Lungest Word

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis: noun. a factitious word alleged to mean 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, causing inflammation in the lungs.' A 45-letter word so pretend, it even had a cameo on The Simpsons.

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