Longest word in the English language

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  1. WishFish

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    This is only part of the name for titin, a protein.
    The full name is 189,819 letters long.
    I'm only including the first 3,359.

    WARNING: May cause massive browser lag.

    Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylala...
    ylglutaminylprolylleucylglutaminylsery...
    lserylthreonylalanylthreonylphenylalan...
    rylglycylphenylalanylprolylvalylprolyl...
    lanylarginylaspartylglycylglutaminylva...
    nylleucylprolylglycylvalylglutaminylis...
    ylglycylarginylalanyllysylleucylthreon...
    llysylalanylasparaginylserylglycylargi...
    eonylasparaginylglycylserylglycylgluta...
    nylglutamylleucylleucylvalyllysylalany...
    asparaginylphenylalanylvalylglutaminyl...
    ylthreonylvalylarginylglutaminylglycyl...
    utaminylvalylarginylvalylthreonylglycy...
    lylvalyllysylphenylalanyltyrosylarginy...
    cylglutaminylserylserylleucylaspartylp...
    glutaminylglutamylglycylaspartylleucyl...
    anylglutamylalanyltyrosylprolylglutamy...
    serylvalylasparaginylalanylthreonylasp...
    ylthreonylserylthreonylalanylglutamyll...
    tamylglutamylglutamylvalylprolylalanyl...
    eucylvalylserylthreonylalanylglutaminy...
    glutaminylthreonylarginylisoleucylglut...
    ylhistidylphenylalanylaspartylalanylar...
    lylglutamylmethionylvalylisoleucylaspa...
    nylglutaminylleucylprolylhistidyllysyl...
    lprolylprolyllysylprolyllysylserylargi...
    erylisoleucylalanylalanyllysylalanylgl...
    ylglutaminylserylprolylserylprolylisol...
    lprolylvalylarginylhistidylvalylarginy...
    lylvalylarginylserylvalylserylprolylal...
    onylserylprolylisoleucylarginylserylva...
    thionylarginyllysylthreonylglutaminyla...
    ylglycylprolylglutamylvalylprolylproly...
    tamylglycyltyrosylvalylalanylserylsery...
    ylarginylglutamylthreonylthreonylleucy...
    minylisoleucylarginylthreonylglutamylg...
    cylarginyltyrosylglycylvalylglutaminyl...
    eucylserylglycylalanylalanylglycylalan...
    serylalanylseryltyrosylalanylalanylglu...
    lalanyllysylglutamylvalyllysylglutamin...
    lanylalanylvalylalanylthreonylvalylval...
    lalanylarginylvalylarginylglutamylprol...
    tamylglutaminylthreonylalanylglutaminy...
    eonylalanylvalylhistidylisoleucylgluta...
    glutaminylvalylarginyllysylglutamylala...
    threonyllysylvalylvalylvalylalanylalan...
    lutaminylglutamylleucyllysylserylargin...
    leucylthreonylthreonyllysylglutaminylg...
    alylthreonylhistidylglutamylglutaminyl...
    ylglutamyllysylthreonylphenylalanylval...
    ylalanylalanyllysylalanyllysylglutamyl...
    oleucylserylglutamylglutamylisoleucylt...
    taminylvalylthreonylglutaminylglutamyl...
    ylthreonylarginyllysylthreonylvalylval...
    nylthreonylprolyllysylvalyllysylglutam...
    larginylglycylarginylglutamylglycyliso...
    lutamylglutaminylvalylglutaminylisoleu...
    ethionylarginyllysylglutamylalanylglut...
    hreonylisoleucylalanylvalylalanylthreo...
    utaminylglutamylthreonylisoleucylleucy...
    onylmethionylalanylthreonylarginylglut...
    utaminylvalylthreonylhistidylglycyllys...
    lalanylglutamylalanylvalylalanylthreon...
    ylglutaminylalanylarginylvalylarginylg...
    lycylhistidylleucylglutamylglutamylser...
    threonylthreonylleucylglutamyltyrosylg...
    leucylserylalanylalanyllysylvalylalany...
    nylprolylalanylserylglutamylprolylhist...
    llysylprolylarginylvalylisoleucylgluta...
    nylhistidylisoleucyllysylthreonylthreo...
    hionylhistidylisoleucylserylserylgluta...
    eonylaspartylleucylthreonylthreonylglu...
    laspartyllysylarginylprolylarginylthre...
    alanylthreonylvalylseryllysylisoleucyl...
    ylhistidylglycyltyrosylglutamylalanyls...
    lisoleucylalanylthreonylleucylglutamin...
    eonylserylserylalanylglutaminyllysylis...
    alanylprolylthreonylvalyllysylprolylse...
    nylalanylglutamylprolylthreonylprolyll...
    olylphenylalanylalanylaspartylthreonyl...
     
  2. _Anna

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    May I ask how many pages I need to read if I look it up in the dictionary?

    And I am pretty sure that this is just a joke.
     
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  3. TheMint

    TheMint Former Mod+ Donator

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    The word is technical, it can not be found in the dictionary.
    The longest word in the dictionary is
    pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. (According to Wikipedia)

     
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  4. WishFish

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    Nope. It's the official FULL LENGTH name for titin, a type of protein. It's the technical term, and you won't find it in dictionaries. Just calling it "titin" would be enough for most scientific and practical purposes, though.

    Screen Shot 2015-04-25 at 1.36.08.010 PM.jpg
     
  5. Katy_

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    Nu pls..
     
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  6. larie0429

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    Longest pile of shit in the English language.
     
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  7. cingle

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    Why don't you find the longest word in a Dictionary.
    I wouldn't even count that as a word considering it's not a word most people will ever use/encounter in their entire lives.
     
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  8. GummyBean

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    Um wrong correction it is in a dictionary.

    And yes I do have proof, because I have a dictionary with that word in it.
    WIN_20150425_144137.JPG

    Truth confirmed
     
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    XHaydenIowaPvpX Hello im awesome... Thats all

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    I saw a guy say it on YT. The vid is 3 and a half hours long lol.
     
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    What you don't notice is that it appears long, but it features many repeated sections of the word. It isn't really 190k long if you actually read through the parts of it lol
    Also go look up the video of the guy reading it, takes him 3 hours and you will see how repetitive it is xD
     
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  13. teitan

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    The longest word in the English language is longest.
     
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    Supposedly he progressively grows a beard and the flower dies
     
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  15. TheMint

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    Lool the plant died at 2:09:20. There is another cut at 43:10

    He also grew a beard in... 3 hours?
     
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  16. PenguinHook

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    The only long words I can spell without any help are

    supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and
    antidisestablishmentarianism
    :p
    But I will try to memorize this one aswell.
    Not