Slaphead
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But my language has some nice words on offer, too. Just found out that this was "Word of the Year 1999" (didn't know it back then, I'm afraid):
Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz
(source: http://german.about.com/library/blwort_long.htm)
"(das, 63 letters) "beef labeling regulation & delegation of supervision law"
This was a 1999 German Word of the Year, and it also won a special award as the longest German word for that year. It refers to a "law for regulating the labeling of beef" - all in one word, which is why it is so long. German also likes abbreviations, and this word has one: ReÜAÜG."
Ha, compound words, you gotta love em.
Rindfleisch etikettierung überwachung aufgaben übertragung gesetz - so it's really just 6 (I think) words put together - and I believe that this is only possible when forming a noun (Lafoto?)
Its a bit like if we were to write in english like this.
beefslabelingsregulationsdelegationssupervisionslaw.
Great fun