[DavidG]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Words do not have to be spoken to be words. Written/typed words still count as words. And, that word most certainly conveys meaning. It conveys the same sort of meaning that "tetrachloride" conveys.

Well you'd would then be disagreeing with many dictionary definitions of a word who say otherwise. ie that a word is a unit of speech or its written form.

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
It conveys the same sort of meaning that "tetrachloride" conveys.

I disagree with this. Say tetrachloride to a chemist and ask him what is means. Now say narfs word.