Jude 2

Ok NO Google allowed. I am curious how many of you have heard of this word and know its meaning.

TW NOT ALLOWED to play I am kidding I am sure you will know it. Some teachers use this in English class.
It is also the longest word in the English dictionary if I remember correctly..

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

I learned that word when I was in elemetary school. It was the longest word recorded at that time. It's a coal miner's disease. I can repeat it and even spell it from memory. I guess I'm rain man or something.

DeWayneTN wrote:I learned that word when I was in elemetary school. It was the longest word recorded at that time. It's a coal miner's disease. I can repeat it and even spell it from memory. I guess I'm rain man or something.

Me to I have been quoting and spelling it all my life...yes it is a lung disease/black lung disease from coal mining.

Actually, in medicine we just use the term silicosis. The term for black lung is, pneumoconiosis. Silicosis refers to silica dust which comes from concrete blocks, granite and other rocks, but not exclusive to coal.

Jinjer

I didn't mean to put a squacher on the thread.

Jinjer

jinjer wrote:I didn't mean to put a squacher on the thread.

Jinjer

Yeah, sure...that's why you said it 3 times!

OK!! I got an error message that I couldn't post it put then it posted 3 times. I can get it to delete the extras either!!!

IT'S A CONSPIRACY I SAY!!!!!!!!!!!

Jinjer

I think you can only delete if someone hasn't posted after you.
When it takes a long time to respond, and you continue to hit "submit", it posts each time you hit that button. I got an error message after I posted, but the response was there.

I thought it was a venereal disease that came out of Viet Nam in the late 60's.

irthnvesl wrote:I thought it was a venereal disease that came out of Viet Nam in the late 60's.

EEP!!!