“I know the longest word in the whole English language,” Jimmy tells Jenny by the playground swings. “It’s antidisestablishmentarianism.” Jenny slurps up the last of her juice box, unimpressed. “Is ...

Back in grade school, words like "onomatopoeia" and "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" seemed insanely complicated and long. Surprisingly, neither of these is the ...

At 36 letters long, it's one of the longest words in the dictionary. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is what we call the fear of long words. Wrap your head ...

The top spot is taken by a 67-letter word BERLIN, November 1. /TASS/. The Duden dictionary of the German language picked the longest words in the language, giving the top spot to a 67-letter word. The ...

There are few books in the world that most people have heard of. There are even fewer so recognizable that are 500,000 words long. That's right, we're talking about the dictionary. The Oxford English ...