#comment-106339 Hi, Marina! I am new here! I have been totally overwhelmed by your charisma and beauty! Now on the topic... Well I think it is not required to have two degrees in philology to be able to get information for meaning and history of words... Just be smart and "I-gile" enough to make it through google, wikipedia, etymonline, or any other free-info based internet source... Anyway... About the 45-letters longest word you can find in a major dictionary: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis Now let's find the basic words it consists: pneumonia, ultra, microscope, silico, volcano, silica, coniosis And now all you have to do is search for the meanings and origins of all these words... No "googling" allowed, please be fair! ...and I cant wait to hear it from your pretty mouth :) Greetings, Emilian Hi, Marina!
I am new here!
I have been totally overwhelmed by your charisma and beauty!

Now on the topic…

Well I think it is not required to have two degrees in philology to be able to get information for meaning and history of words…
Just be smart and “I-gile” enough to make it through google, wikipedia, etymonline, or any other free-info based internet source…

Anyway…

About the 45-letters longest word you can find in a major dictionary:
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Now let’s find the basic words it consists:
pneumonia, ultra, microscope, silico, volcano, silica, coniosis

And now all you have to do is search for the meanings and origins of all these words… No “googling” allowed, please be fair!
…and I cant wait to hear it from your pretty mouth :)

Greetings, Emilian

]]> By: mevtcc http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/07/02/floccinaucinihilipilification-huh/comment-page-1/#comment-105837 mevtcc Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:36:35 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/07/02/floccinaucinihilipilification-huh/#comment-105837 You are correct, it is a protein. Per Wikipedia, the word means "coat protein, tobacco mosaic virus, Dahlemense strain". I'd hate to have to pronounce it! You are correct, it is a protein. Per Wikipedia, the word means “coat protein, tobacco mosaic virus, Dahlemense strain”. I’d hate to have to pronounce it!

]]> By: chickenh0use http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/07/02/floccinaucinihilipilification-huh/comment-page-1/#comment-101496 chickenh0use Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:19:35 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/07/02/floccinaucinihilipilification-huh/#comment-101496 Good Lord! This has got to be the sexiest video I have ever seen in my entire life! Thank you, teacher :smile: Good Lord! This has got to be the sexiest video I have ever seen in my entire life! Thank you, teacher :smile:

]]> By: drochalsey http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/07/02/floccinaucinihilipilification-huh/comment-page-1/#comment-100829 drochalsey Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:21:10 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/07/02/floccinaucinihilipilification-huh/#comment-100829 Well, I'm no chemical engineer; but, judging by the (almost exclusive) use of base amino acids concatenated together (exempli gratia: leucine, isoleucine, threonine, alanine, phenylalanine, methionine (the start codon) glycine, glutamic acid (or glutamate) aspartic acid (or aspartate) asparagine, tryptophan, etc.,) I would say that it's PROBABLY a good bet that it's a protein of some sort. To that end, any such concatenated protien or (seemingly endless) polymer could THEN therefore wind-up being the longest word -- not by virtue of it's usefulness but instead, by it's NON-virtue of concatibility(is that a word?) Hope you find-out as I would like to know myself. Looks like an interesting one... l8r, Well, I’m no chemical engineer; but, judging by the (almost exclusive) use of base amino acids concatenated together (exempli gratia: leucine, isoleucine, threonine, alanine, phenylalanine, methionine (the start codon) glycine, glutamic acid (or glutamate) aspartic acid (or aspartate) asparagine, tryptophan, etc.,) I would say that it’s PROBABLY a good bet that it’s a protein of some sort.

To that end, any such concatenated protien or (seemingly endless) polymer could THEN therefore wind-up being the longest word — not by virtue of it’s usefulness but instead, by it’s NON-virtue of concatibility(is that a word?)

Hope you find-out as I would like to know myself. Looks like an interesting one…

l8r,

]]> By: colombianpirahna http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/07/02/floccinaucinihilipilification-huh/comment-page-1/#comment-100402 colombianpirahna Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:16:02 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/07/02/floccinaucinihilipilification-huh/#comment-100402 i was wondering if you knew what this word meant :?: acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminyl- phenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanyl- aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinyl- threonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanyl- glutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl- glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyl- tryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalyl- arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosyl- arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucyl- threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonyl- arginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamyl- asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamyl- threonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartyl- alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucyl- asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl- threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonyl- phenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophyl- threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine they say its a chemical.. but im not sure what it means but all i can say is that it has over a thousand letters.. i was wondering if you knew what this word meant :?:

acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminyl-
phenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanyl-
aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinyl-
threonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanyl-
glutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl-
glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyl-
tryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalyl-
arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosyl-
arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucyl-
threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonyl-
arginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamyl-
asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamyl-
threonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartyl-
alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucyl-
asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl-
threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonyl-
phenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophyl-
threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine

they say its a chemical.. but im not sure what it means but all i can say is that it has over a thousand letters..

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