Another forum which I frequent had discussed the meaning of a word which thread ran into in excess of 138 pages long. This word is Nobacherie and it was allegedly meant to mean the French for chimpanzee. After the initial analysis, it turned into a forumwide effort to decipher its meaning, with taunts and pseudo-clues thrown in by the moderators. Eventually, it got a bit OTT, and admin had to explain the very disappointing origin of the word. After a forum clean-up this month the thread was deleted after 9 months of toil, because the mod say that the thread was 'too long'. Anyways, many has not thrown the word away and still use it. There was an attempt previously to put it in Wikipedia, which fail. But thankfully, the thread was archived (mostly) and a lot of poems, compositions and amusing speculations have not gone down the drain!
Just thought I'd share this story to all of you. Such is the power of a made up word! This a cult!