Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg!

Yea, Yea... I know it looks like my "g" key needs to be fixed, but in all reality Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg is a real place! It's also the longest place name there is in the whole wide world. Apparently those people who want to take the easy way out just call it Lake Webster, since it's a lake in Webster, Massachusetts. It's near the border of Connecticut and has a surface area of 1,442 acres. Sounds like quite the party place though (and quite a tongue twister)!

But there's also a problem with good ol' Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg: The Telegram & Gazette of Worcester said local Chamber of Commerce officials agreed that the spelling may be wrong on some sings, because there was an "o'' at letter 20 where a "u'' should have been, and an "h'' at letter 38 where an "n'' should go. (I'm sure a lot of people have noticed the errors). The name's Indian in origin and a joking myth said it translated 'You fish on your side, I fish on my side, and nobody fish in the middle.' It's more recently been translated as "Fishing Place at the Boundaries -- Neutral Meeting Grounds." Either way, there's no denying that's one long friggin name! Imagine getting that lake name in a Spelling bee or as the question for a Jeopardy answer? Yikes!

Read more about Lake Chargogga- er, Webster at the official Wikipedia for it!