i don't think he was actually saying that was an acceptable word, he was using it to make a point that longer isn't always better. that's what he keeps telling me.

If anything he wrote it with the intent of it not being taken as a word to prove that infinitely long combinations of Greek suffixes and prefixes are stupid.

so there.

fare enough but I don't think words from scifi shows should be excluded, I can understand excluding that supercallafradulisticexpialladochias (havent got a clue how to spell that) but klingon, vulcan, farangi, and dalek actually have meaning, but if you say there not acceptable then I shall not post any more names of species in sifi shows.

YOU HAVEN'T BEEN WATCHING YOUR MARY POPPINS HAVE YOU MATE

Supercalafragulisticexpialedocious has a meaning, even though the sound of it may be quite atrocious.

EDIT: By which I mean "even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious."

I know it is a song in mary poppins but I thought it was just that and that it didn't mean anything.

what does it mean?

That's correct. 10 points to Gryffindor.

It's something you say when you don't know what to say!

Um diddle diddle diddle um diddle ay.

EDIT: Nah, not funny.

If a red squiggly line underlines it in Microsoft Word...not a word. Dalek isn't a word, but...Vulcan and Klingon are. O_o

I think we should restrict this thread to words that are playable in Scrabble. Thus, proper nouns (whether fictional or not) are not allowed.

NO.

MW is GOD.

MW?

Microsoft Word, brah.

It's MSWord, or if you're not a retard, Word. M is not an acceptable acronym for Microsoft.

I think we should stick to what nate said as I have been using the "add to dictionary" function for years so things that come up wrong on yours may not on mine, for example dalek doesn't have a squigly line under it in my one, also what about people with open office, nates way solves these problems

Brilliant. Now I have to dig out my scrabble dictionary (4th edition I believe).

I believe these are all real words.

Haberdashery.

Don't add them, then. Because they're not words and sound gay.

An interesting article about some of the options for the longest word. I agree with his reasons for rejecting several of the words, but strongly disagree with his final conclusion.

Also, I didn't know that 'honorificabilitudinitatibus' was made up by Shakespeare.

REAPERS.

You'd be surprised to see exactly how many words he made up.

Not included in that list: eyeballs. Shakespeare invented the word "eyeballs".

You'd be surprised how often you're Quoting Shakespeare.

Ruffle & Dufflecoat.

I really, really wouldn't

What I am surprised, though, is that I've heard lots of people mention 'honorificabilitudinitatibus' in lists of ridiculously long words without explaining its history.

Juices.

Cull.

Slaugherthouse & Abbatoir.

Irrelevant.