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December 29th, 2003, 09:27 PM
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Re: OT: is this real?
If you guys will recall back to grammar school, "doghouse" and "paperclip" are both compound words. Thus, something like "tetrameythlmonocarbide" is a compound word, compounding tetra, meythl, mono, and carbide. (which i probably spelled wrong or used the incorrect termonology for. ah well. i cant even promise that those chemicals actually sucessfully combine into a molecule.)
GTTCAG is not, nor is FBI, as they abbreviate chains of seperate words, and not a single compound word.
you could argue that you are only counting distinct words with their own meanings, but many words have entimology derived from one or multiple other root words, or different prefixes and suffixes. this is where the definition might get a bit sticky.
anyway, this thread is possibly the most ridiculous excuse for an arguement that I have ever seen. moderate me down for participating in it.
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December 29th, 2003, 09:44 PM
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Re: OT: is this real?
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Originally posted by Puke:
anyway, this thread is possibly the most ridiculous excuse for an arguement that I have ever seen. moderate me down for participating in it.
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Very true. Oh dear, have I posted in this thread again?
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December 29th, 2003, 10:03 PM
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Re: OT: is this real?
Here's a long word for you:
polemicalfyronoracularatory
27 letters. It's an adjective. 
[ December 29, 2003, 20:05: Message edited by: geoschmo ]
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December 29th, 2003, 11:02 PM
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Re: OT: is this real?
LOL. So you would use that word in a sentence such as:
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December 29th, 2003, 11:09 PM
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Re: OT: is this real?
how about: 'what does polemicalfyronoracularatory mean?'
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December 30th, 2003, 12:24 AM
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Re: OT: is this real?
polemical: what?
fyron: yep, know what that means...
oracularatory: above's habit of making pronouncements, probably.
there. now you have a breakdown.
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