My favorite long word has always been 'eellogofusciahippopokonurious' (spelling ? Who knows if I got that one right, it's been a while) which apparently means 'good'.
Information would have been “cool these are derived from German” thinking you’re language is more important is “actually there are longer words in German”
Ok. You do you. When I see a post in another language using English derived words, I definitely don’t start comparing it to English. But apparently that’s not the same for German speakers. Not surprised.
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I learned it from Beakman's World.
Palestinians must have their own state
OH
It means a chronic lung disease caused by the inhalation of fine silicate or quartz dust.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, is a fear of long words.
OTP vp
OTP vp
there are longer ones with regular use, for example:
Schienenersatzverkehr
Nahrungsmittelunverträglichkeiten
Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung
So no. His comment added nothing at all.
one of those being a major city.
so, no.
So no, this post in in English talking about English words. There’s longer words in Italian and French too. But we’re talking about English.
sure.
Megalomaniacal
Disingenuous
Demagogic
Grandiloquent
Prevaricating
nuff said, honestly
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.
Grundstücksverkehrsgenehmigungszuständigkeitsübertragungsverordnung
Straßenentwässerungsinvestitionskostenschuldendienstumlage
Sorry, nothing beats german administration and legislation ¯\_(ツ)_/¯😂😭
Tintinnabulations
Antidisestablishmentarianism,
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - even though the sound of it is really quite atrocious
Lebensraum
Lebensborn
Übermensch
Lügenpresse
Schutzstaffel
Einsatzgruppen
Gleichschaltung
Lebensunwertes
Reichskristallnacht
Sexualwissenschaft
Kulturbolschewismus
Vergangenheitsbewältigung
BIGLY
HAMBERDER
Somebody's hungry 🌭🥪
big words make me as vertiginous as an Australopithecene !