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12 of the scariest words in history

2010-01-14View Original

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The 12 most ** words in history: 1. honorificabilitudinitatibus – this word is composed of 27 letters. It appears in the play \"Love’s Labour’s Lost\" by the great playwright Shakespeare, and means \"not a source of honor.\" 2. The word “antidisestablishmentarianism” is composed of 28 letters. According to the explanation in the \"New Standard Dictionary of English\" compiled by Funk and Wagnalls, this word means \"to oppose the theory of **and** separation.\" It was cited once by British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone, 1809–1898. 3. The word “floccinaucinihilipipification” is composed of 29 letters. 「This word is included in the \"Oxford English Dictionary,\" where it means \"the act or habit of diminishing the value of something.\" 4. The word “supercalifragilisticexpiadocious” is composed of 34 letters. It appears in a movie called Mary Poppins and means “good”. 5. hepaticocholecystostcholecystntenterostomy is a word composed of 40 letters. It appears in Gao De’s \"Medical Dictionary\"; it is a surgical term referring to the procedure of inserting artificial tubes between the gallbladder and bile ducts, or between the intestine and the gallbladder. 6. pneumonoultramicyoscpicailicovolcanoconiosis is a word composed of 45 letters. The meaning in the eighth edition of the Webster’s Dictionary is “pneumoconiosis resulting from the inhalation of silicate dust or quartzite ash.” Miners are particularly prone to this disease. 7. antipericatametaanaparcircumvolutiorectumgustpoops of the coprofied – this word is composed of 50 letters. On a shelf in a library, there are the stories from Gargantua and Pantagruel by the French writer Rabelais. One of them has a title that is this long English word. 8. osseocaynisanguineoviscericartilagininervomedullary is a word composed of 51 letters. It is a term related to human anatomy, which appeared in the novel titled Headlong Hall by the British writer Thomas Love Peacock, 1785–1866. 9. aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolie is a word composed of 52 letters. It is a term coined by the British medical author Dr. Edward Strother, 1675–1737, to describe the composition of the mineral water from the area of Chabris Thorpe in Gloucestershire, England. 10.bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk This word is composed of 100 letters. It appears on the title page of the work Finnegans Wake by the Irish writer James Joyce, 1882–1942, symbolizing and representing the fall of Adam and Eve. 11.lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon is a word composed of 182 letters. It is an English word derived from a Greek word, originating from the play The Ecclesiazusae by the Greek comedy writer Aristophanes, 448–385. It refers to a spicy dish made by cooking leftover vegetables and beef. 12.1913 letters; the chemical name for “Tryptosynthase A protein” (an enzyme composed of 267 amino acids) is: methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolyphenylalanylvalythreonylleucylglycylaspartylprolylglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylasparthlalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylaspfraginylalanylthreonylleucylarfinylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalythreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleuoylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysyhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginyllysyglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanylthrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalnylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginyvalylalanylprolylisoleucylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparainylarginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistidylleucylvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglgycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoieucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylcalylglutaminylprolylmethionlysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine
Reply #22010-01-15
The first 2 or 30 words can be described as being scary, but the more than 100 words that follow seem absurd to me and are hard to understand. From any perspective, such a word has no meaning at all. Perhaps it’s just something invented by celebrities in their free time.

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