Multiple choice general knowledge

The longest word in the English language is ‘pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis’....

  1. True

  2. False
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Explanation

This 45-letter word for a lung disease caused by silica dust is widely recognized as the longest word in major English dictionaries. It was coined as a deliberate long word and appears in the Oxford English Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, and other standard references. Chemical names can be longer but are not typically considered 'words in the language' in the same sense.

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