The longest word officially recognized.

Subject: The longest word officially recognized. 10/9/2007, 12:39 am

189,819 letters.

It's the technical name for a chemical called titan.

It wouldn't even let me post it because it was too big.

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How do you know this? Eye Popping

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amazingg wrote:: How do you know this?

I found it on the internetz. Smily with letter

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Oh, yes, of course. Head Smack

If that is true, that is ridiculous. The word, not how you found it.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titin

I had a typo in my original post...I said Titan not Titin.

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Whoa....

mammalian reticulocytes and striated muscle tissues...

No wonder it's the longest word.

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PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCO.…

(45 letters; a lung disease caused by breathing in certain particles) is the longest word in any English-language dictionary. (It is also spelled -koniosis.)"
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