Friday, June 09, 2006
Say This Once...Real Slow!
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
noun:
(NOO-muh-noh-UL-truh-MY-kruh-SKOP-ik-SIL-i-koh-VOL-kay-no-koh-NEE-o-sis, nyoo-)
A lung disease caused by inhaling fine particles of silica.[From New Latin, from Greek pneumono- (lung) + Latin ultra- (beyond,extremely) + Greek micro- (small) + -scopic (looking) + Latin silico(like sand) + volcano + Greek konis (dust) + -osis (condition).]
By any other name this would still be unpronounceable.
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4 comments:
I love this word. I put it in a poem once. But it didn't work out.
Hi, Wouldn't it be polite to acknowledge your source?? Umm Wordsmith springs to mind.
Peter,
Yup, it's a mouthful alright! Great Word.
Crunchy,
Received this in an e-mail from a friend. Didn't realize it was from "Wordsmith". Umm, wouldn't it be polite to use your real name??
Hi Nick, Crunchy is such an unfortunate name isn't it?
Anyway here is a link to the provider of many interesting words...
http://wordsmith.org/awad/index.html
No harm done or anything,
Cheers
Glenn
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