Aristophanes concocted the
longest word in print in any language:
lopadotemachoselachogaleokranio-
leipsanodrimypotrimmatosilphiotyro-
melitokatakechymenokichlepikossy-
phophattoperisteralektryonopteke-
phalliokingklopeleiolagoosiraio-
baphetraganopterygon.
Aristophanes threw into it oysters and fish and sharks and cheese and birds so that appropriately the word means nothing more than "hash."
