raccoonnookkeeper

ruzuzu I would not want to be the zookeeper at the zoo with Cthulhu's new loo. See World Toilet Day. Nov 22, 2010

ruzuzu *gets voodoozoozoozooboobookraccoonnookkeeper tattoo* Sep 3, 2010

Prolagus Still unpronounced? Jul 25, 2010

fbharjo letsbeesbekeptkeeper, for instance Jul 24, 2010

ruzuzu PossibleUnderscore, you can be anything you like. I'm sure hernesheir and mollusque could find us some more monovocalic professions - beekeeper, or greegreekeeper, perhaps. Jul 22, 2010

reesetee Better to be a voodoozoozoozooboobookraccoonnookkeeper with a vuvuzela than to be a voodoozoozoozooboobookraccoonnookkeeperhoodoo, I always say. Jul 22, 2010

PossibleUnderscore I am so confused. All these double letters and meanings are making my head spin. I'm glad I don't have to be a guru or hoodookeeper or--what was it?--a voodoozoozoozooboobookraccoonnookkeeper. I probably couldn't be one even if I wanted too. Jul 22, 2010

ruzuzu Thanks, hh. Just wait until I get my hands on a vuvuzela--I don't think there are any civil service exams to take before playing the Hoodoo Vuvuzuzu Blues. Jul 22, 2010

hernesheir And if all that nonsense were to be left and forgotten upon a pedestal of stone and let to weather, it might be later be discovered and be called a voodoozoozoozooboobookraccoonnookkeeperhoodoo. You be the guru and hoodookeeper that finds, catalogs, and preserves them, zuzuzu.
Jul 22, 2010

ruzuzu Oh, that's right! If I were to become a voodoozoozoozooboobookraccoonnookkeeper, I'm sure people would say "There goes that ruzuzu... she's always forgetting to check on the zun-zuns." Jul 22, 2010

fbharjo What a hummer-dinger zuzuzu (zoo-zoo-zoo). It really zings!( as heinrich schutz sings 'zingen zingen')
*getting confused with zun-zun* It is too darn hot in the sun sun sun.* Jul 22, 2010

ruzuzu And if the zoo had an aviary, one could also be a zoozoozookeeper or a boobookbookkeeper.

Zoozoozookeeper is probably more fun--I hear voodoozoos require boobookbookkeepers to deal with a lot of paperwork. Jul 22, 2010

reesetee *awestruck* May 14, 2010

ruzuzu And if you were trying to cope with the conditions in Haiti by developing an addiction to candy, that might be your voodoozooraccoonnookkeepersweettooth. May 13, 2010

oroboros And if your raccoonnook was at the zoo in Haiti where they display the animals used in native hex rituals you'd be a voodoozooraccoonnookkeeper? Nov 14, 2007

reesetee In a sane world, yes, the acronym would be shorter. But this is the federal government, don't forget, where No Acronym Can Be Too Long (NACBTL). Those in the know, however, call it the RacCivServ.

You actually start at G-5, but you can go up to G-12 and you get locality pay. And, you know, all those federal holidays. Npydyuan, I think you'd like it. Oct 27, 2007

chained_bear Wait, isn't the acronym actually USRCS? Also, can you be hired as a G-9 or above, or do you have to start at G-4 and get promoted?

Edit: Ha! I read "USRNKCS" over again and it looked like ronks. Ha! Oct 27, 2007

reesetee I can tell you. First, you need to take your raccoonnookkeeper's civil service exam. If you score 700 or higher, you're eligible to be interviewed at your state's U.S. Raccoonnookkeeper's Civil Service (USRNKCS) employment office. If you're deemed qualified, you will be contacted when the next available position is open. You must serve at least one year as a Raccoonnookkeeper Apprentice (RA), then another as a Raccoonnookkeeper Intern (RI), before you can be certified as a Master Raccoonnookkeeper.

Very stringent rules, as you might imagine for such an important position. Oct 27, 2007

chained_bear So, npydyuan, do you think you have to go to school for this career? Get a certificate, maybe?

What kind of classes do you think they offer on becoming a raccoonnookkeeper? Oct 27, 2007

seanahan I know what it means because I read the etymology. I think the average English speaker would have a difficult time parsing this word. Compound words in English pretty much max out at 2 pieces, bookkeeper, firehouse, lukewarm, all pairs. Of course, I have madeupicalized words that have far less reason for existence. Oct 27, 2007

trivet Excellent career choice, npydyuan! Oct 26, 2007

npydyuan At last, I know what I want to be when I grow up! Oct 26, 2007

chained_bear *loves this word* Oct 26, 2007

sionnach seanahan : but you know exactly what it means, right? So, it's a specific word to describe a very specific idea. Which makes it legitimate, in my book. Besides which, the statement that English is not agglutinative cannot be entirely true, or the word "bookkeeper" would not be admissible. Oct 26, 2007

seanahan I just can't justify this word as existing. English is not agglutinative! Oct 26, 2007

yarb At last, I can write that poem about the bookkeeper. Oct 26, 2007

super-brian Bookkeeper is (i think) the only word in the English Language that has three-sets of double-letters. Someone suggested subbookkeeper, which has 4 sets of double-letters. (i can't take credit for this word) but someone suggested that if you have raccoons and you keep them in a nook, then you would be a raccoonnookkeeper, which holds the record at 5 sets of double letters. Dec 8, 2006