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A lung disease caused by breathing in particles of siliceous volcanic dust.

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  • The notes spelled out a very long word: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
  • The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
  • Một ngày nào đó tôi sẽ nhận được xung quanh để một bài luận về có vẻ như nhà mô phạm pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis .
  • The article to which you like justly dismisses pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis as a hoax, and floccinaucinihilipilification as a mere stunt word, but then...
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  • Supposedly the President of The National Puzzlers' League, E. Smith, in 1935 created this new "longest word" (45 letters). While he wasn't able to convince people to use it, it was included in various dictionaries!
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