Probably not a good idea to go ask Susie what it means either. Just the asking could get you in trouble with the PC police, even if you didn’t know what it means.
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg – a lake in Webster, Massachusetts. Nipmuc for: “You fish on your side, I’ll fish on my side, and nobody fish in the middle”.
Could it possibly be the word was Pooka? "Wilson: [reading from an encyclopedia] “P O O K A – Pooka – from old Celtic mythology – a fairy spirit in animal form – always very large. The pooka appears here and there – now and then – to this one and that one – a benign but mischievous creature – very fond of rumpots, crackpots, and how are you, Mr. Wilson?” “How are you, Mr. Wilson?” Who in the encyclopedia wants to know? "
As a teenager, I came across the word “ecdysiast”, and found it interesting that it was not found in many dictionaries (probably because they were not large enough). And that became my word to qualify all dictionaries as ‘good enough’ or not, based on whether they listed that word or not.
Then there’s the longest word in the English language: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanocoliosis. A lung disease. Learned to spell it in 5th grade and never forgot it!
BE THIS GUY over 8 years ago
Is Calvin looking up a recipe for fudge?
rentier over 8 years ago
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch – that’s an existing little town in Wales!!
Farside99 over 8 years ago
Probably not a good idea to go ask Susie what it means either. Just the asking could get you in trouble with the PC police, even if you didn’t know what it means.
Kind&Kinder over 8 years ago
“filicide?”
Alexander the Good Enough over 8 years ago
I vote for “concupiscent.”
YokohamaMama over 8 years ago
The word can’t be that bad. The really bad words are usually very short.
C.RonaldoDBZ over 8 years ago
it can be M**********r
pulpitpoundingpoliticalpundit over 8 years ago
Masticate!
King_Shark over 8 years ago
It could be pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconisiosis, but i doubt that would make Hobbes sitting-jump into the air.
TheLordOfUp over 8 years ago
I once got bonus points on a quiz because I knew how to correctly spell that:Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Chad Cheetah over 8 years ago
The longest word in the Entlish language:http://www.digitalspy.com/fun/news/a444700/longest-word-has-189819-letters-takes-three-hours-to-pronounce/
dustspecks Premium Member over 8 years ago
Hobbes knows. He’s just playing with you, Calvin.
Prey over 8 years ago
Or could it be Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, in Hawks Bay, NZ.
Eric Salinas Premium Member over 8 years ago
This reminds me of my childhood reading C&H. Watterson always had me fetching a dictionary to understand certain strips.
richjmage over 8 years ago
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg – a lake in Webster, Massachusetts. Nipmuc for: “You fish on your side, I’ll fish on my side, and nobody fish in the middle”.
rentier over 8 years ago
Now a German word: Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitänkajütenschlüssel – what do you say to this?
momma-tink over 8 years ago
Could it possibly be the word was Pooka? "Wilson: [reading from an encyclopedia] “P O O K A – Pooka – from old Celtic mythology – a fairy spirit in animal form – always very large. The pooka appears here and there – now and then – to this one and that one – a benign but mischievous creature – very fond of rumpots, crackpots, and how are you, Mr. Wilson?” “How are you, Mr. Wilson?” Who in the encyclopedia wants to know? "
rnrnetmails over 8 years ago
As a teenager, I came across the word “ecdysiast”, and found it interesting that it was not found in many dictionaries (probably because they were not large enough). And that became my word to qualify all dictionaries as ‘good enough’ or not, based on whether they listed that word or not.
zeexenon over 8 years ago
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
Number Three over 8 years ago
Nowadays, Calvin would be asking Google.
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stamps over 8 years ago
Judging from Hobbes’ reaction, the word was obviously tigricide.
neverenoughgold over 8 years ago
The longest word in the English language is smiles;
because there is a mile between the two s’s…
nathanbtlr over 8 years ago
Look it up in your Funk and Wagnalls!
Dragongourd Premium Member over 8 years ago
I can’t see anything
Susie Derkins :D over 8 years ago
Supercali……..
rgcviper over 8 years ago
Personally, I’m a big fan of floccinaucinihilipilification.
Its definition?
A useless act.
Carito almost 2 years ago
Then there’s the longest word in the English language: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanocoliosis. A lung disease. Learned to spell it in 5th grade and never forgot it!