# What words have you added to spellcheck?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [September 29, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016 "2005-09-29T14:22:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/1 "2005-09-29T14:22:10Z")
Somehow, I stumbled on a list of words that I had added to my spellcheck. I present them to you now:
12345678901234567890, Ailes, APC’s, Aww, ain’t, Basilico’s, Bene, Bestwick, Biffle, Blaney, Blaney’s, blam, bot, butterface, Cozumel, casey, ch, D’oh, DeLay, Drawdowns, danceswithcats, diggity, dumbass, Earnhardt, Edentrap, Edentrap-Closeup, Ep, Eps, em, Fenway, Financial, Firefox, Francona, fellas, fyi, Georgie, Georgieism, GLs, Google, Griff, Grrr, ghey, gonna, googled, googly, gots, gotta, gove, Harvick, Hmiel, Hoo, har, hottie, hvy, Jagermeister, Jenn, Jenn’s, Jetta, Jr, jenn, Kahne, kr, krand, Lavergne, Linky, Lite, Maroni’s, Mazilli’s, Mazzilli, Moes, Momma’d, Mr, mb, midichlorians, mon, moneywise, moogly, Nascar, Nemecheck, Nemecheck’s, Nickelback, Nicki, ncx, nite, noobies, nuff, ot, oughta, PBRs, Pic, Pls,
paul, pics, pict, pissy, porking, powerball, Raffy, Reinfather, Reintarnation, Rel, Rondeau, re:FBC, rel, rolleyes, Sheet.xls, Shhh, Sho, Sith, Speediatrics, Starsky, Steamtown, sekrat, skank, slummin’, sne, stoopid, strep, studly, TRNs, Truex, talkin, tix, Vaca, Verizon, VMs, vs, Whatchoo, Wilbank’s, Wilbanks’, WWWA’s, wikipedia, wimpies, winnar, Yuengling, ya, Zep.
Without posting words that would identify sensitive info about you IRL, such as name, occupation, employer, etc., what words have you added to spellcheck?
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### Author:  [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2005, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/2 "2005-09-29T14:31:51Z")
I added Australian spellings of all the American words until I realised I could just change the dictionary.
In my defense, I was 10 at the time.
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### Author:  [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/3 "2005-09-29T14:42:06Z")
None! Spell check is evil. It causes you to spell worse, because it can’t understand context.
I use a dictionary. A big hard-cover one. That’s old, no new fangled words for me. It doesn’t even have a .com on it. 😃
sorry, carry on…
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### Author:  [@Foaming\_Cleanser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foaming_Cleanser)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/4 "2005-09-29T15:13:30Z")
> [@Casey1505](#):
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> Somehow, I stumbled on a list of words that I had added to my spellcheck. I present them to you now: Reintarnation
Reintarnation: Yosmite Sam reiterating his tirade against the long-eared galoot?
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### Author:  [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/5 "2005-09-29T15:17:47Z")
> [@Foaming Cleanser](#):
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> Reintarnation: Yosmite Sam reiterating his tirade against the long-eared galoot?
Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
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### Author:  [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/6 "2005-09-29T15:18:07Z")
A lot of my custom words are people’s names, but I’ve left those out of the following list:
afield, artifacts, blog, Cabrini, Chipotle, COIs, CollabNet, demining, DoC, DoD, enterprise, eXtensible, IRs, maXML, Net-Centric, NetOps, offeror, OpenOffice, phishing, quoter, RDBMS’s, ReqPro, RequisitePro, RequisiteWeb, ReqWeb, SoDa, TestTrack, TOs, University
This is from here at work … I’m curious now about what custom words I have at home!
> [@picunurse](#):
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> None! Spell check is evil. It causes you to spell worse, because it can’t understand context.
> I use a dictionary. A big hard-cover one.
I both agree and disagree: I agree that people shouldn’t rely solely on spellcheck, but I disagree that it is evil or makes you spell worse. 🙂
I turn off the “check spelling as you type” and “check grammar as you type” options as soon as I get a new version of MS Word. My spelling is pretty good on its own, so if I need help as I write I use an online dictionary. But at the end, when I think I’m done, I always run at least one spelling & grammar check. I wind up ignoring a lot of the suggestions, but sometimes it _does_ catch stuff that I’ve missed. Also, when I’ve been handed someone else’s document to proofread/edit, the first thing I do is run a spelling & grammar check on it.
I guess what I’m trying to say is that spellcheck is good if kept in its place. 😉 If you don’t automatically accept or reject its suggestions, and don’t use it in lieu of actually proofreading your work (or in lieu of an editor), it can be quite the handy little tool.
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### Author:  [@Agonist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agonist)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/7 "2005-09-29T15:20:28Z")
(Found the text file in: Documents and Setting /Owner /Application Data /Microsoft /Proof. “Application Data” is a hidden folder.)
Mine is not nearly as interesting, as it’s all work related:
birthdate, Centera, CrystalReports, failsafes, filmless, MTBF, multiframe, pdf, petabyte, RFI, RFPs, RIS, sunsetted, Transcriptionist, teleradiology, transcriptionists, worklist, worklists
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### Author:  [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/8 "2005-09-29T15:26:05Z")
Ok, I want to know how the Google ad for this thread wound up as:
> [@](#):
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> **Dale Earnhardt Jr.**
> NASCAR Members Club. Dale Earnhardt Jr. info. $40/year. CC required.
> www dot z-memberships dot com
🙂
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### Author:  [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/9 "2005-09-29T15:36:09Z")
I had to add Earnhardt to my spellcheck list because that stupid paperclip isn’t a NASCAR fan.
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### Author:  [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2005, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/10 "2005-09-29T15:41:23Z")
> [@Casey1505](#):
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> I had to add Earnhardt to my spellcheck list because that stupid paperclip isn’t a NASCAR fan.
Yeah, but of all the words, in all the posts… 😉
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### Author:  [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/11 "2005-09-29T15:51:04Z")
Achilleus, Fagles, Hektor, Telemachus, Iphygenia, Clytemnestra, Nicomachean, Timeaus, Euripides, Sachs, Grube, Herodotus, arete, Sophocles, Crito, Meno, Agamemnon, Menelaus, Odysseus, Antigone, Iphigeneia, Charbadis, spork, sporker.
I’m not entirely certain where the last two came from, but I’m fairly certain that they were not added from the same paper as any of the others.
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### Author:  [@liberty3701](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liberty3701)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2005, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/12 "2005-09-29T15:53:51Z")
Well, I had to add my last name …
monophthong, monophthongization
Brobdingnagian
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### Author:  [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/13 "2005-09-29T15:54:27Z")
> [@Misnomer](#):
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> Yeah, but of all the words, in all the posts… 😉
…it had to come into mine… 😃
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### Author:  [@lorinada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorinada)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/14 "2005-09-29T17:19:04Z")
Largely work related:
Aranesp
biller
billers
Capitated
CareCentric
copay
dx
EOBs
Google
GoToMyPC
hematocrit
hemodialysis
LOAs
listservs
Medisoft
MediTech
Meditech
Meerkat
Meerkats
Orthotics
PCAnywhere
R&Ss
RTPs
rebill
rebilled
rebills
TDHConnect
TexMedNet
TrailBlazer
WebMD
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/15 "2005-09-29T17:23:49Z")
My entire name. :rolleyes:
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### Author:  [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/16 "2005-09-29T17:34:27Z")
Here’s my .ispell-english file (edited to remove formula fragments, LaTeX commands, and the like):
albedo
Aldebaran
Brahe
Centauri
Charon
Copernican
Extrasolar
Galilei
Kuiper
lightyears
Oort
Ptolemy’s
refundable
Saturnian
Tombaugh
Tycho
untwinkling
webpage
website
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### Author:  [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/17 "2005-09-29T17:38:56Z")
The name of the town I used to live in, because it kept getting flagged, and the option I was given was “removal”.
I mostly use auto-correct for words I know I’m going to typo wrong. I spell well, but I type like a donkey wearing mittens, so auto-correct has all my most common mistakes in it.
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### Author:  [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/18 "2005-09-29T17:51:56Z")
OK, so how do I find this in Word?
(In reply to the OP, lots of place names and Arabic stuff.)
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### Author:  [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2005, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/19 "2005-09-29T17:53:44Z")
Mostly work related, names, brands, etc.
Here are a few of the more generic adds:
Alisos
Analyte
BOM
Canelli
Colmated
Carneros
EU
Gobain
Gris
Malbec
Marsanne
McClaren
Meritage
Piner
Sangiovese
Seco
Sirah
Sorbic
Titratable
Varietal
Veeder
Viognier
Weyerhaeuser
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### Author:  [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-have-you-added-to-spellcheck/324016/20 "2005-09-29T17:58:21Z")
> [@Paul in Saudi](#):
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> OK, so how do I find this in Word?
>
> (In reply to the OP, lots of place names and Arabic stuff.)
Excellent question, where do you find this?
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