What is the most fake sounding real word in English?

[Doktor Merkwurdigliebe]

Although for sheer power, if you can remember this, is the Tobacco Mosaic virus:

Spoiler

YOU WON'T NEED EYES WHERE YOU ARE GOING AFTER READING THIS - Doktor

That's just a string of amino-acids; I don't think that it really counts as a "real word".

You'd think that, but it has been used in American Chemical Society's Chemical Abstracts, so I believe it now counts.

There is one larger at 3561 characters, but it's never been used.

I'm trying to google/web of science the string to find the paper, but apparently the input is "too long". Which of course begs the question of why in the hell someone would include a reference for their paper that's unsearchable in its entirety?

Abbreviations to the rescue!

Acetyl-Ser-Tyr-Ser-Ile-Thr-Ser-Pro-Ser-Gln-Phe-Val-Phe-Leu-Ser-Ser-Val-Trp-Ala-Asp-Pro-Ile-Glu-Leu-Leu-Asn-Val-Cys-Thr-Ser-Ser-Leu-Gly-Asn-Gln-Phe-Gln-Thr-Gln-Gln-Ala-Arg-Thr-Thr-Gln-Val-Gln-Gln-Phe-Ser-Gln-Val-Trp-Lys-Pro-Phe-Pro-Gln-Ser-Thr-Val-Arg-Phe-Pro-Gly-Asp-Val-Tyr-Lys-Val-Tyr-Arg-Tyr-Asn-Ala-Val-Leu-Asp-Pro-Leu-Ile-Thr-Ala-Leu-Leu-Gly-Thr-Phe-Asp-Thr-Arg-Asn-Arg-Ile-Ile-Glu-Val-Glu-Asn-Gln-Gln-Ser-Pro-Thr-Thr-Ala-Glu-Thr-Leu-Asp-Ala-Thr-Arg-Arg-Val-Asp-Asp-Ala-Thr-Val-Ala-Ile-Arg-Ser-Ala-Asn-Ile-Asn-Leu-Val-Asn-Glu-Leu-Val-Arg-Gly-Thr-Gly-Leu-Tyr-Asn-Gln-Asn-Thr-Phe-Glu-Ser-Met-Ser-Gly-Leu-Val-Trp-Thr-Ser-Ala-Pro-Ala-Ser
It ends in the word "laser". Yeeee.
If that's too long for the search engine, there's always the alternative abbreviation method:

Acetyl-S-Y-S-I-T-S-P-S-Q-F-V-F-L-S-S-V-W-A-D-P-I-E-L-L-N-V-C-T-S-S-L-G-N-Q-F-Q-T-Q-Q-A-R-T-T-Q-V-Q-Q-F-S-Q-V-W-K-P-F-P-Q-S-T-V-R-F-P-G-D-V-Y-K-V-Y-R-Y-N-A-V-L-D-P-L-I-T-A-L-L-G-T-F-D-T-R-N-R-I-I-E-V-E-N-Q-Q-S-P-T-T-A-E-T-L-D-A-T-R-R-V-D-D-A-T-V-A-I-R-S-A-N-I-N-L-V-N-E-L-V-R-G-T-G-L-Y-N-Q-N-T-F-E-S-M-S-G-L-V-W-T-S-A-P-A-S

You wouldn't believe how easy it is to confuse asparagine with aspartic acid, or glutamine with glutamic acid.


I could draw it out (theoretically), but since there are one hundred and fifty-eight amino acids there (plus an acetyl group), it would take HOURS.

My head hurts now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English

The longest scientific term in English is the full chemical name of the world's largest known protein, titin. Beginning with Methionyl... and ending with ...isoleucine, the word contains 189,819 letters.

and now Titin itself - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titin

"Titin is about to make you his *****."

EDIT:

New Zealand

DA-DUM-TSHH

 

[Cleverplane]

Huggermugger- one who is secretive.

 

[General Ken8]

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Apparently it's some kind of obscure term for a disease involving the inhaling of silica gel

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Flack--sounds like it should be an onomatopoeia, but it's not.

 

[IronDuke]

Women's orgasm..oh wait thats two words. Got no idea really...

I could not have pressed that bright red button any faster if I tried.

OT: Ginormous

Pfft, get a sense of humour. I won't complain if you say the male orgasm is fake, because I know it isn't. Mayhaps the truth stings a bit too much

Read a little lower in the thread tosser good sir.

I chalked up the first post as someone just saying something to get a few laughs. You on the other hand are putting forward the effort to troll.

Just because you are offended, doesn't make me a troll. Can't anyone make a god damn joke anymore?

 

[GreyWolf257]

Gum. Say gum a bunch of times and it starts to not sound like a word, but rather some stupid sound.

 

[ConstantJoe]

hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia.

Fear of Long Words.

Cause that's just cruel.

 

[Tharwen]

floccinaucinihilipilification-the estimation of something as valueless

Not really sure that type of word should apply. I mean that is just a compound word.

Shh! Don't spoil it!

 

[gigastrike]

Muggle.

 

[theultimateend]

Women's orgasm..oh wait thats two words. Got no idea really...

I could not have pressed that bright red button any faster if I tried.

OT: Ginormous

What? No humour today?

I already used up all of my lolz for the day makig this [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.151250?page=2#3574111].

Ah that explains much. Or not.

I thought he was making a euphimism in relation to your orgasm comment.

"I couldn't have pressed that bright red button faster" ... I mean really...am I the only one seeing that?

She.

And the thought crossed my mind. But it didn't give much thought about it. The report button is red.

Oh dear. I used the wrong gender description. My greatest of apologies.

I fear now that the end is nigh!

I find it odd whenever I call a guy "she" mistakenly online I'm never corrected . Even when the occasional mistake happens in person both parties just end up laughing and there is no correction (albeit it is done without words).

Yes the end is night and you going to a special hell. A hell reserved for child molesters and people who talk in the theatre. So never use the wrong gender description again...or else.

Damn it took me AGES to use that quote...

Except you screwed it up . But it was the thought that counts.

 

[mattttherman3]

Pic-nic, I hate how it sounds, bleh BLEH!

 

[Angerwing]

Shenanigans.

Edit: Heterological, because it's sort of a paradox. It means a word that cannot be applied to itself (long for example, isn't long. Monosyllabic, is more than one syllable). Is Heterological a heterological word? Think deeply about that one.

 

[ShogunGino]

I'm surprised no one has said this one:

Milquetoast.

Pronounced exactly as it you think it is. And it means a generally weak and ineffectual person. Although, yes, it is derived from the name of a character from an old comic strip, it found its way into most American dictionaries.

 

[manaman]

floccinaucinihilipilification-the estimation of something as valueless

Not really sure that type of word should apply. I mean that is just a compound word.

Shh! Don't spoil it!

Well Mister Fancypants just how else am I supposed to entertain my self? Killing the fun for everyone else is all I have!

 

[Skeleon]

Thats a fairly lenient usage of the term "every" there. You mean to say "a majority".

Dunno. I daresay English (and all other modern languages for that matter) is based thoroughly on changing and incorporating old languages. Maybe there are words that are newly made up, but I can't think of any. For example, even new things like "download" or "chill" are just combinations of or new uses for old words which, in turn, are based on older languages.
But I'm not an etymologist, so I might be wrong. I just never heard of an example where it isn't true.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

and now Titin itself - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titin

"Titin is about to make you his *****."

Apart from Titin just smacked itself

However, professional dictionary writers regard generic names of chemical compounds as verbal formulae rather than English words.[14]

And Acetylseryltyrosylseryliso...serine doesn't have a shorter name, unlike Titin. (Which I so thought was Tintin upon first reading it)