Shock! Horror!
“Sesquipedalians – lovers of long words – will shudder. Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobics – those with a fear of such grandiloquence – will be happier.”
The longest word in the German dictionary has been removed.
Rindfleischetikettierungsueberwachungsaufgabenuebertragungsgesetz is no more. So, if you were worried about the law delegating the monitoring of beef labelling, worry no more. It has now been rescinded.
More here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-22765498