Oh, yes, that is certainly true! In one of my own projects, I'm using over 95% of the codespace on an 8k chip, and over 5k of it is menu strings! :) I guess if I have to use any more space I could cut the listings down to 8 characters (the current descriptions are far more verbose than necessary), but I haven't passed 100% yet, so no worries!

Have you considered cutting down the verbosity (is that a word?) of your menu listings?