Table of Contents
Introduction 6
Twelve of the Most Popular Passwords (and Why They're Awful) 9
The Fifteen Longest Words in the Dictionary 18
Words That Just Might Win You a Game of Scrabble 34
Eleven of the Longest Books Ever Written 46
The Eight Longest Album Titles Ever 58
The Seven Longest Messages Sent Into Space 66
The Fifteen Longest One-Syllable Words in the English Language 73
The Thirty Grossest Words in the English Language 84
The Thirty Prettiest Words in the English Language 100
The Four Greatest Historical Contributors to the English Language 115
How a Meme Became the Most Popular Word in the Whole World 120
Six Gibberish-Sounding Sentences That Are Grammatically Correct 124
Ten Everyday Words That Have No Rhyme 133
The Most Common Words in the English Language 140
Three of the Largest Publications Ever Created 152
Three of the Smallest Publications Ever Created 157
The Seven Longest Speeches Ever Given 161
The Five Varieties of Shortest Stories Ever Written 169
The Five Longest Words in English That Can Be Typed One-Handed 177
Twenty of the Longest Words Without A, E, I, O, or U 186
The Five Longest Names in the World 196
Ten of the Craziest Auto-Antonyms in the English Language 204
The Six Longest Song Titles Ever 211
The Five Longest English Palindromes 217
The Five Longest Sentences Ever Published 223
The Five Longest Brand Names in the English Language 229
The Eight Longest Made-Up Words in Fiction 235
The Six Best-Selling Novels of All Time 243
The Five Oldest Curse Words We Still Use 250
The Ten Most Common English Names in Movies 257
Index 266
