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I was running Windows Update today, and found this gem in the “Important” updates:

Just to go over what I’ve highlighted in the image above: The update is just over 56 MB. It’s considered an “Important” update. And it updates the dictionary used for spellcheck – to add new words to it.

Now, I can see how a dictionary update could be important if the default dictionary is correcting words in a dangerous, humorous, or obscene manner. But all this does is remove a few squiggly red lines.

And what words does KB955020 actually add? According to Microsoft: “Friendster,” “Klum,” “Nazr,” “Obama,” and “Racicot”.

For reference, the entire ISPELL wordlist is just over 1.5MB, uncompressed.