Is this true or BS?
The longest official word ever (1,913 letters) is the term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8
Methionylglutamin ylarginyltyrosylglu tamylserylleucylphenyl-
alanylalanylgluta minylleucyllysylgluta mylarginy llysyglutamyl-
gycylalanyl phenylalanylvalylp rolylphe nylalanylvaly lthreonyl-
leucylglycylaspa rtylprolylglyc yllisoleucylglu tamylglutaminyl -
serylleu cyllysylisoleu cylaspartylthr eonylleu cylisoleucyl-
glutamylalan ylglycylalany laspartylala nylleucylgluta mylleucyl-
glycylis oleucylprol ylphe nylalan ylseryla spartylp rolylle ucyl-
alanylaspart ylglycylprol ylthreonylisoleucylgluta minylasparagin yl-
alanylt hreonylleucylargin ylalanylphenylalany lalanylalanyl-
gl ycylvalylth reonylprolylal anylglutaminylc ysteinylpheny lalanyl-
glutamyl methionylleucylal anylleucylisoleucyl arginylgluta minyl-
lysylhist idylprolylthreonyli soleucylprolylisoleucyl glycylleucyl-
leucylmethiony ltyrosylalanylaspa raginylleucylvalylphe nylalanyl-
asparaginyll ysylglycylisoleucylasp artylglutamylphenylalanyl-
tyr osylalanylglutaminylcystei nylglutamyllysylvalylgly cylvalyl-
aspartylsrylva lylleucylvalylalanyla spartylvalylprolylval yl-
glutaminyl gluta mylserylalanylpr ol ylphenylalanyla rginylglu taminyl-
alanyl alanylleucylar ginylhistidylasparag inylvalylalanyl -
prolylisol eucylphenylal anylisoleucylcystei nylprolylprolylas partyl-
alanylas partylaspartylaspartyl leucylleucylargin ylglutaminyl-
i soleucyla lanylseryltyrosylgl ycylarginylglycyl tyrosylthreonyl-
tyrosylleuc ylleucylserylarginy lalanylglycylvalylth reonylglycyl-
alanylgl utamylasparag inylarginylalany lalanylleucyll eucyllysyl-
glu tamyltyrosyl asparaginylala nylalanylprolylpro lylleucylglutaminyl-
gly cylphenylalanylgly sylisoleucylserylal anylprolylaspa rtylglutaminyl -
valyllysyl alanylalanylisole ucylaspartylalanyl glycylalanylalan yl-
glycylalanyli soleucylserylglycyl serylalanylisoleuc ylvaly llysylisoleu cyl-
isoleuc ylglutamylgl utaminylhis tidylasparagin ylisoleucylglu tamyl-
proly lglutamyll ysylmethionylle ucylalanyl alanylleucylly sylvalylphenyl -
alanylval ylglutaminylproly lmethionyllysyl alanylalanylthreon ylarginy-
lserine.
Originally posted by divegeester1. it's a formula, not a word.
Is this true or BS?
The longest official word ever (1,913 letters) is the term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8
2. why is it separated into loads of different groups of letters? Could these be the actual WORDS that describe the ingredients to the formula?
3. my guess is that it's not a proper word - and if it was there would be about 3 people in the world who would use it.
edit.
4. there's too many "y"s in it. 😕
Cut-and paste job from fun-with-words.com:
Two chemical terms (3,641 and 1,913 letters long) have appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records. They were withdrawn because they have never been used by chemists, and there is no theoretical limit to the length of possible legitimate chemical terms. A DNA molecule could have a name of over 1,000,000,000 letters if it was written out in full.
Longest Words (single words)
(45) PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS (also spelled PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOKONIOSIS) = a lung disease caused by breathing in particles of siliceous volcanic dust.
This is the longest word in any English dictionary. However, it was coined by Everett Smith, the President of The National Puzzlers' League, in 1935 purely for the purpose of inventing a new "longest word". The Oxford English Dictionary described the word as factitious. Nevertheless it also appears in the Webster's, Random House, and Chambers dictionaries.
(37) HEPATICOCHOLANGIOCHOLECYSTENTEROSTOMIES = a surgical creation of a connection between the gall bladder and a hepatic duct and between the intestine and the gall bladder.
This is the longest word in Gould's Medical Dictionary.
(34) SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS = song title from the Walt Disney movie Mary Poppins.
It is in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Originally posted by divegeesterI tried putting some in my coffee once...took me 4 hours to swallow it. Very tasty though.
Is this true or BS?
The longest official word ever (1,913 letters) is the term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8
Methionylglutamin ylarginyltyrosylglu tamylserylleucylphenyl-
alanylalanylgluta minylleucyllysylgluta mylarginy llysyglutamyl-
gycylalanyl phenylalanylvalylp rolylphe nylalanylvaly lthreonyl-
leucylglycylaspa rtylprolylglyc yllisol ...[text shortened]... alylphenyl -
alanylval ylglutaminylproly lmethionyllysyl alanylalanylthreon ylarginy-
lserine.
GRANNY.
Originally posted by divegeesterAre you sure you have the correct spelling? I only counted 1911 letters.
Is this true or BS?
The longest official word ever (1,913 letters) is the term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8
Methionylglutamin ylarginyltyrosylglu tamylserylleucylphenyl-
alanylalanylgluta minylleucyllysylgluta mylarginy llysyglutamyl-
gycylalanyl phenylalanylvalylp rolylphe nylalanylvaly lthreonyl-
leucylglycylaspa rtylprolylglyc yllisol ...[text shortened]... alylphenyl -
alanylval ylglutaminylproly lmethionyllysyl alanylalanylthreon ylarginy-
lserine.
Originally posted by divegeesterThis looks like a chain of amino acids "methionyl" "glutaminyl" "arginyl" and so on. Thus, this is the primary sequence of a peptide. And for sure this isn't the largest peptide/protein known. In fact, it looks rather small.
Is this true or BS?
The longest official word ever (1,913 letters) is the term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8
Methionylglutamin ylarginyltyrosylglu tamylserylleucylphenyl-
alanylalanylgluta minylleucyllysylgluta mylarginy llysyglutamyl-
gycylalanyl phenylalanylvalylp rolylphe nylalanylvaly lthreonyl-
leucylglycylaspa rtylprolylglyc yllisol ...[text shortened]... alylphenyl -
alanylval ylglutaminylproly lmethionyllysyl alanylalanylthreon ylarginy-
lserine.
Originally posted by MontyMooseCool response monty.
Cut-and paste job from fun-with-words.com:
Two chemical terms (3,641 and 1,913 letters long) have appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records. They were withdrawn because they have never been used by chemists, and there is no theoretical limit to the length of possible legitimate chemical terms. A DNA molecule could have a name of over 1,000,000,000 ...[text shortened]... ong title from the Walt Disney movie Mary Poppins.
It is in the Oxford English Dictionary.
it was off of some site I was browsing, i didn't believe it but new someone here would know.
SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS......i new it was real, all my life i new it was real .......yeeeessss
Just a note, out of interest, for the fact that 'floccinoccipaucinihilipilification,' is the longest word ( none chemical or medical )used in English. 'Doubt it's in Websters mind you.
From memory I remember that the spelling may vary, single c 'noci', but it never gained great popularity ( there's a surprise 🙂 but it was used in 17th and 18th century, plus a tad, to indicate the 'act of estimation as being worthless.'
Originally posted by RevRSleekerActually the "nocci" isn't part of the original word at all (or to be precise, the "occip" isn't). And apparently it wasn't invented until the 18th century.
Just a note, out of interest, for the fact that 'floccinoccipaucinihilipilification,' is the longest word ( none chemical or medical )used in English. 'Doubt it's in Websters mind you.
From memory I remember that the spelling may vary, single c 'noci', but it never gained great popularity ( there's a surprise 🙂 but it was used in 17th and 18th century, plus a tad, to indicate the 'act of estimation as being worthless.'
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-flo2.htm