SDMB Spelling Bee Challenge (Akeelah ain't got nothing on me!)

I can’t understand how you failed to understand me.

Onemotopaeia

Dammit- I can’t spell it!

Wrong. It’s onomatopoeia.

Well, just assure me that you at least had to look up /%Qn@%m{t@"pi@/ and didn’t just instantly see what word it was.