Comments on: I see your hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism and raise you a ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/08/23/i-see-your-hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism-and-raise-you-a-ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase/ A blog about life, past and future. Written by DISCOVER contributing editor and columnist Carl Zimmer. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:59:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: DaughterOfTheKING http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/08/23/i-see-your-hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism-and-raise-you-a-ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase/#comment-9750 DaughterOfTheKING Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:46:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/08/23/i-see-your-hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism-and-raise-you-a-ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase/#comment-9750 pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis antidisestablishmentarianism antipinultimate sequenceing intricate policies alerted quirky quaif dare duh oh a pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
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]]> By: What’s The Science Word of Summer? | The Loom | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/08/23/i-see-your-hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism-and-raise-you-a-ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase/#comment-6714 What’s The Science Word of Summer? | The Loom | Discover Magazine Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:46:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/08/23/i-see-your-hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism-and-raise-you-a-ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase/#comment-6714 [...] sometimes shows up at the Loom when the discussion veers towards the lexicography of science. So I thought we could [...] […] sometimes shows up at the Loom when the discussion veers towards the lexicography of science. So I thought we could […]

]]> By: Giggle-wicks http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/08/23/i-see-your-hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism-and-raise-you-a-ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase/#comment-5426 Giggle-wicks Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/08/23/i-see-your-hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism-and-raise-you-a-ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase/#comment-5426 Antidisestablishmentariansim. 28 letters Antidisestablishmentariansim. 28 letters

]]> By: Alex Ackerman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/08/23/i-see-your-hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism-and-raise-you-a-ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase/#comment-5425 Alex Ackerman Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:06:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/08/23/i-see-your-hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism-and-raise-you-a-ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase/#comment-5425 today in school i suggested pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcaniconiousis as a spelling word on our test. (and yes, i can say and spell it off the top of my head.)it has 46 letters and 19 syllables. it is the medical term for lung cancer. i am 13, the bigger the words, the beter. email me at sk8aja@yahoo.com if you have a longer one for me. Good luck not getting your tongue tied! today in school i suggested pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcaniconiousis as a spelling word on our test. (and yes, i can say and spell it off the top of my head.)it has 46 letters and 19 syllables. it is the medical term for lung cancer. i am 13, the bigger the words, the beter. email me at sk8aja@yahoo.com if you have a longer one for me.
Good luck not getting your tongue tied!

]]> By: cen http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/08/23/i-see-your-hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism-and-raise-you-a-ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase/#comment-5424 cen Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:39:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/08/23/i-see-your-hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism-and-raise-you-a-ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase/#comment-5424 neuropsychopharmacology 23 letters. neuropsychopharmacology 23 letters.

]]> By: Niki http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/08/23/i-see-your-hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism-and-raise-you-a-ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase/#comment-5423 Niki Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:26:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/08/23/i-see-your-hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism-and-raise-you-a-ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase/#comment-5423 afterhyperpolarization 22 letters afterhyperpolarization
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]]> By: Jerry D. Harris http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/08/23/i-see-your-hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism-and-raise-you-a-ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase/#comment-5422 Jerry D. Harris Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:38:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/08/23/i-see-your-hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism-and-raise-you-a-ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase/#comment-5422 Those of us dealing with dinosaurs have had the pleasure in recent years to throw around words like "infrapostzygapophyseal" and "centroprezygapophyseal" (technically not the correct names for the structures they describe, but...). And we vertebrate paleontologists get lovely scientific names, too, like <i>Micropachycephalosaurus</i>, <i>Opisthocoelicaudia</i>, <i>Chometokadmon</i>, <i>Kallikobotion</i>, and <i>Huehuecuetzpalli</i>. In a broader realm, evolutionary scientists get frabjuous words like "autapomorphically" and "paleobiogeographically," which get used on a regular basis. Those of us dealing with dinosaurs have had the pleasure in recent years to throw around words like “infrapostzygapophyseal” and “centroprezygapophyseal” (technically not the correct names for the structures they describe, but…). And we vertebrate paleontologists get lovely scientific names, too, like Micropachycephalosaurus, Opisthocoelicaudia, Chometokadmon, Kallikobotion, and Huehuecuetzpalli.

In a broader realm, evolutionary scientists get frabjuous words like “autapomorphically” and “paleobiogeographically,” which get used on a regular basis.

]]> By: Bill Ware http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/08/23/i-see-your-hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism-and-raise-you-a-ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase/#comment-5421 Bill Ware Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:10:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/08/23/i-see-your-hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism-and-raise-you-a-ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase/#comment-5421 Not that long, but trinitrotoluene does have a certain bang to it. Not that long, but trinitrotoluene does have a certain bang to it.

]]> By: factician http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/08/23/i-see-your-hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism-and-raise-you-a-ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase/#comment-5420 factician Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:41:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/08/23/i-see-your-hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism-and-raise-you-a-ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase/#comment-5420 Heh, Worm_Guy, you just made me remember an old joke... What does the H. stand for in Jesus H. Christ? Haploid. Heh. Heh, Worm_Guy, you just made me remember an old joke…

What does the H. stand for in Jesus H. Christ?

Haploid.

Heh.

]]> By: Stephen http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/08/23/i-see-your-hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism-and-raise-you-a-ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase/#comment-5419 Stephen Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:02:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/08/23/i-see-your-hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism-and-raise-you-a-ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase/#comment-5419 When i let slip some really long word, someone nearby will often say "bless you", because, clearly, i've just sneezed. I doubt i'd break any records here. But if my vocabulary is too copious for your diminutive comprehensibility, i will endeavor to elucidate more explicitly. (A classic in 4th grade, anyway.) When i let slip some really long word, someone nearby will often say “bless you”, because, clearly, i’ve just sneezed. I doubt i’d break any records here. But if my vocabulary is too copious for your diminutive comprehensibility, i will endeavor to elucidate more explicitly. (A classic in 4th grade, anyway.)

]]> By: Worm_guy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/08/23/i-see-your-hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism-and-raise-you-a-ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase/#comment-5418 Worm_guy Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:36:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/08/23/i-see-your-hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism-and-raise-you-a-ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase/#comment-5418 The longest one I came up with is quite short in this company: haploinsufficiency, but we throw it around the lab a lot. Also, practicing scientists often make nouns of verbs and vice versa. For example, we say "homozygose", not a word, instead of "make homozygous", which takes longer to say. (An example: "Did you manage to homozygose that mutation?") The longest one I came up with is quite short in this company: haploinsufficiency, but we throw it around the lab a lot.

Also, practicing scientists often make nouns of verbs and vice versa. For example, we say “homozygose”, not a word, instead of “make homozygous”, which takes longer to say.
(An example: “Did you manage to homozygose that mutation?”)

]]> By: MattXIV http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/08/23/i-see-your-hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism-and-raise-you-a-ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase/#comment-5417 MattXIV Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:34:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/08/23/i-see-your-hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism-and-raise-you-a-ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase/#comment-5417 I used to say a a good number of longer chemical names out loud frequently, especially when the preferred abbreviation is also commonly used elsewhere. For example, I normally say hexamethylenetetramine since I associate HT with hydroxytryptamines (particularly 5-HT). I used to say a a good number of longer chemical names out loud frequently, especially when the preferred abbreviation is also commonly used elsewhere. For example, I normally say hexamethylenetetramine since I associate HT with hydroxytryptamines (particularly 5-HT).

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