The Biggest Hoax

Authors

Chris Cole

Abstract

The biggest (i.e., longest) word that appears in the Merriam-Webster dictionaries and the Oxford English Dictionary is the 45-letter PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSPICSILICOVOCANOCONIOSIS. It now appears that this word occurs to to a hoax perpetrated by members of the National Puzzlers League. If true, this is surely one of the greatest ironies on the history of logology.

Recommended Citation

Cole, Chris (1989) "The Biggest Hoax," Word Ways: Vol. 22 : Iss. 4 , Article 3.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol22/iss4/3