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 ...

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 ...