Interesting Words

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nakakapagpabagabag

It's Tagalog for "worrisome."
 
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The Algonquian Indians addressed the nakakapagpabagabag problem of fishing rights by naming a local lake:
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.
In the native language of Loup, it means: You fish on your side of the lake, we'll fish on out side of the lake, and no one fishes in the middle. Although, according to wiki, a stricter translation is simply "lake divided by islands".
Now for the really nakakapagpabagabag question: Do I add that word to my spell-check dictionary?
 
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龘 : the appearance of a dragon flying

Also what is a word?
 
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Pinakanakapanghihinayang is Tagalog for "most regrettable".
 

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