Today's word

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis /are you kidding me? of course I'm not going to provide the pronunciation!/ - a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust, otherwise known as silicosis

This new word is brought to you by Pearls Before Swine; the strip's author has now gone to unprecedented lengths in his writer-as-a-character schtick. I will not bother trying to remember this word, though should I ever encounter it again I expect I will probably recognize it because of its pneumo and volcano roots.