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[BigLee Haslup <biglee AT haslups.com>]

Earlier this week there was a thread about unpronounceably fun words.  I 
thought I would share with the list the word that cannot be spelled.  No, 
it is not the name of the "Artist Previously Known as Prince."  It is a 
perfectly ordinary word (an adjective) that you know and may well have 
spoken without realizing that it has fallen into a crack between spellings 
and cannot be written down.  Since it cannot be typed I must lead you to it.

A leg covered with hair is a HAIRY leg.

A foot covered with dirt is a DIRTY foot.

A nail that you step on is a RUSTY and POINTY nail.

An infected wound is full of pus; it is a ?? wound.

My brother brought this word to my attention.  He is a doctor in Florida 
and he says that the common spelling for the word pronounced "puhs-ee" is 
"purulent".  Some dictionaries claim it is spelled "pussie" but it is only 
spelled that way in dictionaries.  Believe It Or Not!!

As for the Ten Unpronounceably Fun Words, I found them rather tepid.  Most 
of them were mildly unusual words and several of them were ephemeral 
neologisms that may be in the dictionary now but will be obsolete by the 
next edition.  The author needs to buy an OED and try again.

BigLee