{UAH} Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis... how boy of 16 stole Jacob Rees-Mogg’s record for the longest word ever spoken in the Commons
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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis... how boy of 16 stole Jacob Rees-Mogg's record for the longest word ever spoken in the Commons
- Schoolboy Michael Bryan, stunned MPs by using the 45 letter word in a debate
- The word which is also the longest word in the Dictionary describes a form of lung disease
- It beats MP Jacob Rees-Mogg who held the record with a 29 letter word since 2012
A schoolboy stunned MPs and made it into the records books by using the longest word ever spoken at the House of Commons.
Michael Bryan, 16, uttered the 45 letter word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis - which is a form of lung disease - during a Youth Select Committee meeting.
The word – which is also the longest entry in the Oxford dictionary – is now also the longest to make it into the transcript of parliamentary debates Hansard.
Michael Bryan, 16, ( pictured) uttered the 45 letter word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis - which is a form of lung disease - during a Youth Select Committee meeting
The previous record was held by 48-year-old Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg with 29 letters.
He used the word floccinaucinihilipilification - the action or habit of estimating something as worthless – at Westminster holding the record since 2012.
Michael of Bournemouth, said of his record-breaking entry: 'It's a real word. It's a lung disease which can be caused by being around volcanoes too much.'
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He added that he used the word which he described as 'ridiculous' during the debate on July 14 to highlight the 'grave inconsistency' in addressing health conditions.
The schoolboy said physical issues were given a higher priority over mental disorders.
As well as serving on the committee, Michael is a trustee for the INGO, Plan International UK and a national junior champion at volleyball.
He has just won a scholarship to study six A-Levels at the £11,000 a term Canford School in Wimborne, Dorset.
Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg (pictured) used the word floccinaucinihilipilification - the action or habit of estimating something as worthless – at Westminster holding the record since 2012
Michael hopes to go on to take history and politics at at Oxford University before working in the civil service and eventually becoming an MP.
The definition for Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis in the Oxford dictionary is 'An invented long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust'
It was first recorded in the 1930s after being invented by Everett M. Smith, president of the National Puzzlers' League.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4745060/Boy-16-says-longest-word-spoken-commons.html#ixzz4oWHWds8x
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