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Words I won't be using as vss365 host in the next two weeks (starting Feb 1st) Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words, which is ridiculous since it's an incredibly long word.
I'm not scared of them, I just don't think rarely used words inspire writing
I'm not scared of them, I just don't think rarely used words inspire writing
I also won't have a chance to use Friggatriskaidekaphobia. The fear of Friday the 13th (Frigga being the name of the Norse goddess for whom “Friday” is named & triskaidekaphobia = fear of the number 13
Since neither of the Friday's will be on the 13th
Since neither of the Friday's will be on the 13th
ISOLEUCINE.
All told, the full chemical name for the human protein titin is 189,819 letters, and takes about three-and-a-half hours to pronounce.
I'll spare you having to fit that into a tweet
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All told, the full chemical name for the human protein titin is 189,819 letters, and takes about three-and-a-half hours to pronounce.
I'll spare you having to fit that into a tweet
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PARASTRATIOSPHECOMYIA STRATIOSPHECOMYIOIDES
The longest accepted binomial construction, at 42 letters, is a species of soldier fly native to Thailand. With a lifespan of 5-8 days, it’s unlikely one has ever survived long enough to hear it pronounced correctly.
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The longest accepted binomial construction, at 42 letters, is a species of soldier fly native to Thailand. With a lifespan of 5-8 days, it’s unlikely one has ever survived long enough to hear it pronounced correctly.
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Antidisestablishmentarianism
At 28 letters, the word— defined as a 19th-century British political movement that opposes proposals for the disestablishment of the Church of England— regarded as the longest non-medical, non-coined, nontechnical word in the English
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At 28 letters, the word— defined as a 19th-century British political movement that opposes proposals for the disestablishment of the Church of England— regarded as the longest non-medical, non-coined, nontechnical word in the English
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ABSTENTIOUS
One who doesn’t indulge in excesses, especially food and drink; at 11 letters this is the longest word to use all five vowels in order exactly once.
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One who doesn’t indulge in excesses, especially food and drink; at 11 letters this is the longest word to use all five vowels in order exactly once.
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SUBDERMATOGLYPHIC
At 17 characters, this is the longest accepted isogram, a word in which every letter is used only once, and refers to the underlying dermal matrix that determines the pattern formed by the whorls, arches, and ridges of our fingerprints
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At 17 characters, this is the longest accepted isogram, a word in which every letter is used only once, and refers to the underlying dermal matrix that determines the pattern formed by the whorls, arches, and ridges of our fingerprints
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ROTAVATOR
A type of soil tiller, the longest non-coined palindromic word included in an English dictionary tallies nine letters
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A type of soil tiller, the longest non-coined palindromic word included in an English dictionary tallies nine letters
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FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION
By virtue of having one more letter than antidisestablishmentarianism, this is the longest non-technical English word. A mash-up of five Latin roots, it refers to the act of describing something as having little or no value.
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By virtue of having one more letter than antidisestablishmentarianism, this is the longest non-technical English word. A mash-up of five Latin roots, it refers to the act of describing something as having little or no value.
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