Talk:Longest word in English

Note: There is no category for long words. Do not create one; this has already been discussed at WP:CFD log. --Fayenatic london 13:50, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

2,000,000 letter and 4,000,000 letter word removed

Removed two nonsense entries that do not belong here. To avoid giving those two non-notable persons more "minutes in the limelight", I will only use initials (N.T. and M.L.). Neither of these entries is notable and no credible reliable source has ever used the supposed "words" created by N.T. and M.L.

The only references that exist are references created by N.T. and M.L. themselves.

N.T. was quick to take advantage of Amazon.com's vanity-press publishing unit (BookSurge Publishing). where anyone can have anything they type on their computer advertised as a book for sale (even you!). The advantage that Amazon's vanity-press publisher (BookSurge) has over traditional vanity presses is that you pay nothing to have the "book" advertised because NO BOOKS are actually printed unless an order comes in for one. Then, through the modern miracle of computers and single-issue-capable printing machines, Amazon can print up one single copy of your "book" and send it out to the buyer. Gone are the days of having to self-fund a run of 1,500 or 5,000 books or whatever and then storing all the unsold copies in your garage! N.T.'s own self-published book via Amazon.com's vanity-press arm, Booksurge Publishing, does not meet the requirements as an entry in Wikipedia. His "press release" that he put out is the same--posted on a sitethat allows anyone to publish any "press release" they want.

M.L's supposed "book" is also not actually published. It exists as Microsoft Word files downloadable from his personal website (the website's name is the same as the name of his supposed "book" but nontheless it's still just his personal website). M.L. has followed N.T.'s lead and has a "press release" posted on another one of those "vanity" post-your-own press-release websites.

Both of these non-notable "authors" have gamed the internet in a vain attempt to garner their fifteen minutes of fame. Their clear stated goal is to be known as the creator of the longest word and, in the case of M.L., the longest word and the longest novel ever written. Joe Hepperle (talk) 13:48, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

English, or Greek record?

Interesting enough, these gigantic English words in fact are entirely made by Greek roots. So the world's longest words are still Greek, since the time of the first comic invention by Aristophanes! --pma (talk) 21:27, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Stray L

There's a stray L on the end of Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu in the article. See picture of official sign. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.4.13.72 (talk) 13:45, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

It's not just the extra L — there seems to be several ways to spell Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, as described in that article. I'm not sure where the spelling in Longest word in English came from, though, as it is not covered in the article about the mountain. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 10:44, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Acetylseryltyrosylseryliso...serine

Acetylseryltyrosylseryliso...serine has its own article in Wikipedia and is 1,185 letters long. However, it is not referred to on this page significantly; nor is its complete form stated on this page, which is actually Acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminylphenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanylaspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinylthreonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanylglutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonylglutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyltryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalylarginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosylarginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucylthreonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonylarginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamylasparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamylthreonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartylalanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucylasparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycylthreonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonylphenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophylthreonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine. This word is the longest word published for a reason other than for fun, and the same letter combination, yl, appears in it exactly 166 times. I feel it should be recognized more on this page; it should be mentioned in the table at the top, at the very least. 71.198.114.54 (talk) 18:37, 17 June 2009 (UTC) (Rohan G.)

???

"he longest officially recognized place name in an English-speaking country is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu (85 letters) which is a hill in New Zealand. However, this is written in the Maori language, and therefore does not qualify under the heading of this article, "Longest word in English"."

why the hell does it even deserve to be in the article then

--Cachepot Pro (talk) 13:36, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

what about SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.23.226.194 (talk) 12:18, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

a longer word

Hey i've heard of a word called hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia is that longer than antidisestablishmentarianism? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oiuyjhgfv (talk • contribs) 00:10, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes; it has 29 letters. It means fear of the number 666. The "hexe" in the middle should be "hexa", which doesn't change the length. 213.249.135.36 (talk) 18:07, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Finnegans Wake =

This Wiki page says there are nine 101-letter words in Finnegans Wake, but according to the introduction in the book itself (you can even see this online on Google Books, http://books.google.com/books?id=CTrT6wh172AC&dq=finnegans+wake&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=QlGJSq3LBJbLjAe1tfSiCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4#v=onepage&q=&f=false) it clearly states there are nine 100-letter words (one of which is on the first page (page 3) and is the one mentioned in the WIki article, "Bababadal­gharagh­takammin­arronn­konn­bronn­tonn­erronn­tuonn­thunn­trovarrhoun­awnskawn­toohoo­hoordenen­thurnuk") and just one 101-letter word, "Ullhodturdenweirmudgaardgringnirurdrmolnirfenrirlukkilokkibaugimandodrrerinsurtkrinmgernrackinarockar" (which is found on page 424 of the book). Separately, I do not know which of these 10 words of 100 letters and over are referred to by Sylvia Plath - so you may wish to simplify this bit by saying that she "refers to one of the words" in her book rather than the specific one (Bababadal­gharagh­takammin­arronn­konn­bronn­tonn­erronn­tuonn­thunn­trovarrhoun­awnskawn­toohoo­hoordenen­thurnuk) mentioned on the Wiki page at the moment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Analsub (talk • contribs) 12:50, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

One more chemical name which is the second largest name is : cetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminyl- phenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanyl- aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinyl- threonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanyl- glutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl- glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyl- tryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalyl- arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosyl- arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucyl- threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonyl- arginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamyl- asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamyl- threonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartyl- alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucyl- asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl- threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonyl- phenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophyl- threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine —Preceding unsigned comment added by Extra999 (talk • contribs) 16:01, 30 September 2009 (UTC) Dob likes peanut butter:) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.49.174.102 (talk) 23:55, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Lopadotemachoselacho...opterygon

"Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon"

This is a Greek word, used only by a Greek author writing in Greek. This article is about the Longest word in English. 96.30.152.93 (talk) 22:14, 19 October 2009 (UTC) ...~Dob

Hippopoto...

What about the word Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, meaning the fear of long words? That is longer than some of the top words they listed. ~Balegobop —Preceding unsigned comment added by Balegobop (talk • contribs) 16:27, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

See the earlier discussion on this page. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 03:37, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Note: Those discussions are in the Archive listings of the Talk page, reached by the links near the top of this page. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 17:23, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

I don't see why this word was removed. By listening to the audio of this page I found that it was. And in my opinion it should be added back in. Why was it removed? Jacob81 (talk) 23:58, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

place names

"If this is disallowed for being derived from Irish, or not a town, the longest at 19 letters is Newtownmountkennedy in County Wicklow."

This seems to be a bit out of place, since Maori and pitjantjara or something like that and other languages are not questioned. 81.68.255.36 (talk) 11:21, 12 April 2010 (UTC) I like the word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis~Dob —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.49.174.102 (talk) 23:52, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

fear of long words

what about hippopomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - the fear of long words? (there's some irony in that!) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dobbaay (talk • contribs) 16:47, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

See the lengthy discussions in Talk:Longest_word_in_English/Archive_2. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 03:42, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

alphabetical order words

"The longest word whose letters are in alphabetical order is the eight-letter Aegilops, a grass genus. However, this is arguably both Latin and a proper noun. There are several six-letter English words with their letters in alphabetical order, including almost, biopsy, and chintz."

Worth mentioning is also the seven-letter billowy.

In my opinion the whole section should be moved to the same article that the Scrabble words were moved to. As it is now it is incomplete, redundant, and even inconsistent with the other article. Canon (talk) 19:01, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Longest Word

Your all wrong, the longest word is "SMILES"

Why you may ask? It is because there is a mile between each S. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.88.53.41 (talk) 19:32, 30 May 2010 (UTC) That is soooooo not true the longest true word is pneumonoultramicroscopisilicovolcanoconiosis~Dob O3O —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.49.174.102 (talk) 23:53, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Longest Word Typed with only Left Hand

they have papaya which is 6 characters but detested and retested are both 8 characters. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.116.212.32 (talk) 19:41, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 174.106.0.255, 27 July 2010

{{editsemiprotected}} electrophotomicrographically 174.106.0.255 (talk) 20:58, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Where should that word be put/mentioned? Dabomb87 (talk) 22:09, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Edit request 1 January 2011

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/01/21/133052745/whats-the-longest-word-in-the-english-language?ft=1&f=1007 People more involved than me can do what they want with this knowledge. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.159.8.40 (talk) 03:46, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

heeeeeeeey

This isn't the history of the Cha-Ching dynasty! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.208.154.244 (talk) 00:57, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

table

Why isn't Aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic in the introductory table? Crasshopper (talk) 09:42, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from Catattack998, 22 March 2011

{{edit semi-protected}} I wish to add, below antidisestablishmentarianism, antidisestablishmentarianismists, with the description of "the people comprising the antidisestablishmentarian movement" I am pretty sure, but not 100% positive, that this is a word (based on my knowledge of suffixes), and want to do it justice as being longer than antidisestablishmentarianism, yet coming from the same root. while urban dictionary is not the most credible source of information, it was the only source I could find for a word which I and my friends had already speculated on (i.e., it was not pulled from their site just because it looked cool) http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=antidisestablishmentarianismist Catattack998 (talk) 01:56, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. — Bility (talk) 04:21, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, the article currently describes "antidisestablishmentarianism" as the longest common word formed by agglutination, so I don't think it makes sense to add longer theoretical forms—especially when the article already describes how adding affixes can make words of arbitrary length. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 13:12, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Dispute column for Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

Seems to me that Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia deserves a "coined" in the Dispute column, since it's derived from a coined term... Mrgs123 (talk) 07:20, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

I have removed it from the list, since the sole reference is a single listing in one of those fake dictionaries - this is a list for real words used in the wild. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 11:03, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Rotavator is the longest palindromic word?

Hi, I was wondering why in this article, it stated: "The longest single palindromic word in English is rotavator, another name for a rotary tiller for breaking and aerating soil" I don't personally know what the longest palindrome is, but I know for a fact that the word "aibohphobia", another palindrome, is longer than rotavator. Doesn't this mean that the word 'rotavator' is incorrectly defined as the longest single palindromic word in this article? --Shad0wdawg)(talk) 18:47, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

What's the source fo "aibohphobia"? All I can find is "urban dictionary"-type internet made-up stuff. It has to be in a real dictionary, in real usage. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 23:36, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Aibohphobia is a joke word which is defined as "a fear of palindromes". I can't think of a palindrome longer than rotavator but redivider also has nine letters.82.42.126.68 (talk) 21:17, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Longest published and nontechnical words

In his book The Disappearing Spoon ... and other true tales from the Periodic Table, Sam Kean goes into great lengths describing the longest words, with excellent sourcing in the addendum. According to his research the 1185-letter word "acetyl...serine" naming/describing the Tobacco mosaic virus is the longest published word in English language. It has been published by the Chemical Abstracts Service in 1964 (and again in 1966), right before the CAS, in 1965, overhauled its system for naming new compounds, after which molecules have not been spelt out to this extent anymore. (Of course, not counting the internet, where any obscurity can and will be spelt out and published.) Furthermore, he states that Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, supposedly describing a disease, is indeed the longest nontechnical word in the Oxford English Dictionary. Q: Would we accept this as relevant to this article? --Takimata (talk) 22:59, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

After reviewing the article I saw that the word was already included, but only as a sidenote. IMHO, it certainly deserves a spot in the table on the top. I inserted the row, and I also worked in the source reference and corrected the publishing date(s). --Takimata (talk) 09:48, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

'English words with uncommon properties' deleted

The page English words with uncommon properties was deleted per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/English words with uncommon properties. Deletion review is currently under way at Wikipedia:Deletion review#English words with uncommon properties, but pending that discussion the article has no content. I have therefore removed the hatnote from this article redirecting users to that one. Cnilep (talk) 04:17, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

I have just noticed (but not removed) the second hatnote at #Scrabble. Given the lack of content on 'English words with uncommon properties' and the fact that the section has no content of its own, that section is now not very informative. Cnilep (talk) 04:27, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Longest word with only one vowel

The article quotes Strengths as the longest - However there is another word of equal length which I think should be mentioned - Rhythmics - the study of rhythms. ---marc 30/1/12 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.66.23.11 (talk) 18:00, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

That has 2 vowels. -- Jack of Oz ^{[your turn]} 20:23, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Longest word with no repeated letters

Isogram says it's "subdermatoglyphic". -- Jack of Oz ^{[your turn]} 20:25, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Edit request March 12,2012

I think that the word hexakosioihexakontahexaphobia should be in the top chart, as it has 29 letters.--Tepigisthe498th (talk to me!) 20:45, 13 March 2012 (UTC)