Today while typing a word document i typed the word “unicycling” it underlined it as though i spelt it wrong. I then did spellcheck and learned that it is not considered a word according to the Microsoft word program, no doubt this is due to the evil genius Bill Gates trying to shut us out of this nation! “Unicycle” and “unicyclist” however are both considered words. It’s just the verb form of it that doesnt work. Oh well just what i noticed today. Have a good day…bill gates is reading this forum DONT SAY ANYTHING TO PISS HIM OFF!!!
Unicyclist is also not a word(in most dictionaries I have seen), Unicycler is though…but it sounds dorky
Eudora also claims unicycling is not a word.
Go easy on Bill, at least insofar as unicycling is concerned. Check this out:
Gates-ian ideas work in ad biz
Emmerling, John
Advertising Age v67n39 PP:31 Sep 23, 1996
Six principles that Bill Gates uses to inspire creativity at Microsoft are:
- Hire the best people.
- Have a crystal clear direction.
- Give them time to think.
- Shorten the feedback loop.
- Let people feel their impact.
- Allow unicycles.
Cheers,
Raphael Lasar
Matawan, NJ
I dont really have anything against Big Bill atthis point. He looks kinda akward but thats it. I just like to pretend like i think i have wire taps on my house and bill gates is trying to steal my brain every once in awhile…you know how it is…
Boy, can I relate. 
Raphael Lasar
Matawan, NJ
Just wanted to point this out:
http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=25166
Cheers,
Daniel
That could be useful to know when I’m next playing scrabble.
Just remember that DORKY is not a word either
HA, HA, HA, HA…
Sides almost split.
Bicycle is listed in many dictionaries as an intransitive verb: to travel by means of a bicycle.
Well, as reported by zod, unicycle is not so listed in any dictionaries we’ve seen.
But on a lark I threw +“intransitive verb” +unicycle into google and got this Wordsmyth page with the following entry:
Cycle
Part of speech: intransitive verb
Inflections: cycled, cycling, cycles
Definition: 1. to move in or pass through cycles:
Synonyms: rotate (2), alternate (vi 1)
Similar Words: revolve, turn, reciprocate, exchange, interchange, transfer
Example: She aged visibly as the seasons cycled past.
Definition: 2. to travel by means of a bicycle, motorcycle, or the like:
Synonyms: bike, bicycle (vi)
Similar Words: roll, coast, ride
Example: The clown cycled across the stage on a unicycle.
Sides now splitting.
Someone needs to fire an email off to these people.
Raphael Lasar
Matawan, NJ
Back to the topic. Word does not say unicycling is not a word. It just doesn’t say it’s in the built-in dictionary. The English language has a ridiculous number of words in it, and unicycling is one of them, even if the dictionaries haven’t caught up with us yet.
This has nothing to do with the fact that I own unicycling.com. 
In Word (or other MS Office program), right-click on the offending word, and choose Add. Now it’s a word!
Here are a few other selections from my custom.dic file:
Bymaster
braille
Camelbak
Cokers
cotterless
crankset
Damento
drivetrain
Eurocycle
Foss
Freemounting
freemount
Gazzalodi
Gilby
IUF
Jacquie
Jenack
Miyatas
MUni
Muni
NAUCC
Ofoto
Pashley
Presta
RTUC
Schwinn
Schwinns
singletrack
spline
splined
splines
TCUC
UNICON
Unicon
uni
unicrown
unicycled
Re: Unicycling - Not a word?
johnfoss wrote…
>
>Back to the topic. Word does not say unicycling is not a word. It just
>doesn’t say it’s in the built-in dictionary. The English language has a
>ridiculous number of words in it, and unicycling is one of them, even if
>the dictionaries haven’t caught up with us yet.
Just my two cents as a lexicographer. The status of a “word” is not
determined by whether or not it is in dictionaries. And even if it
is in dictionaries, it is not necessarily a “word”. It could be a
bound morpheme, such as the adverbial affix -ly… The definition
of “word” is very controversial in linguistics, and articles and even
books have been written on the subject. Linguists use a more
precise term, “lexeme”, but this is not the place to go into detail.
>This has nothing to do with the fact that I own unicycling.com.
>
>In Word (or other MS Office program), right-click on the offending word,
>and choose Add. Now it’s a word!
>
>Here are a few other selections from my custom.dic file:
>Bymaster
>braille
>Camelbak
>Cokers
>cotterless
>crankset
>Damento
>drivetrain
>Eurocycle
>Foss
>Freemounting
>freemount
>Gazzalodi
>Gilby
>IUF
>Jacquie
>Jenack
>Miyatas
>MUni
>Muni
>NAUCC
>Ofoto
>Pashley
>Presta
>RTUC
>Schwinn
>Schwinns
>singletrack
>spline
>splined
>splines
>TCUC
>UNICON
>Unicon
>uni
>unicrown
>unicycled
>
>
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President, The CJK Dictionary Institute, Inc.
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Good points…sorry to sir Daino, i didnt realize that this was already a thread!
I was dying too.