Comment by DanielStraight

Not to mention:

  horsebattery -- 3 minutes
  h orsebattery -- 8 years
  ho rsebattery -- centuries
  horseb attery -- 85 years
  horsebat tery -- 54 years

Which at the very least is a little odd, even if the reason (breaking up the words into less word-like structures) is clear.

Also:

  abcde -- instant
  a b c d e -- centuries