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by paulcole 2535 days ago
> pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

This is nonsensical.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico...

It is a type of silicosis, and has been around since 1935.

Did you even read that link?

> artificial long word

> coined by the president of the National Puzzlers' League as a synonym for the disease known as silicosis

Nonsensical.