little pleasures

I was reading up on Silicosis, an occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust. Anyway, blessed with an attention span of an ant, I got bored of the books and decided to WIKI the topic on silicosis, and from the entire article, this is the one pearl of knowledge that caught my attention :

The full name for this disease is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

Now try and let that roll off your tongue! This 45 lettered word is the longest word in the English dictionary and basically serves no other purpose than as a 'trophy word'!!!

So yes, these are the little perks that come with studying about weird and wonderful conditions. I have now acquired an ice-breaker for those moments when you're struggling for something to say:-

Karen: Hi..so how's it going..... (awkward silence) ...... sooooooo, did you know that the longest word in the English language has
45 letters!!!
The Other Person: Ohh!!! Cool! What would that word be???
Karen: Its Pneumo.... pneumono..... errr.....

You stand and stutter and stand and stutter,long enough that the person whom you're trying to talk to must be thinking to him/herself "Awwww.... she's one of the 'special' people!"
Suddenly the awkward silence is not so deafening after all!