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Lopado­temacho­selacho­galeo­kranio­leipsano­drim­hypo­trimmato­silphio­karab

97 pointsby firlooptoday at 3:49 AM38 commentsview on HN

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pankajdohareytoday at 5:59 AM

I think the ingredient Silphium described in this dish (Now considered extinct) could be Sea Holly (Eryngium spp). Its highly debated as many authors think it is some extinct variety of fennel, but from the images on the coins it doesnt look like a Fennel.

JodieBeniteztoday at 8:22 AM

An I thought it was about another obscure PHP error.

userbinatortoday at 5:10 AM

HN cut it off at "karab" and I thought this was the generic name of some new drug.

vunderbatoday at 5:49 AM

This should have been an April Fools clue on Wheel of Fortune with Vanna White just about to die at the end of having to turn over all the letters.

curious_aftoday at 6:20 AM

How to never have anyone play Hangman with you again

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cromulenttoday at 5:47 AM

> is the longest word ever to appear in literature

Thank goodness Joyce doesn't have the record with his invented words in Finnegans Wake.

treetalkertoday at 5:24 AM

Legend has it that someone posted the recipe years ago, but the double-whammy of the long title and the HN need to remove "How to make …" broke the site.

eucyclostoday at 7:07 AM

I thought it was German and had an awful time trying to parse it. Makes so much more sense once one knows it's Greek.

dvrptoday at 5:16 AM

Dang, you should change it to "Lopado­temacho­selacho­galeo­kranio­leipsano­drim­hypo­trimmato­silphio­karabo­melito­katakechy­meno­kichl­epi­kossypho­phatto­perister­alektryon­opte­kephallio­kigklo­peleio­lagoio­siraio­baphe­tragano­pterygon" via your admin superpowers!

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crm9125today at 4:40 AM

This is why I quit linguistics, Too many syllables.

m463today at 4:34 AM

antidisestablishmentarianism

supercalifragilisticexpialadocious

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dartharvatoday at 5:08 AM

I want to taste it

terminalgtoday at 4:37 AM

how is this first

maximgeorgetoday at 8:14 AM

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imwallytoday at 4:27 AM

Well this certainly mucked with the width of the mobile HN site.

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jzellistoday at 6:55 AM

I thought this was a news site for tech, not a Red Hot Chili Peppers lyrics repository

ttultoday at 6:07 AM

I had ChatGPT spend a few kWh coming up with Algorithmo­startupo­venturecapito­open­sourco­licensio­privacy­securito­rustigo­golo­kuberneto­cloudio­saaso­distributedo­databaso­latencyphobo­showhn­askhn­commento­pedanto­longformo­ai­llmo­promptomancy­ethico­regulatio­controversio­burnoutikon, which apparently describes the vibe here on HN.