Originally posted by ThePittman
There are three words in the English language that end with "gry." One is hungry and the other is angry. What is the third word? Everyone uses this word every day, everyone knows what it means, and knows what it stands for. If you have listened very closely I have already told you the third word.
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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsillicovolcanoniosis.
It's a black lung cancer that's developed from inhaling volcanic ash.
Wikpedia says it's a hoax. It might be I'm not a entymologist, but I wouldn't take Wikpedia's word for it. I acquired the word through various forms of literature. That also doesn't make it fact but I would believe the written word before I believe Wikpedia, which can be changed by anyone with the IQ of a toaster.
There's technically a longer word in the english language and I think it's actually the longest in any language. However it is 100% made up.
Nathaniel Hawthorne had a word he used to describe the noise that thunder makes. It goes something like thumberrumberraummmbberra...and it goes on for a very long time. I never took the time to count all the letters because it's just too long. You might look it up sometime.
It doesn't suprise me that Nathaniel Hawthorne came up with a word like that. He used to lock himself in his attic for months at a time so he had plenty of spare time to work on little things like that.