# Baker’s Dozen III **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 181
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3601 "2023-11-05T12:10:23Z")
**Phrases and idioms featuring birds** 1. To quit cold turkey 2. Choking the chicken 3. Killing two birds with one stone 4. Follow the buzzards 5. The chickens have come home to roost 6. Cat among the pigeons 7. Wild goose chase 8. The early bird gets the worm 9. A little birdie told me ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3602 "2023-11-05T15:40:17Z")
**Phrases and idioms featuring birds** 1. To quit cold turkey 2. Choking the chicken 3. Killing two birds with one stone 4. Follow the buzzards 5. The chickens have come home to roost 6. Cat among the pigeons 7. Wild goose chase 8. The early bird gets the worm 9. A little birdie told me 10. If it walks like a duck … ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3603 "2023-11-05T16:31:27Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > 1. Follow the buzzards Let me see if I’ve got this straight. It’s a made-up catchphrase from a WWE performer. Well, I suppose it’s a phrase… but I’d hardly call it an idiom. > idiom = a group of words established _ **by usage** _ _**(emphasis mine)**_ as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words **Phrases and idioms featuring birds** 1. To quit cold turkey 2. Choking the chicken 3. Killing two birds with one stone 4. Follow the buzzards 5. The chickens have come home to roost 6. Cat among the pigeons 7. Wild goose chase 8. The early bird gets the worm 9. A little birdie told me 10. If it walks like a duck … 11. Birds of a feather flock together _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3604 "2023-11-05T18:21:01Z")
**Phrases and idioms featuring birds** 1. To quit cold turkey 2. Choking the chicken 3. Killing two birds with one stone 4. Follow the buzzards 5. The chickens have come home to roost 6. Cat among the pigeons 7. Wild goose chase 8. The early bird gets the worm 9. A little birdie told me 10. If it walks like a duck … 11. Birds of a feather flock together 12. Innocent as a dove ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3605 "2023-11-05T19:18:46Z")
**Phrases and idioms featuring birds** 1. To quit cold turkey 2. Choking the chicken 3. Killing two birds with one stone 4. Follow the buzzards 5. The chickens have come home to roost 6. Cat among the pigeons 7. Wild goose chase 8. The early bird gets the worm 9. A little birdie told me 10. If it walks like a duck … 11. Birds of a feather flock together 12. Innocent as a dove 13. The bluebird of happiness pass ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3606 "2023-11-05T20:46:23Z")
**Favorite old or obscure words** 1. Absquatulate - Pre-Civil War mock-Latinate word meaning “leave in a hurry” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3607 "2023-11-05T21:57:19Z")
**Favorite old or obscure words** 1. Absquatulate - Pre-Civil War mock-Latinate word meaning “leave in a hurry” 2. Crapulous - meaning “eating or drinking to excess.” ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3608 "2023-11-05T23:00:03Z")
**Favorite old or obscure words** 1. Absquatulate - Pre-Civil War mock-Latinate word meaning “leave in a hurry” 2. Crapulous - meaning “eating or drinking to excess.” 3. Bootless - useless, in Shakespeare: “And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries” ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3609 "2023-11-05T23:31:35Z")
**Favorite old or obscure words** 1. Absquatulate - Pre-Civil War mock-Latinate word meaning “leave in a hurry” 2. Crapulous - meaning “eating or drinking to excess.” 3. Bootless - useless, in Shakespeare: “And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries” 4. Fribble - a frivolous or foolish person ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3610 "2023-11-06T00:58:02Z")
**Favorite old or obscure words** 1. Absquatulate - Pre-Civil War mock-Latinate word meaning “leave in a hurry” 2. Crapulous - meaning “eating or drinking to excess.” 3. Bootless - useless, in Shakespeare: “And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries” 4. Fribble - a frivolous or foolish person 5. Floccinaucinihilipilification - The act of estimating as worthless ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3611 "2023-11-06T07:02:36Z")
**Favorite old or obscure words** 1. Absquatulate - Pre-Civil War mock-Latinate word meaning “leave in a hurry” 2. Crapulous - meaning “eating or drinking to excess.” 3. Bootless - useless, in Shakespeare: “And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries” 4. Fribble - a frivolous or foolish person 5. Floccinaucinihilipilification - The act of estimating as worthless 6. Pulchritude - Beauty ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3612 "2023-11-06T08:18:03Z")
**Favorite old or obscure words** 1. Absquatulate - Pre-Civil War mock-Latinate word meaning “leave in a hurry” 2. Crapulous - meaning “eating or drinking to excess.” 3. Bootless - useless, in Shakespeare: “And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries” 4. Fribble - a frivolous or foolish person 5. Floccinaucinihilipilification - The act of estimating as worthless 6. Pulchritude - Beautysi 7. Callipygean – of or having to do with the badonkadonk sometimes also spelled ‘callipygian’ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3613 "2023-11-06T11:30:44Z")
**Favorite old or obscure words** 1. Absquatulate - Pre-Civil War mock-Latinate word meaning “leave in a hurry” 2. Crapulous - meaning “eating or drinking to excess.” 3. Bootless - useless, in Shakespeare: “And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries” 4. Fribble - a frivolous or foolish person 5. Floccinaucinihilipilification - The act of estimating as worthless 6. Pulchritude - Beautysi 7. Callipygean – of or having to do with the badonkadonk 8. Prolix - Drawn-out, excessively long writing or speech; Longwinded, verbose I have always liked “pulchritude”, and sometimes find a way to work it into conversation. Often in a bad imitation of W.C. Fields 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3614 "2023-11-06T11:34:03Z")
**Favorite old or obscure words** 1. Absquatulate - Pre-Civil War mock-Latinate word meaning “leave in a hurry” 2. Crapulous - meaning “eating or drinking to excess.” 3. Bootless - useless, in Shakespeare: “And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries” 4. Fribble - a frivolous or foolish person 5. Floccinaucinihilipilification - The act of estimating as worthless 6. Pulchritude - Beautysi 7. Callipygean – of or having to do with the badonkadonk 8. Prolix - Drawn-out, excessively long writing or speech; Longwinded, verbose 9. Bellytimber - a good meal ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3615 "2023-11-06T13:06:41Z")
**Favorite old or obscure words** 1. Absquatulate - Pre-Civil War mock-Latinate word meaning “leave in a hurry” 2. Crapulous - meaning “eating or drinking to excess.” 3. Bootless - useless, in Shakespeare: “And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries” 4. Fribble - a frivolous or foolish person 5. Floccinaucinihilipilification - The act of estimating as worthless 6. Pulchritude - Beautysi 7. Callipygean – of or having to do with the badonkadonk 8. Prolix - Drawn-out, excessively long writing or speech; Longwinded, verbose 9. Bellytimber - a good meal 10. Grandiloquent - pompous sounding language ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3616 "2023-11-06T15:11:49Z")
**Favorite old or obscure words** 1. Absquatulate - Pre-Civil War mock-Latinate word meaning “leave in a hurry” 2. Crapulous - meaning “eating or drinking to excess.” 3. Bootless - useless, in Shakespeare: “And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries” 4. Fribble - a frivolous or foolish person 5. Floccinaucinihilipilification - The act of estimating as worthless 6. Pulchritude - Beautysi 7. Callipygean – of or having to do with the badonkadonk 8. Prolix - Drawn-out, excessively long writing or speech; Longwinded, verbose 9. Bellytimber - a good meal 10. Grandiloquent - pompous sounding language 11. Knickerbocker - a style of pants worn by men, rolled up to below the knees. Also the original name of the New York City NBA team. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3617 "2023-11-06T15:53:32Z")
**Favorite old or obscure words** 1. Absquatulate - Pre-Civil War mock-Latinate word meaning “leave in a hurry” 2. Crapulous - meaning “eating or drinking to excess.” 3. Bootless - useless, in Shakespeare: “And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries” 4. Fribble - a frivolous or foolish person 5. Floccinaucinihilipilification - The act of estimating as worthless 6. Pulchritude - Beautysi 7. Callipygean – of or having to do with the badonkadonk 8. Prolix - Drawn-out, excessively long writing or speech; Longwinded, verbose 9. Bellytimber - a good meal 10. Grandiloquent - pompous sounding language 11. Knickerbocker - a style of pants worn by men, rolled up to below the knees. Also the original name of the New York City NBA team. 12. Bathycolpian - deep-bosomed, often paired with Callipygean (above) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3618 "2023-11-06T19:45:16Z")
**Favorite old or obscure words** 1. Absquatulate - Pre-Civil War mock-Latinate word meaning “leave in a hurry” 2. Crapulous - meaning “eating or drinking to excess.” 3. Bootless - useless, in Shakespeare: “And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries” 4. Fribble - a frivolous or foolish person 5. Floccinaucinihilipilification - The act of estimating as worthless 6. Pulchritude - Beauty 7. Callipygean – of or having to do with the badonkadonk 8. Prolix - Drawn-out, excessively long writing or speech; Longwinded, verbose 9. Bellytimber - a good meal 10. Grandiloquent - pompous sounding language 11. Knickerbocker - a style of pants worn by men, rolled up to below the knees. Also the original name of the New York City NBA team. 12. Bathycolpian - deep-bosomed, often paired with Callipygean (above) 13. Snoutfair - good-looking (dates back to the 1500s) Pass. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3619 "2023-11-06T20:04:19Z")
**Famous Israelis (Post-1900 CE)** 1. Moshe Dayan ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3620 "2023-11-06T20:52:44Z")
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