CA3LE Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 here is a little fun fact that some of you might find interesting. I was watching the science channel just now (the showDiscoveries This Week) and it was a little fun fact they said before the commercial. The longest word in the dictionary isn't supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. It is in fact a chemical compound that is 1,913 letters long! This is the absolute truth, no joke. It refers to a specific portion of a strand of DNA. Here goes... The longest official word ever (1,913 letters) is the term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8 Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenyl- alanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysyglutamyl- gycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonyl- leucylglycylaspartylprolylglycyllisoleucylglutamylglutaminyl- serylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucyl- glutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucyl- glycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucyl- alanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginyl- alanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanyl- glycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanyl- glutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyl- lysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucyl- leucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanyl- asparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyl- tyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalyl- aspartylsrylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalyl- glutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminyl- alanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanyl- prolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartyl- alanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminyl- isoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyl- tyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycyl- alanylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylleucyllysyl- glutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminyl- glycylphenylalanylglysylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminyl- valyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanyl- glycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucyl- isoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamyl- prolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenyl- alanylvalylglutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginy- lserine. Try saying that five times fast But the longest 'real' word that doesn't refer to a name of a disease, place or chemical compound is actually floccinaucinihilipilification. Do you remember the comercial where there were kids at a spelling bee? The host said to the first kid "cat" the kid said "cat, C-A-T, cat. Then the next kid came up and the host said "Your word is floccinaucinihilipilification" and the kid just sat there... then the comerical said something like "does life seem unfair sometimes... grab a coke" or some S#!t like that, lol..... I guess I'm the only one that remembers that. the really funny thing is I tried to run spellcheck on this and it errored out, hahahaha, see the screenshot I've added - you know it's a crazy word when it crashes spellcheck. -Damon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 pretty cool fact thanks edit: ya thats a ton of letters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 yep u seem to be correct sir... The Guinness Book of Records, in its 1992 and subsequent editions, declared the "longest real word" in the English language to be floccinaucinihilipilification at 29 letters. Defined as "the act of estimating (something) as worthless", its usage has been recorded as far back as 1741. the next longest word besides that chemical formula is...what the hell is that chemical anyway??? Antidisestablishmentarianism (a nineteenth century movement in England opposed to the separation of church and state) at 28 letters is one of the longest words in the English language. that's the one that i learned in school... edit...i found out what that monster word means...it's... tryptophan synthetase, a protein, which has 267 amino acids in it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA3LE Posted July 17, 2006 Author CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 the next longest word besides that chemical formula is...what the hell is that chemical anyway??? It has something to do with DNA... I have no idea what it is specifically, and I don't think I can google something that long.. bah ha ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 thats one long fucken word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 google in C1289H2051N343O375S8 and u come up with...tryptophan synthetase google tryptophan synthetase and u find out what that is... ...a genetic protein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 Tryptophan synthase.Tryptophan synthase, {PDB: 1WQ5} Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 hey coknuck...how'd u snarf my pic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 Got lucky. :haha: Edit: I had google opened in another tab. When I found the picture I just went back to the forum tab and entered the picture. It didn't give me a warning or nothing. Sorry for stealing your thunder. You can delete this post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 nah...why would i delete it?...that was funny...u musta been looking at the same article as me ...two great minds with one same thought hahaha...shows i didn't do it in photoshop er something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 actually, there is a "new" longest word ever, that is not any of those things... want to know what it is? do you? do you really? well... I can tell you ....... if you really REALLY want to know............. but you can't get mad at me........... because YOU wanted to know! You want to hear it don't you? DON'T you? c'mon, admit it....................... you want it.............. ok here it is........... (if I get banned for this it's YOUR fault beacuse you asked............) CA3LEisthehottestwebmasterunderthesunandroxorsmysoxorsandheissocuteandsexandstufflikethatthaticantfindenoughwordstodescribehowsexythatmanisandifihadhimlockedinaroomandcoulddoanythingiwantedtohimicouldnevertellyoubecausehewouldgetembarrassedlikehedidlastnightwhenwehadnaughtymonkeysexinthediningroomhangingfromthechandelierandoopsnowsomeonehedoesntwanttoknowabouthisnaughtysidehasreadthisandknowsjusthowbadheisbutreallyheisawesomeatbeingbadinbedandeveryfemaleintheworldshouldbeasluckyasiaminmywickeddreamsofhimandifyoumenarejealousitsyourownfaultfornotbeingasawesomeandphysicalasheisanddidimeantionhewascodingforthesiteatthesametimeandididntevennoticebecauseiwasscreaminghisnameoutloudandthenieghborcalledthepoliceandtheycameknockingonthedoorandianswereditnakedandtheygapedatmeandsawthepurplecatoninetailsinmyhandandchuckledandleftandsaidsomepeopleskidsbutafterthatiwokeupandtheairconditoingwasstillbrokeandnowiamhotbutihavegreatdreams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 yeh i heard of that before...really long...short simple meaning...good man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted July 18, 2006 CID Share Posted July 18, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted July 18, 2006 CID Share Posted July 18, 2006 Sorry, you're still short by about 1000 characters lol... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted July 18, 2006 CID Share Posted July 18, 2006 oh hush, you just wish I had named you! oh, and I could write more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug7272 Posted July 18, 2006 CID Share Posted July 18, 2006 oh hush, you just wish I had named you! oh, and I could wirte more Sorry Im gonna have to give you a red flag here. Your word is disqualified for the use of leet speek. We dont tolerate your kind round these parts. Hussy. :cussing: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted July 18, 2006 CID Share Posted July 18, 2006 Sorry Im gonna have to give you a red flag here. Your word is disqualified for the use of leet speek. We dont tolerate your kind round these parts. Hussy. :cussing: I got your leet bitch, but I will keep it in pm, where I know you like it! night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA3LE Posted July 18, 2006 Author CID Share Posted July 18, 2006 CA3LEisthehottestwebmasterunderthesunandroxorsmysoxorsandheissocuteandsexandstufflikethatthaticantfindenoughwordstodescribehowsexythatmanisandifihadhimlockedinaroomandcoulddoanythingiwantedtohimicouldnevertellyoubecausehewouldgetembarrassedlikehedidlastnightwhenwehadnaughtymonkeysexinthediningroomhangingfromthechandelierandoopsnowsomeonehedoesntwanttoknowabouthisnaughtysidehasreadthisandknowsjusthowbadheisbutreallyheisawesomeatbeinGBadinbedandeveryfemaleintheworldshouldbeasluckyasiaminmywickeddreamsofhimandifyoumenarejealousitsyourownfaultfornotbeingasawesomeandphysicalasheisanddidimeantionhewascodingforthesiteatthesametimeandididntevennoticebecauseiwasscreaminghisnameoutloudandthenieghborcalledthepoliceandtheycameknockingonthedoorandianswereditnakedandtheygapedatmeandsawthepurplecatoninetailsinmyhandandchuckledandleftandsaidsomepeopleskidsbutafterthatiwokeupandtheairconditoingwasstillbrokeandnowiamhotbutihavegreatdreams haha *blush* There actually is a word longer than that... it's "smiles" ...... hey, there is a 'mile' between the first and last letter .. }}} bu-du-dum--crash! {{{ lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug7272 Posted July 18, 2006 CID Share Posted July 18, 2006 I got your leet bitch, but I will keep it in pm, where I know you like it! night! :oops: Thank You. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted July 18, 2006 CID Share Posted July 18, 2006 haha *blush* There actually is a word longer than that... it's "smiles" ...... hey, there is a 'mile' between the first and last letter .. }}} bu-du-dum--crash! {{{ lol roflmfao.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted July 18, 2006 CID Share Posted July 18, 2006 actually, there is a "new" longest word ever, that is not any of those things...[ ....] CA3LEisthehottestwebmasterunderthesunandroxorsmysoxorsandheissocuteandsexandstufflikethatthaticantfindenoughwordstodescribehowsexythatmanisandifihadhimlockedinaroomandcoulddoanythingiwantedtohimicouldnevertellyoubecausehewouldgetembarrassedlikehedidlastnightwhenwehadnaughtymonkeysexinthediningroomhangingfromthechandelierandoopsnowsomeonehedoesntwanttoknowabouthisnaughtysidehasreadthisandknowsjusthowbadheisbutreallyheisawesomeatbeingbadinbedandeveryfemaleintheworldshouldbeasluckyasiaminmywickeddreamsofhimandifyoumenarejealousitsyourownfaultfornotbeingasawesomeandphysicalasheisanddidimeantionhewascodingforthesiteatthesametimeandididntevennoticebecauseiwasscreaminghisnameoutloudandthenieghborcalledthepoliceandtheycameknockingonthedoorandianswereditnakedandtheygapedatmeandsawthepurplecatoninetailsinmyhandandchuckledandleftandsaidsomepeopleskidsbutafterthatiwokeupandtheairconditoingwasstillbrokeandnowiamhotbutihavegreatdreams water , dear , i love ya but you have some ...serious.... for serious... issues lady.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxinnejr Posted July 19, 2006 CID Share Posted July 19, 2006 It is an enzyme having 267 amino acids! hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted July 21, 2006 CID Share Posted July 21, 2006 It is an enzyme having 267 amino acids! hahaha copy cat...hahawell actually i said A protein tryptophan synthetase, a protein, which has 267 amino acids in it... which is found in the dna of e-coli (an enteric pathogen)...but this particular protein is not found in humans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icg1032 Posted January 25, 2012 CID Share Posted January 25, 2012 Actually the longest word is: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted January 27, 2012 CID Share Posted January 27, 2012 Actually the longest word is: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis But the longest 'real' word that doesn't refer to a name of a disease, place or chemical compound is actually floccinaucinihilipilification. -Damon but 45 letters for a lung disease is a loooong word for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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