Monday, June 13, 2011

The world's longest word!

Pneu-mo-no-ul-tra-mi-cro-sco-pic-si-li-co-vol-ca-no-co-ni-o-sis

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, "a factitious (fake) word alleged to mean 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, causing inflammation in the lungs.

If you can spell this, you can spell ANY WORD!
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