Day: August 27, 2006

  • The longest word in english language.

    The word Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is officially the longest word in English language. It means “a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, mostly found in volcanos”. So let’s break it down to understand it better: pneumono = related to lungs (Latin, from Greek) ultra = beyond (Latin, as in “ultraviolet”) microscopic =…