Thursday, February 09, 2006

L o n g W o r d s

One word you have heard of, nine more that you will probably never ever need to see or know for the rest of your life.

1. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - a nonsense word meaning fantastic.
2. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - a factitious word alleged to mean 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust.'
3. Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism - a familial disorder in which the skeletal and developmental abnormalities of pseudohypoparathyroidism are present without the biochemical abnormalities common to hypoparathyroidism and pseudohypoparathyroidism.
4. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch - a village in Wales.
5. Antidisestablishmentarianism - opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England.
6. Floccinaucinihilipilification - an act or instance of judging something to be worthless or trivial.
7. Honorificabilitudinitatibus - the state of being able to achieve honors.
8. Formaldehydetetramethylamidofluorimum- a chemical.
9. Hepaticocholangiocholecystenterostomies -surgical creation of a connection between the gall bladder and a hepatic duct and between the intestine and the gall bladder.
10. Znadseepsodemineraalwatersteenstralen - Dutch word meaning, "to 'take a hike.'

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