diff --git a/.pylint_dict.txt b/.pylint_dict.txt
index 0f175cf2..f6267cbc 100644
--- a/.pylint_dict.txt
+++ b/.pylint_dict.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ sPyNNaker
 CFF
 Zenodo
 DBs
+LCM
 
 # Sphinx keyword
 py
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ abstractmethod
 abstractproperty
 classmethod
 classproperty
+getx
+setx
 
 # Python packages
 math
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ configparser
 numpy
 testfixtures
 abc
+zipfile
 
 # Misc
 haha
@@ -67,3 +71,10 @@ whitespace
 ids
 submessage
 subclassed
+src
+dest
+msg
+spynnaker
+cfg
+X'th
+etc
diff --git a/spinn_utilities/abstract_context_manager.py b/spinn_utilities/abstract_context_manager.py
index 44c7bce9..3c4ac989 100644
--- a/spinn_utilities/abstract_context_manager.py
+++ b/spinn_utilities/abstract_context_manager.py
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 class AbstractContextManager(object, metaclass=AbstractBase):
     """
     Closable class that supports being used as a simple context manager.
-
-    Deluberate speelign erorr.
     """
 
     __slots__ = []
diff --git a/spinn_utilities/conf_loader.py b/spinn_utilities/conf_loader.py
index 21547fbb..c47d72a7 100644
--- a/spinn_utilities/conf_loader.py
+++ b/spinn_utilities/conf_loader.py
@@ -153,25 +153,24 @@ def _check_config(cfg_file, default_configs, strict):
             logger.warning(msg)
 
 
-def _read_a_config(configs, cfg_file, default_configs, strict):
+def _read_a_config(configuration, cfg_file, default_configs, strict):
     """
     Reads in a configuration file and then directly its `machine_spec_file`.
 
-    :param CamelCaseConfigParser configs:
+    :param CamelCaseConfigParser configuration:
         configuration to be updated by the reading of a file
     :param str cfg_file: path to file which should be read in
     :param CamelCaseConfigParser default_configs:
         configuration with just the default files in
     :param bool strict: Flag to say checker should raise an exception
-    :return: None
     """
     _check_config(cfg_file, default_configs, strict)
-    configs.read(cfg_file)
-    if configs.has_option("Machine", "machine_spec_file"):
-        machine_spec_file = configs.get("Machine", "machine_spec_file")
+    configuration.read(cfg_file)
+    if configuration.has_option("Machine", "machine_spec_file"):
+        machine_spec_file = configuration.get("Machine", "machine_spec_file")
         _check_config(machine_spec_file, default_configs, strict)
-        configs.read(machine_spec_file)
-        configs.remove_option("Machine", "machine_spec_file")
+        configuration.read(machine_spec_file)
+        configuration.remove_option("Machine", "machine_spec_file")
 
 
 def _config_locations(filename):
diff --git a/spinn_utilities/find_max_success.py b/spinn_utilities/find_max_success.py
index 5966e53d..a442bb06 100644
--- a/spinn_utilities/find_max_success.py
+++ b/spinn_utilities/find_max_success.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def find_max_success(max_possible, check):
     :type max_possible: int
     :param check: A boolean function that given an int value returns
         True for every value up and including the cut-off and
-        False for every value greater than the cutoff
+        False for every value greater than the cut-off
     :type check: ~typing.Callable[[int], bool]
     :return: The highest value that returns true for the check
         but is not more than the max_possible
diff --git a/spinn_utilities/ping.py b/spinn_utilities/ping.py
index b31947d8..d938628b 100644
--- a/spinn_utilities/ping.py
+++ b/spinn_utilities/ping.py
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ class Ping(object):
     unreachable = set()
 
     @staticmethod
-    def ping(ipaddr):
+    def ping(ip_address):
         """
         Send a ping (ICMP ECHO request) to the given host.
         SpiNNaker boards support ICMP ECHO when booted.
 
-        :param str ipaddr:
+        :param str ip_address:
             The IP address to ping. Hostnames can be used, but are not
             recommended.
         :return:
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ def ping(ipaddr):
         else:
             cmd = "ping -c 1 -W 1 "
         process = subprocess.Popen(
-            cmd + ipaddr, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+            cmd + ip_address, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
         time.sleep(1.2)
         process.stdout.close()
         process.wait()
         return process.returncode
 
     @staticmethod
-    def host_is_reachable(ipaddr):
+    def host_is_reachable(ip_address):
         """
         Test if a host is unreachable via ICMP ECHO.
 
@@ -58,18 +58,18 @@ def host_is_reachable(ipaddr):
             This information may be cached in various ways. Transient failures
             are not necessarily detected or recovered from.
 
-        :param str ipaddr:
+        :param str ip_address:
             The IP address to ping. Hostnames can be used, but are not
             recommended.
         :rtype: bool
         """
-        if ipaddr in Ping.unreachable:
+        if ip_address in Ping.unreachable:
             return False
         tries = 0
         while (True):
-            if Ping.ping(ipaddr) == 0:
+            if Ping.ping(ip_address) == 0:
                 return True
             tries += 1
             if tries > 10:
-                Ping.unreachable.add(ipaddr)
+                Ping.unreachable.add(ip_address)
                 return False