Syyskyyhkykyykkyhyppykykykysymyshylly?

May 13, 2006 02:52

I was checking out another old post on linguaphiles that I missed about w00tylicious words (really long words formed by lots of compounding), and I found that alcarilinque suggested this word as a possibility for Finnish:

syyskyyhkykyykkyhyppykykykysymyshylly: 'shelf with questions pertaining to the ability of "fall pigeons" to perform jumps from a crouching position'

And ulvesang made up this German word:

Studentsherannahendemittwocheprüfunggedrücktheit: the depression a student feels as an exam set right in the middle of the week approaches

And they just keep getting longer.

siirihead suggests another Finnish word:

kahdeksankymmentäyhdeksänvuotissyntymäpäiväkakkukahvitilaisuuskutsukirjekuoriväärinkäsitysselonteko: an account concerning a misunderstanding of the envelope of an invitation letter to a birthday party of a person who is turning 89 and serving cake and coffee

silentjack gives the Swedish word Nordöstersjökustartilleriflygspaningssimulatoranläggningsmaterielunderhållsuppföljningssystemdiskussionsinläggsförberedelsearbeten, but doesn't remember what it means. Apparently it's something about "a training simulator for an anti-U-boat gun stationed on the Swedish northeast coast of the Gulf of Bothnia", but also noting "the materials of the artillery and how it fires". I see a few other roots that I recognize, but not enough to translate the word.

linguistic blurb

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