Comments on: Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism! http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Wed, 22 May 2013 20:11:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Publishers Weekly, “Blogging as Multiplier Effect” http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-167499 Publishers Weekly, “Blogging as Multiplier Effect” Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:57:43 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-167499 [...] In a similar vein, Ben Zimmer was able to promote our dictionaries program with a post about “long words,” which explained history, etymology, etc. Language bloggers reposted it across the Web, and a [...] [...] In a similar vein, Ben Zimmer was able to promote our dictionaries program with a post about “long words,” which explained history, etymology, etc. Language bloggers reposted it across the Web, and a [...]

]]> By: Dallas Brown http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-154415 Dallas Brown Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:17:01 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-154415 What about this word, "Antidisestablishmentarianistically" The adverb (34 letters)! What about this word,

“Antidisestablishmentarianistically”

The adverb (34 letters)!

]]> By: annabelle http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-154413 annabelle Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:10:24 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-154413 this is a huge word i can`t even say it. what does it mean? this is a huge word i can`t even say it. what does it mean?

]]> By: Hannah http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-153875 Hannah Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:33:53 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-153875 The fear of long words is hippopotomonstrosesquipedliophobia. The love of long words or having to do with long words is called hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism. I just love weird things like long words and the neverending number of pi. I have memorized 75 digits of pi. 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286... Teehee :-) (I'm 12 years old and memorizing all that took me like 4 months. I'm gooood...) I wanna see the name of DNA that's supposed to have 207 000 letters :-D The fear of long words is hippopotomonstrosesquipedliophobia. The love of long words or having to do with long words is called hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism. I just love weird things like long words and the neverending number of pi. I have memorized 75 digits of pi. 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286…
Teehee :-) (I’m 12 years old and memorizing all that took me like 4 months. I’m gooood…)
I wanna see the name of DNA that’s supposed to have 207 000 letters
:-D

]]> By: pierre gill http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-148388 pierre gill Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:41:24 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-148388 your soo mad how do you say that long word im choking trying to say it !!! i take it that it is not for novices lol your soo mad how do you say that long word

im choking trying to say it !!!

i take it that it is not for novices lol

]]> By: Dani http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-147533 Dani Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:24:59 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-147533 alright i just spent 2 hours looking for the full name for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)it should have 207 000 letters, but its never been printed in full. so can one of you be the first to type it out and let me know how to spell it. alright i just spent 2 hours looking for the full name for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)it should have 207 000 letters, but its never been printed in full. so can one of you be the first to type it out and let me know how to spell it.

]]> By: jimmy de guzman http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-147509 jimmy de guzman Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:43:14 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-147509 how about the phobia word about fear on longest word that i been thinking which co0mposed atleast 39 letters. how about the phobia word about fear on longest word that i been thinking which co0mposed atleast 39 letters.

]]> By: blythe http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-146326 blythe Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:40:20 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-146326 Acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminylphenylalanylvalyl-phenylalnelleucylserylserylvalyotriptophylalanylaspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucyl-lencyllasparaginylvalylcysteinythreonylserylserylleucylglycllasparatinylglutaminylphe-nylalanylglutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaninylalanylarginylthrseonylthreonylglutam-inylvalylglutaminyglutaninylphenylalanylserylghlutaminylvalyltryptophyllysylrolylphen-ylalaylprolyglutaminylserylthreonylvalylarginylphunylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalylty-rosyllsvslvalyltyrosylargiyltyosvlasparaginylalanylvalylleusylaspartylprolylleucylisole-ucylthreonylalnylleucylleucylglycyltreonylphnylalanylaspartylthreonylarginlasparagin-ylarginylisoleucylislleucylglutammylvalylglutamylasparaginylglutaminylglutaminylsury-lprolylthreonylthreonylalanyoglutamylthreonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylargi-nylvalylaspartylaspartylalanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparagin-ylisoleucylasparaginylleucylvallasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycylthreonylgl-ycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonylphenylalanylglutamylseryl-methionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophylthreonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine- "The scientific name for the Tobacco Mosaic Virus" (1 185 letters) 1. Methionylglutaminylarginytyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminyll-eucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanyvalylprolylphenylalanyl-valythreonylleucylglycylaspartylprolyglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysyl-isoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucy-lglutamylleucylglycylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucelalanyla-spartyglycylprolythreonylisoleucylglutamiylasparaginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylala-nylphenylalanylalanylglycylvalyltheonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanygll-utamylmethionylleucyalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonyl-isoleucylpriIylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalyp-henylalanylasparaginyllysylgyycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyltyrosylalanyl-gutaminyllcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylavlylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylasp-artylvalyprolylvalylglutaminylglutamyllserylalanyprolyphenylalanylarginylglutaminylal-anylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvaylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleu-cylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginyglutam-inylisoleucylalanyylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylser-ylarginylalanylglycylvalythreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginylarginylanylalanylleu-cylprolylleucylaspaaginylhistidylleucylvaylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasarag-inylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylala-nylisoleucylaspartylalanylalanyglycylalanylalanyglycylalanylisoleucylserylglycyseryla-lanylisoleucylbalyllsylisoleucylisoleucylglutamyyylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisole-ucylglutamylprolyglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalaby-lvalylglutaminlylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine - "Scientific name for Trypthophan synthetase (that is a protien with 267 amino acids) (1 909 letters) ** - deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is alleged to have 207 000 letters, but has never been printed in full. Acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminylphenylalanylvalyl-phenylalnelleucylserylserylvalyotriptophylalanylaspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucyl-lencyllasparaginylvalylcysteinythreonylserylserylleucylglycllasparatinylglutaminylphe-nylalanylglutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaninylalanylarginylthrseonylthreonylglutam-inylvalylglutaminyglutaninylphenylalanylserylghlutaminylvalyltryptophyllysylrolylphen-ylalaylprolyglutaminylserylthreonylvalylarginylphunylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalylty-rosyllsvslvalyltyrosylargiyltyosvlasparaginylalanylvalylleusylaspartylprolylleucylisole-ucylthreonylalnylleucylleucylglycyltreonylphnylalanylaspartylthreonylarginlasparagin-ylarginylisoleucylislleucylglutammylvalylglutamylasparaginylglutaminylglutaminylsury-lprolylthreonylthreonylalanyoglutamylthreonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylargi-nylvalylaspartylaspartylalanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparagin-ylisoleucylasparaginylleucylvallasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycylthreonylgl-ycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonylphenylalanylglutamylseryl-methionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophylthreonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine- “The scientific name for the Tobacco Mosaic Virus” (1 185 letters)

1. Methionylglutaminylarginytyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminyll-eucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanyvalylprolylphenylalanyl-valythreonylleucylglycylaspartylprolyglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysyl-isoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucy-lglutamylleucylglycylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucelalanyla-spartyglycylprolythreonylisoleucylglutamiylasparaginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylala-nylphenylalanylalanylglycylvalyltheonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanygll-utamylmethionylleucyalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonyl-isoleucylpriIylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalyp-henylalanylasparaginyllysylgyycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyltyrosylalanyl-gutaminyllcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylavlylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylasp-artylvalyprolylvalylglutaminylglutamyllserylalanyprolyphenylalanylarginylglutaminylal-anylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvaylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleu-cylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginyglutam-inylisoleucylalanyylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylser-ylarginylalanylglycylvalythreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginylarginylanylalanylleu-cylprolylleucylaspaaginylhistidylleucylvaylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasarag-inylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylala-nylisoleucylaspartylalanylalanyglycylalanylalanyglycylalanylisoleucylserylglycyseryla-lanylisoleucylbalyllsylisoleucylisoleucylglutamyyylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisole-ucylglutamylprolyglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalaby-lvalylglutaminlylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine – “Scientific name for Trypthophan synthetase (that is a protien with 267 amino acids) (1 909 letters)

** – deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is alleged to have 207 000 letters, but has never been printed in full.

]]> By: acrapapapadoo http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-145290 acrapapapadoo Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:54:12 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-145290 i think that 1,846 letter word is not considered in any dictionary... it's a scientific name...what do u expect... a protein w/c contains 500 amino acids can have more letters than that... i think that 1,846 letter word is not considered in any dictionary…

it’s a scientific name…what do u expect… a protein w/c contains 500 amino acids can have more letters than that…

]]> By: ???? http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-143874 ???? Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:08:08 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-143874 I have known about the word pnuemonoultramiscroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis for about 4 years now and just found this website today I have known about the word pnuemonoultramiscroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
for about 4 years now and just found this website today

]]> By: S. Powell http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-143873 S. Powell Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:03:01 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-143873 I found the (45 LETTER WHOPPER) on a smart cube almost 4 years ago in 2004 I found the (45 LETTER WHOPPER) on a smart cube almost 4 years ago in 2004

]]> By: pie http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-139068 pie Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:46:52 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-139068 what a word what a word

]]> By: Amy http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-91779 Amy Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:39:28 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-91779 What is the point of long words? They just confuse everyone and everybody knows that, Americans especially, are too lazy to even care for long words. So, again, I ask "What's the point?" I myself love words, but isn't it exhausting just thinking of a word like 'methylenedioxymethamphetamine' or 'Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism?' Do we really need words that only mean long words? Can't we just say "It's a really long word that I'm thinking of but I'm not sure how to spell or pronunciate it?" What is the point of long words? They just confuse everyone and everybody knows that, Americans especially, are too lazy to even care for long words. So, again, I ask “What’s the point?” I myself love words, but isn’t it exhausting just thinking of a word like ‘methylenedioxymethamphetamine’ or ‘Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism?’ Do we really need words that only mean long words? Can’t we just say “It’s a really long word that I’m thinking of but I’m not sure how to spell or pronunciate it?”

]]> By: janssen http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-83282 janssen Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:08:03 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-83282 so, what's the longest word? so, what’s the longest word?

]]> By: Napka’s Top Science » Blog Archive » Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism: A Word For Describing Long Words http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-54329 Napka’s Top Science » Blog Archive » Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism: A Word For Describing Long Words Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:48:54 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-54329 [...] read more | digg story [...] [...] read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: hi http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-51884 hi Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:59:23 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-51884 hi hi

]]> By: Wishlist Updates and News » Kishor Krishnamoorthi’s Website http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-40919 Wishlist Updates and News » Kishor Krishnamoorthi’s Website Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:47:40 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-40919 [...] Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism: A Word For Describing Long Words [...] [...] Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism: A Word For Describing Long Words [...]

]]> By: …Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism? at Didn’t You Hear… http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-38723 …Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism? at Didn’t You Hear… Mon, 03 Sep 2007 08:25:49 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-38723 [...] [Via: Oxford University Press] [...] [...] [Via: Oxford University Press] [...]

]]> By: Sam Minter http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-38493 Sam Minter Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:28:40 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-38493 My favorite has always been antihypersyllabicsesquipedalian. Found in a newspaper article decades ago by my father. Definitely a "stunt word" but a good one! My favorite has always been antihypersyllabicsesquipedalian. Found in a newspaper article decades ago by my father. Definitely a “stunt word” but a good one!

]]> By: Solaria-isitude-ness http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-38452 Solaria-isitude-ness Sun, 02 Sep 2007 22:05:43 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-38452 Forget about the long words for a moment; I'm still trying to deal with "factitious" (end of third paragraph). It's troubling to think that I may have used "fictitious" when "factitious" may have been more appropriate... Forget about the long words for a moment; I’m still trying to deal with “factitious” (end of third paragraph).

It’s troubling to think that I may have used “fictitious” when “factitious” may have been more appropriate…

]]> By: Deuce Mania » funny amazing finds on the internet » Blog Archive » Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism! http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-38288 Deuce Mania » funny amazing finds on the internet » Blog Archive » Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism! Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:57:34 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-38288 [...] check the article here. [...] [...] check the article here. [...]

]]> By: Prepositions: "Dull Little Words" or Unsung Linguistic Heroes? : OUPblog http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-36256 Prepositions: "Dull Little Words" or Unsung Linguistic Heroes? : OUPblog Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:33:57 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-36256 [...] prepositions are resolutely “unsexy,” quite the opposite of the ostentatious stunt words I looked at last week. But you can think of them as the connecting tissue of language, quietly [...] [...] prepositions are resolutely “unsexy,” quite the opposite of the ostentatious stunt words I looked at last week. But you can think of them as the connecting tissue of language, quietly [...]

]]> By: I see your hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism and raise you a ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase [The Loom] · Articles http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-35817 I see your hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism and raise you a ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase [The Loom] · Articles Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:04:37 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-35817 [...] his post, “Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism!”, Ben points out that a lot of the longest words are, as he puts it, “stunt words.” [...] [...] his post, “Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism!”, Ben points out that a lot of the longest words are, as he puts it, “stunt words.” [...]

]]> By: Science Blog » Blog Archive » Sorry Charlie: Bluefin Tuna Ready to Become Dodos of the Sea [Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)] http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-35634 Science Blog » Blog Archive » Sorry Charlie: Bluefin Tuna Ready to Become Dodos of the Sea [Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)] Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:00:51 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-35634 [...] his post, “Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism!”, Ben points out that a lot of the longest words are, as he puts it, “stunt words.” [...] [...] his post, “Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism!”, Ben points out that a lot of the longest words are, as he puts it, “stunt words.” [...]

]]> By: Science Blog » Blog Archive » Study finds that DDT not the most effective for IRS http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-35140 Science Blog » Blog Archive » Study finds that DDT not the most effective for IRS Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:07:34 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/long_words/#comment-35140 [...] his post, “Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism!”, Ben points out that a lot of the longest words are, as he puts it, “stunt words.” [...] [...] his post, “Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism!”, Ben points out that a lot of the longest words are, as he puts it, “stunt words.” [...]

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