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Re:What Happens to Spelling Bee Champions When They Grow Old? by paulcole on Sunday July 14, 2019 @10:05PM (#20437602)
> pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

This is nonsensical.

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Re:What Happens to Spelling Bee Champions When They Grow Old? by sporkologist on Monday July 15, 2019 @05:57PM (#20445678)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico...

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

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Re:What Happens to Spelling Bee Champions When They Grow Old? by paulcole on Monday July 15, 2019 @10:44PM (#20447100)
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.

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