WORDS: The Longest

Did you know that there are many longest words in english? And that depends on what category, as to technical, medical, places, literature and even words without vowels. Huh!

Let me share with you what I have on my list.

honorificabilitudinitatibus  

- is the longest word in Shakespeare's work.

[definition: the state of being able to achieve honours]

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious  

- is the longest word in a song.

[definition: a word that you say when you don't know what to say]

pneumonoultramicroscopicsiliconvolcanoconiosis

- is the longest word found in a dictionary

[definition: the word refers to a lung disease contracted from the 

inhalation of very fine silica particles]

taumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu

- is the longest word for a place name in English country

[location:  a hill in New Zealand]  

chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg

- is the longest word for a place name in US

[location:  a lake in Webster, Massachusetts 

also referred to as Lake Webster]  

 meaning: you fish your side of the water, I fish my side of the water, nobody fishes the middle.

Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit

- is the longest word for a place name in the whole world
[location:  a ceremonial name of Bangkok, Thailand] 

and of course in the Philippines, our longest word so far (to the best of my knowledge) is:

                                       32 letters with 13 syllables

nagsisipagsinungalisinungalingan 

[definition: trying to tell fake lies to another]

Now that you know these words, I will give you 2 challenges: one is to PRONOUNCE them properly and two, SPELL these words without erasures. Will you accept my challenge or will you accept my challenge? It's your choice.