AzurePhoenix said:The loudest living animal is a blue whale. It can produce sounds up to 188 deibels. Also, this thread.
An addendum:eternal_flare said:Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest English word.
Xipoid said:In the Middle Ages
ornicopytheobibliopsychocrystarro
scioaerogenethliometeoroaustrohie
roanthropoichthyopyrosiderochpno
myoalectryoophiobotanopegohydro
rhabdocrithoaleuroalphitohalomoly
bdoclerobeloaxinocoscinodactyliog
eolithopessopsephocatoptrotephra
oneirochiroonychodactyloarithstich
ooxogeloscogastrogyrocerobletono
oenoscapulinaniac
was used to describe a deluded individual who indulges in superstitious practices.
Xipoid said:An addendum:eternal_flare said:Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest English word.
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In the Middle Ages
ornicopytheobibliopsychocrystarro
scioaerogenethliometeoroaustrohie
roanthropoichthyopyrosiderochpno
myoalectryoophiobotanopegohydro
rhabdocrithoaleuroalphitohalomoly
bdoclerobeloaxinocoscinodactyliog
eolithopessopsephocatoptrotephra
oneirochiroonychodactyloarithstich
ooxogeloscogastrogyrocerobletono
oenoscapulinaniac
was used to describe a deluded individual who indulges in superstitious practices.
This word is quite antiquated and no longer considered part of official English (if it ever once was).
Even more shortened to HereticEsplender said:Xipoid said:In the Middle Ages
ornicopytheobibliopsychocrystarro
scioaerogenethliometeoroaustrohie
roanthropoichthyopyrosiderochpno
myoalectryoophiobotanopegohydro
rhabdocrithoaleuroalphitohalomoly
bdoclerobeloaxinocoscinodactyliog
eolithopessopsephocatoptrotephra
oneirochiroonychodactyloarithstich
ooxogeloscogastrogyrocerobletono
oenoscapulinaniac
was used to describe a deluded individual who indulges in superstitious practices.
It's now been shortened to "Pretentious and lonely goth fag".