Longest English Word Takes Three and a Half Hours to Pronounce

Proteins get their names based on a mash-up of the names of the chemicals that make them. And since Tintin is the largest protein ever discovered, it's got a large name to go with it.

The longest word in English is the official name of a giant protein called Tintin. Proteins get their names based on a mash-up of the names of the chemicals that make them. And since Tintin is the largest protein ever discovered, it’s got a large name to go with it. At almost 190,000 letters, it takes over three and a half hours to pronounce.