400 Vocabulary Words
NEFARIOUS
VOLATILE
WINTRY
QUIXOTIC
REPRISAL
DYSPEPTIC
VALIANT
NARCISSIST
IMPERATIVE
PLUNDER
SOLEMN
VACUOUS
VERITY
RESPITE
MYOPIC
GILDED
DISCERN
DAUNTING
EQUIVOCATE
DOGMA
DORMANT
HYPEROPIC
HOMOGENEOUS
HETEROGENEOUS
LAMENTATION
ASSIMILATE
ASSAIL
ALLURE
ARBITRATE
ARDENT
FEASIBLE
ABET
ABYSMAL
AFFABLE
ACUTE
LACONIC
LAVISH
MISANDRIST
MISOGYNIST
BESTOW
BENEVOLENCE
CURMUDGEON
BLATANT
AVARICE
AUGMENT
HARBOR
ANIMOSITY
NULLIFY
REPUDIATE
SAGACIOUS
VIRULENT
LAMBASTE
PACIFY
FACADE
ASUNDER
MOROSE
TACITURN
ENTAIL
REPUGNANT
EXACERBATE
RESCIND
HYMN
UNILATERAL
NEOPHYTE
NEBULOUS
STIGMA
FERVENT
DELUGE
IDIOSYNCRASY
PROBITY
DETEST
RAMPANT
QUALM
APPREHENSION
PUNITIVE
PUNDIT
PROLIFIC
METICULOUS
PRE-EMPTIVE
PRECURSOR
PENCHANT
PEJORATIVE
SWANSONG
VERDANT
SPORADIC
STOIC
SURMISE
SYCOPHANT
TIRADE
TORTUOUS
MUNDANE
ULTERIOR
SUBJUGATE
PALLIATIVE
SCHIZOID
OSTENTATIOUS
AMBIGUOUS
OBJECTIVE
SUBJECTIVE
ABDURATE
VACILLATE
MUNIFICENCE
VITUPERATION
SCANT
PAUCITY
PALATABLE
HUBRIS
REQUITE
PROCLIVITY
RAPACIOUS
QUELL
PROMULGATE
PERVADE
PRECARIOUS
PLACATE
OBVIATE
PERFUNCTORY
PERFIDIOUS
ONEROUS
OBSTREPEROUS
CONFEDERATE
EPITOME
BANEFUL
ATTRITION
OBSEQUIOUS
OBFUSATE
CULMINATION
BREVITY
BARRAGE
AMIABLE
RECONCILLIATION
ALIENATE
ALACRITY
VICARIOUS
TRANSIENT
TRUCULENT
QUISCENT
VORACIOUS
PARIAH
PARAGON
OPULENT
ABATE
ABASE
RECELCITRANT
TURGID
ADMONISH
CALUMNIATE
ALLUSION
ARCANE
EXEMPLARY
MONOLITHIC
RUE
DEBACLE
INTERMITTENT
ADULATE
PENURY
PELLUCID
RECONDITE
MENDICANT
JOVIAL
DOCILE
MORIBUND
NASCENT
AUTODIDACT
ASTHENIC
BREVILOQUENT
DISTRAIT
EPOCHAL
CAPRICIOUS
VOLUMINOUS
ASSIDUOUS
COLLOQUIAL
ENCUMBERED
BEATIFIC
MYRMIDON
MARTINET
EVANESCENT
EBULLIENT
CUMBERSOME
PRATTLE
GAMUT
GERMANE
CONUNDRUM
CULL
UPHEAVAL
DISSIPATE
REDUX
EBB
TABOO
GREGARIOUS
INSIPID
CONNOTATION
INSATIABLE
DUBIOUS
CONTENTIOUS
CONVERGE
COROLLARY
ZENITH
COPIOUS
MISERLY
MELLIFLUOUS
ELATION
EMBROIL
DIVULGE
ENTREAT
JEJUNE
DISSEMINATE
IMPLICIT
EXTOL
INURED
POLARIZE
EXTIRPATE
ELUSIVE
ENIGMA
ENERVATE
MALLEABLE
MALEVOLENT
HAPHAZARD
PERSPICACIOUS
IMBUE
MAGNANIMOUS
IMMOLATE
DIVEST
DISSUADE
MALAPROPISM
GROVEL
LIONIZE
LIVID
LEVITY
EXTRINSIC
FECUND
FORAY
DISDAIN
HAUGHTY
FULMINATE
ERUDITE
ECLECTIC
DURESS
DROSS
VILIFY
ACERBIC
CURTAIL
ACQUIESCE
BOMBAST
ENPHEMERAL
TENTATIVE
ACCOLADE
ABTRUSE
LACONIC
BOLSTER
LACKLUSTER
ABSTEMIOUS
ABSTAIN
BLIGHT
PLETHORA
ESCONCE
LACERATION
BOURGEOIS
HIATUS
PLAUSIBLE
REPLETE
PLACID
BRAGGART
LANGUISH
POLEMICAL
POSEUR
ADAMENT
PONTIFICATE
APOTHEOSIS
DISPARITY
GAMBIT
ZEITGEIST
ADRIOT
ERR
WRY
WANTONNESS
VERMIN
VESTIGE
VERSATILE
VIE
VINDICATE
VINDICTIVE
VISAGE
VOGUE
WHIMSICAL
VERBIAGE
VERBATIM
SUPPLEMENT
DISPOSITION
VENAL
VALOR
VEHEMENT
USURP
UNWIELDY
UNCTUOUS
TURPITUDE
SUPPLANT
CENSURE
CONCORD
HOLISTIC
LIBELOUS
ARID
BRAZEN
BRUSQUE
CHIDE
FERAL
AXIOM
TENET
RIFE
LADEN
BURGEON
ADEMUR
IGNOMINOUS
TRANSGRESS
SACCHARIN
ALOOF
CAJOLE
SACROSANCT
CANTANKEROUS
ORNATE
FLUMMOX
SARDONIC
SCAPEGOAT
MALAISE
PRETENTIOUS
UNSCATHED
DILETTANTE
URBANE
MAR
CHOLERIC
DIRGE
PROCHIAL
SKIRMISH
UTOPIAN
SOPHOMORIC
PROTEGE
ASCETIC
COERCION
PUERILE
ASSUAGE
MILIEU
STAID
QUAGMIRE
IRATE
GLACIAL
SOPORITIC
MANIFESTO
ANALOGOUS
ASPERSION
AMBIVALENT
DESPOTIC
ICONOCLAST
JINGOIST
JUBILANT
VISCERAL
AUTONOMOUS
BUCOLIC
COHESIVE
CONCUR
DELINQUENT
LANGUID
VICISSITUDE
MERCURIAL
WISTFUL
ABEYANCE
MOSAIC
SOLACE
AKIN
ALBEIT
ANATHEMA
ARRANT
ATONEMENT
AUGUR
BESET
BOMBARD
CARDINAL
COMPULSORY
DISCORD
EMBELLISH
EMBOLDENT
GHASTLY
EXTORT
TRIMESTER
FIASCO
SUBVERT
SUCCUBUS
SATIATE
SAPIENT
RHETORIC
PLATITUDE
PITTANCE
PIOUS
RHAPSODY
REVERE
RANCOR
PURVEYOR
RAMIFICATION
PHILANDER
GRANDUER
RESUSCITATE
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Recalcitrant was spelled wrong, as well.

This is how the list is SUPPOSED to look!

:
ABASE
ABATE
ABDURATE
ABET
ABEYANCE
ABSTAIN
ABSTEMIOUS
ABSTRUSE
ABYSMAL
ACCOLADE
ACERBIC
ACQUIESCE
ACUTE
ADAMENT
ADEMUR
ADMONISH
ADRIOT
ADULATE
AFFABLE
AKIN
ALACRITY
ALBEIT
ALIENATE
ALLURE
ALLUSION
ALOOF
AMBIGUOUS
AMBIVALENT
AMIABLE
ANALOGOUS
ANATHEMA
ANIMOSITY
APOTHEOSIS
APPREHENSION
ARBITRATE
ARCANE
ARDENT
ARID
ARRANT
ASCETIC
ASPERSION
ASSAIL
ASSIDUOUS
ASSIMILATE
ASSUAGE
ASTHENIC
ASUNDER
ATONEMENT
ATTRITION
AUGMENT
AUGUR
AUTODIDACT
AUTONOMOUS
AVARICE
AXIOM
BANEFUL
BARRAGE
BEATIFIC
BENEVOLENCE
BESET
BESTOW
BLATANT
BLIGHT
BOLSTER
BOMBARD
BOMBAST
BOURGEOIS
BRAGGART
BRAZEN
BREVILOQUENT
BREVITY
BRUSQUE
BUCOLIC
BURGEON
CAJOLE
CALUMNIATE
CANTANKEROUS
CAPRICIOUS
CARDINAL
CENSURE
CHIDE
CHOLERIC
COERCION
COHESIVE
COLLOQUIAL
COMPULSORY
CONCORD
CONCUR
CONFEDERATE
CONNOTATION
CONTENTIOUS
CONUNDRUM
CONVERGE
COPIOUS
COROLLARY
CULL
CULMINATION
CUMBERSOME
CURMUDGEON
CURTAIL
DAUNTING
DEBACLE
DELINQUENT
DELUGE
DESPOTIC
DETEST
DILETTANTE
DIRGE
DISCERN
DISCORD
DISDAIN
DISPARITY
DISPOSITION
DISSEMINATE
DISSIPATE
DISSUADE
DISTRAIT
DIVEST
DIVULGE
DOCILE
DOGMA
DORMANT
DROSS
DUBIOUS
DURESS
DYSPEPTIC
EBB
EBULLIENT
ECLECTIC
ELATION
ELUSIVE
EMBELLISH
EMBOLDENT
EMBROIL
ENCUMBERED
ENERVATE
ENIGMA
ENPHEMERAL
ENTAIL
ENTREAT
EPITOME
EPOCHAL
EQUIVOCATE
ERR
ERUDITE
ESCONCE
EVANESCENT
EXACERBATE
EXEMPLARY
EXTIRPATE
EXTOL
EXTORT
EXTRINSIC
FACADE
FEASIBLE
FECUND
FERAL
FERVENT
FIASCO
FLUMMOX
FORAY
FULMINATE
GAMBIT
GAMUT
GERMANE
GHASTLY
GILDED
GLACIAL
GRANDUER
GREGARIOUS
GROVEL
HAPHAZARD
HARBOR
HAUGHTY
HETEROGENEOUS
HIATUS
HOLISTIC
HOMOGENEOUS
HUBRIS
HYMN
HYPEROPIC
ICONOCLAST
IDIOSYNCRASY
IGNOMINOUS
IMBUE
IMMOLATE
IMPERATIVE
IMPLICIT
INSATIABLE
INSIPID
INTERMITTENT
INURED
IRATE
JEJUNE
JINGOIST
JOVIAL
JUBILANT
LACERATION
LACKLUSTER
LACONIC
LACONIC
LADEN
LAMBASTE
LAMENTATION
LANGUID
LANGUISH
LAVISH
LEVITY
LIBELOUS
LIONIZE
LIVID
MAGNANIMOUS
MALAISE
MALAPROPISM
MALEVOLENT
MALLEABLE
MANIFESTO
MAR
MARTINET
MELLIFLUOUS
MENDICANT
MERCURIAL
METICULOUS
MILIEU
MISANDRIST
MISERLY
MISOGYNIST
MONOLITHIC
MORIBUND
MOROSE
MOSAIC
MUNDANE
MUNIFICENCE
MYOPIC
MYRMIDON
NARCISSIST
NASCENT
NEBULOUS
NEFARIOUS
NEOPHYTE
NULLIFY
OBFUSATE
OBJECTIVE
OBSEQUIOUS
OBSTREPEROUS
OBVIATE
ONEROUS
OPULENT
ORNATE
OSTENTATIOUS
PACIFY
PALATABLE
PALLIATIVE
PARAGON
PARIAH
PAUCITY
PEJORATIVE
PELLUCID
PENCHANT
PENURY
PERFIDIOUS
PERFUNCTORY
PERSPICACIOUS
PERVADE
PHILANDER
PIOUS
PITTANCE
PLACATE
PLACID
PLATITUDE
PLAUSIBLE
PLETHORA
PLUNDER
POLARIZE
POLEMICAL
PONTIFICATE
POSEUR
PRATTLE
PRECARIOUS
PRECURSOR
PREEMPTIVE
PRETENTIOUS
PROBITY
PROCHIAL
PROCLIVITY
PROLIFIC
PROMULGATE
PROTEGE
PUERILE
PUNDIT
PUNITIVE
PURVEYOR
QUAGMIRE
QUALM
QUELL
QUISCENT
QUIXOTIC
RAMIFICATION
RAMPANT
RANCOR
RAPACIOUS
RECELCITRANT
RECONCILLIATION
RECONDITE
REDUX
REPLETE
REPRISAL
REPUDIATE
REPUGNANT
REQUITE
RESCIND
RESPITE
RESUSCITATE
REVERE
RHAPSODY
RHETORIC
RIFE
RUE
SACCHARIN
SACROSANCT
SAGACIOUS
SAPIENT
SARDONIC
SATIATE
SCANT
SCAPEGOAT
SCHIZOID
SKIRMISH
SOLACE
SOLEMN
SOPHOMORIC
SOPORITIC
SPORADIC
STAID
STIGMA
STOIC
SUBJECTIVE
SUBJUGATE
SUBVERT
SUCCUBUS
SUPPLANT
SUPPLEMENT
SURMISE
SWANSONG
SYCOPHANT
TABOO
TACITURN
TENET
TENTATIVE
TIRADE
TORTUOUS
TRANSGRESS
TRANSIENT
TRIMESTER
TRUCULENT
TURGID
TURPITUDE
ULTERIOR
UNCTUOUS
UNILATERAL
UNSCATHED
UNWIELDY
UPHEAVAL
URBANE
USURP
UTOPIAN
VACILLATE
VACUOUS
VALIANT
VALOR
VEHEMENT
VENAL
VERBATIM
VERBIAGE
VERDANT
VERITY
VERMIN
VERSATILE
VESTIGE
VICARIOUS
VICISSITUDE
VIE
VILIFY
VINDICATE
VINDICTIVE
VIRULENT
VISAGE
VISCERAL
VITUPERATION
VOGUE
VOLATILE
VOLUMINOUS
VORACIOUS
WANTONNESS
WHIMSICAL
WINTRY
WISTFUL
WRY
ZEITGEIST
ZENITH
OMG!

There's TWENTY spelling mistakes!
21 if you can find the one I corrected. (It was a hyphenation problem.)
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This is the 1185-letter name for the Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Dahlemense Strain. If you can memorise this monster and then work it into your daily conversation three times, you will own it forever. Fact.
acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminyl-
phenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanyl-
aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinyl-
threonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanyl-
glutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl-
glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyl-
tryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalyl-
arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosyl-
arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucyl-
threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonyl-
arginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamyl-
asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamyl-
threonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartyl-
alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucyl-
asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl-
threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonyl-
phenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophyl-
threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine.
Who's up for the challenge?
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Why so serious?
3 times you say?
Hey Bill, did you hear? Pete's just gotten acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminyl-
phenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanyl-
aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinyl-
threonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanyl-
glutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl-
glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyl-
tryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalyl-
arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosyl-
arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucyl-
threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonyl-
arginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamyl-
asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamyl-
threonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartyl-
alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucyl-
asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl-
threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonyl-
phenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophyl-
threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine.
Really?
Yeah. I never knew who easy it was to get acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminyl-
phenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanyl-
aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinyl-
threonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanyl-
glutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl-
glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyl-
tryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalyl-
arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosyl-
arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucyl-
threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonyl-
arginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamyl-
asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamyl-
threonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartyl-
alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucyl-
asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl-
threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonyl-
phenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophyl-
threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine before now.
It must be hard.
Not as hard as actually saying acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminyl-
phenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanyl-
aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinyl-
threonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanyl-
glutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl-
glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyl-
tryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalyl-
arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosyl-
arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucyl-
threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonyl-
arginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamyl-
asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamyl-
threonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartyl-
alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucyl-
asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl-
threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonyl-
phenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophyl-
threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine.
Subtle.
Hey Bill, did you hear? Pete's just gotten acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminyl-
phenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanyl-
aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinyl-
threonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanyl-
glutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl-
glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyl-
tryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalyl-
arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosyl-
arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucyl-
threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonyl-
arginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamyl-
asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamyl-
threonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartyl-
alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucyl-
asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl-
threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonyl-
phenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophyl-
threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine.
Really?
Yeah. I never knew who easy it was to get acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminyl-
phenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanyl-
aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinyl-
threonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanyl-
glutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl-
glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyl-
tryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalyl-
arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosyl-
arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucyl-
threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonyl-
arginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamyl-
asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamyl-
threonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartyl-
alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucyl-
asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl-
threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonyl-
phenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophyl-
threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine before now.
It must be hard.
Not as hard as actually saying acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminyl-
phenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanyl-
aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinyl-
threonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanyl-
glutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl-
glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyl-
tryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalyl-
arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosyl-
arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucyl-
threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonyl-
arginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamyl-
asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamyl-
threonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartyl-
alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucyl-
asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl-
threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonyl-
phenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophyl-
threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine.
Subtle.

I think that qualifies as an epic win

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Why so serious?
What do you think about:
Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft
Grundstücksverkehrsgenehmigungszuständigkeitsübertragungsverordnung
Rinderkennzeichnungs- und Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz?
süße
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Change Your Frequency, when you're talking to me!
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Das gehört verboten! http://tinyurl.com/toobigtoosmall size does matter after all
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My Industrial Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBo5K0ZQIEY
This is a five year old thread. But yeah- I knew there were real words in the English language comparable in length to the made up joke word supercalifragilisticexpialidous in Mary Poppins like "antidisestablishmentarianism" (meaning the belief thats its wrong to get rid of the Church of England as the official religion of the UK. Or something like that.). And then there is "floccupocculation..." (forget the rest...the meaning has something to do with little lights blinking on and off). But I did not know about that tobacco virus thing. I knew that languages like German, and Swedish, have tendency stack prefixes, and suffixes onto words so you can have one long word substitute for a whole paragraph in English.
The trouble with the "winner" in the above challenge is that Bill couldn't "get" a tobacco mosaic virus (unless it was meant faceteously). That would be like the guy in a comic Thurber story who died of Dutch Elm Disease. You could say "Did you hear that farmer brown just lost his whole tobacco crop to [the name of the tobacco mosaic virus goes here].