The Longest Word

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Cartoon of Mary Poppins floating through the air with her parasol.

I’m going to stick an earworm into your ear, and once it’s in, it will be the devil to get out. Here goes: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. You can hear the music in your head now, can’t you? Dum-dee-dee-doo-dah . . . . You can thank me later.

While it is one of the longest words in the English language, it certainly isn’t the longest. There are a lot of contenders for that, such as pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which is a type of lung disease caused by inhaling ash and dust. And that, my friends, is why I decided not to go into medicine.

(Info sourced from grammerly.com)

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Author: Roslyn Carrington

Roslyn Carrington has been a freelance writer, editor and proofreader for over 11 years. She has published 14 novels and has ghost-written several memoirs and non-fiction works. She writes, edits and proofreads for a variety of publications and corporate clients.

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