Breaking big words into smaller components: When you come across a long word that you do not know, it can help to split it into smaller words. For example, the fear of long words can be broken ...

The longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary is 45 letters: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. According to the OED, this synonym for silicosis was coined in the 1930s as a jab at ...