# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 93
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1841 "2020-04-23T18:13:29Z")
Words the English language needs 1. A gender-neutral pronoun other than “they” 2. An emphatic and flexible word other than “fuck” / “fucking” ---
**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:** [April 23, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1842 "2020-04-23T18:31:51Z")
Words the English language needs 1. A gender-neutral pronoun other than “they” 2. An emphatic and flexible word other than “fuck” / “fucking” 3. A word equivalent to the Spanish “necio” which combines stupid, stubborn and wrongheaded I can think of well-known people whom this word could be named for, it could be an eponym like lynch, boycott, guillotine… ---
**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:** [April 23, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1843 "2020-04-23T19:14:32Z")
Words the English language needs 1. A gender-neutral pronoun other than “they” 2. An emphatic and flexible word other than “fuck” / “fucking” 3. A word equivalent to the Spanish “necio” which combines stupid, stubborn and wrongheaded 4. A short adjective that means “feeling more than a little cabin-feverish and just a little bored, but glad to be alive” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1844 "2020-04-23T19:44:23Z")
Words the English language needs 1. A gender-neutral pronoun other than “they” 2. An emphatic and flexible word other than “fuck” / “fucking” 3. A word equivalent to the Spanish “necio” which combines stupid, stubborn and wrongheaded 4. A short adjective that means “feeling more than a little cabin-feverish and just a little bored, but glad to be alive” 5. A word for a word the English language needs ---
**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:** [April 23, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1845 "2020-04-23T23:06:42Z")
Words the English language needs 1. A gender-neutral pronoun other than “they” 2. An emphatic and flexible word other than “fuck” / “fucking” 3. A word equivalent to the Spanish “necio” which combines stupid, stubborn and wrongheaded 4. A short adjective that means “feeling more than a little cabin-feverish and just a little bored, but glad to be alive” 5. A word for a word the English language needs 6. An everyday word that’s not as formal as “feces” or “bowel movement”, not babyish like “poop”, not euphemistic like “#2” and not 4 letter like “sh\*t” ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1846 "2020-04-24T02:12:21Z")
Words the English language needs 1. A gender-neutral pronoun other than “they” 2. An emphatic and flexible word other than “fuck” / “fucking” 3. A word equivalent to the Spanish “necio” which combines stupid, stubborn and wrongheaded 4. A short adjective that means “feeling more than a little cabin-feverish and just a little bored, but glad to be alive” 5. A word for a word the English language needs 6. An everyday word that’s not as formal as “feces” or “bowel movement”, not babyish like “poop”, not euphemistic like “#2” and not 4 letter like “sh\*t” 7. A verb tense that expresses certainty that something is true, as a few languages have… ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1847 "2020-04-24T02:32:40Z")
Words the English language needs 1. A gender-neutral pronoun other than “they” 2. An emphatic and flexible word other than “fuck” / “fucking” 3. A word equivalent to the Spanish “necio” which combines stupid, stubborn and wrongheaded 4. A short adjective that means “feeling more than a little cabin-feverish and just a little bored, but glad to be alive” 5. A word for a word the English language needs 6. An everyday word that’s not as formal as “feces” or “bowel movement”, not babyish like “poop”, not euphemistic like “#2” and not 4 letter like “sh\*t” 7. A verb tense that expresses certainty that something is true, as a few languages have… 8. Possibly an English equivalent for schadenfreude, although I like schadenfreude just fine. It’s a cromulent word. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1848 "2020-04-24T03:53:05Z")
Words the English language needs 1. A gender-neutral pronoun other than “they” 2. An emphatic and flexible word other than “fuck” / “fucking” 3. A word equivalent to the Spanish “necio” which combines stupid, stubborn and wrongheaded 4. A short adjective that means “feeling more than a little cabin-feverish and just a little bored, but glad to be alive” 5. A word for a word the English language needs 6. An everyday word that’s not as formal as “feces” or “bowel movement”, not babyish like “poop”, not euphemistic like “#2” and not 4 letter like “sh\*t” 7. A verb tense that expresses certainty that something is true, as a few languages have… 8. Possibly an English equivalent for schadenfreude, although I like schadenfreude just fine. It’s a cromulent word. 9. An inclusive and exclusive form of “we” ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1849 "2020-04-24T04:40:48Z")
Words the English language needs 1. A gender-neutral pronoun other than “they” 2. An emphatic and flexible word other than “fuck” / “fucking” 3. A word equivalent to the Spanish “necio” which combines stupid, stubborn and wrongheaded 4. A short adjective that means “feeling more than a little cabin-feverish and just a little bored, but glad to be alive” 5. A word for a word the English language needs 6. An everyday word that’s not as formal as “feces” or “bowel movement”, not babyish like “poop”, not euphemistic like “#2” and not 4 letter like “sh\*t” 7. A verb tense that expresses certainty that something is true, as a few languages have… 8. Possibly an English equivalent for schadenfreude, although I like schadenfreude just fine. It’s a cromulent word. 9. An inclusive and exclusive form of “we” 10. A simple word for Baldavian ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1850 "2020-04-24T04:52:34Z")
> [@](#): > > Words the English language needs > > . . . > > 1. An everyday word that’s not as formal as “feces” or “bowel movement”, not babyish like “poop”, not euphemistic like “#2” and not 4 letter like “sh\*t” How about “used food”? Words the English language needs 1. A gender-neutral pronoun other than “they” 2. An emphatic and flexible word other than “fuck” / “fucking” 3. A word equivalent to the Spanish “necio” which combines stupid, stubborn and wrongheaded 4. A short adjective that means “feeling more than a little cabin-feverish and just a little bored, but glad to be alive” 5. A word for a word the English language needs 6. An everyday word that’s not as formal as “feces” or “bowel movement”, not babyish like “poop”, not euphemistic like “#2” and not 4 letter like “sh\*t” 7. A verb tense that expresses certainty that something is true, as a few languages have… 8. Possibly an English equivalent for schadenfreude, although I like schadenfreude just fine. It’s a cromulent word. 9. An inclusive and exclusive form of “we” 10. A simple word for Baldavian 11. A word to describe the sound a cat makes when it grooms itself ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1851 "2020-04-24T11:51:10Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Words the English language needs > > 1. An emphatic and flexible word other than “fuck” / “fucking” Just an FYI here. > [@](#): > > The Use of the word F_CK is Magical > “One of the most interesting words in the English language today is the word 'f_ck’. It is one magical word: just by its sound it can describe pain, pleasure, hate and love. “In language, it falls into many grammatical categories. It can be used as a verb, both transitive and intransitive, and as a noun. > **[These 55 quotes from Zen Buddhism will open your mind](https://ideapod.com/these-55-quotes-from-zen-buddhism-will-open-your-mind/)** > > Zen quotes. Zen Buddhism is a profound philosophy that counters much of what we're taught in the west. In western society, we tend to think that we'll find happiness once we reach certain goals. However, Zen Buddhism says that happiness doesn't come... Also these:[ul] [li]YouTube — The very versatile F-word [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cxpV8D8K9JI[/li][li]](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cxpV8D8K9JI%5B/li%5D%5Bli%5D) YouTube — Fuck, Fucking, Fuckers, ‘What The Fuck!’ The English Language’s Most Versatile Word [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=04\_rIuVc\_qM[/li][li]](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=04_rIuVc_qM%5B/li%5D%5Bli%5D) YouTube — George Carlin - Usage Of The Word Fuck [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xZkb4TPI-Lo[/li][/ul]](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xZkb4TPI-Lo%5B/li%5D%5B/ul%5D) Those were some of my thoughts. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1852 "2020-04-24T16:04:43Z")
Words the English language needs 1. A gender-neutral pronoun other than “they” 2. An emphatic and flexible word other than “fuck” / “fucking” 3. A word equivalent to the Spanish “necio” which combines stupid, stubborn and wrongheaded 4. A short adjective that means “feeling more than a little cabin-feverish and just a little bored, but glad to be alive” 5. A word for a word the English language needs 6. An everyday word that’s not as formal as “feces” or “bowel movement”, not babyish like “poop”, not euphemistic like “#2” and not 4 letter like “sh\*t” 7. A verb tense that expresses certainty that something is true, as a few languages have… 8. Possibly an English equivalent for schadenfreude, although I like schadenfreude just fine. It’s a cromulent word. 9. An inclusive and exclusive form of “we” 10. A simple word for Baldavian 11. A word to describe the sound a cat makes when it grooms itself 12;. The sound of one hand clapping ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1853 "2020-04-24T18:12:56Z")
Words the English language needs 1. A gender-neutral pronoun other than “they” 2. An emphatic and flexible word other than “fuck” / “fucking” 3. A word equivalent to the Spanish “necio” which combines stupid, stubborn and wrongheaded 4. A short adjective that means “feeling more than a little cabin-feverish and just a little bored, but glad to be alive” 5. A word for a word the English language needs 6. An everyday word that’s not as formal as “feces” or “bowel movement”, not babyish like “poop”, not euphemistic like “#2” and not 4 letter like “sh\*t” 7. A verb tense that expresses certainty that something is true, as a few languages have… 8. Possibly an English equivalent for schadenfreude, although I like schadenfreude just fine. It’s a cromulent word. 9. An inclusive and exclusive form of “we” 10. A simple word for Baldavian 11. A word to describe the sound a cat makes when it grooms itself 12;. The sound of one hand clapping 12. The word for the sound of a man, alone in a forest, and he speaks but nobody is there to listen to him. AND HE IS NOT WRONG. 🙂 Next: On April 24, 1916, the Easter Rebellion began in Dublin IRL that Easter Monday. So – anything Easter, or Rebellion, or Dublin, or Ireland, or Monday. 1. Christ is Risen on Easter Sunday – what we Christians believe. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1854 "2020-04-24T18:23:50Z")
Next: On April 24, 1916, the Easter Rebellion began in Dublin IRL that Easter Monday. So – anything Easter, or Rebellion, or Dublin, or Ireland, or Monday. 1. Christ is Risen on Easter Sunday – what we Christians believe. 2. Easter is celebrated one week later in Eastern Orthodox Church than it is in most other denominations. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1855 "2020-04-24T18:39:46Z")
On April 24, 1916, the Easter Rebellion began in Dublin IRL that Easter Monday. So – anything Easter, or Rebellion, or Dublin, or Ireland, or Monday. 1. Christ is Risen on Easter Sunday – what we Christians believe. 2. Easter is celebrated one week later in Eastern Orthodox Church than it is in most other denominations. 3. A memorable poem about the Rebellion, written in Sept. 1916, “Easter, 1916” by W B Yeats Here’s the final section: “Was it needless death after all? For England may keep faith For all that is done and said. We know their dream; enough To know they dreamed and are dead; And what if excess of love Bewildered them till they died? I write it out in a verse— MacDonagh and MacBride And Connolly and Pearse Now and in time to be, Wherever green is worn, Are changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born.” > **[Easter, 1916 by William Butler Yeats | Poetry Foundation](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43289/easter-1916)** > > I have met them at close of day ---
**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:** [April 24, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1856 "2020-04-24T18:48:30Z")
On April 24, 1916, the Easter Rebellion began in Dublin IRL that Easter Monday. So – anything Easter, or Rebellion, or Dublin, or Ireland, or Monday. 1. Christ is Risen on Easter Sunday – what we Christians believe. 2. Easter is celebrated one week later in Eastern Orthodox Church than it is in most other denominations. 3. A memorable poem about the Rebellion, written in Sept. 1916, “Easter, 1916” by W B Yeats 4. The Easter Bunny ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1857 "2020-04-24T19:10:57Z")
On April 24, 1916, the Easter Rebellion began in Dublin IRL that Easter Monday. So – anything Easter, or Rebellion, or Dublin, or Ireland, or Monday. 1. Christ is Risen on Easter Sunday – what we Christians believe. 2. Easter is celebrated one week later in Eastern Orthodox Church than it is in most other denominations. 3. A memorable poem about the Rebellion, written in Sept. 1916, “Easter, 1916” by W B Yeats 4. Easter is a movable feast whose date is determined by the full moon. Easter does not fall on a fixed date. To determine the date for Easter Sunday, it is the first Sunday after the first full moon that is either on or after 21 March. Because of this, 22 March is the earliest possible Easter date, and 25 April is the latest. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1858 "2020-04-24T20:00:42Z")
On April 24, 1916, the Easter Rebellion began in Dublin IRL that Easter Monday. So – anything Easter, or Rebellion, or Dublin, or Ireland, or Monday. 1. Christ is Risen on Easter Sunday – what we Christians believe. 2. Easter is celebrated one week later in Eastern Orthodox Church than it is in most other denominations. 3. A memorable poem about the Rebellion, written in Sept. 1916, “Easter, 1916” by W B Yeats 4. Easter is a movable feast whose date is determined by the full moon. Easter does not fall on a fixed date. To determine the date for Easter Sunday, it is the first Sunday after the first full moon that is either on or after 21 March. Because of this, 22 March is the earliest possible Easter date, and 25 April is the latest. 5. The Easter Bunny ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1859 "2020-04-24T20:02:54Z")
Oops, sorry about that, EH. On April 24, 1916, the Easter Rebellion began in Dublin IRL that Easter Monday. So – anything Easter, or Rebellion, or Dublin, or Ireland, or Monday. 1. Christ is Risen on Easter Sunday – what we Christians believe. 2. Easter is celebrated one week later in Eastern Orthodox Church than it is in most other denominations. 3. A memorable poem about the Rebellion, written in Sept. 1916, “Easter, 1916” by W B Yeats 4. Easter is a movable feast whose date is determined by the full moon. Easter does not fall on a fixed date. To determine the date for Easter Sunday, it is the first Sunday after the first full moon that is either on or after 21 March. Because of this, 22 March is the earliest possible Easter date, and 25 April is the latest. 5. The Easter Bunny 6. Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1860 "2020-04-24T20:18:10Z")
On April 24, 1916, the Easter Rebellion began in Dublin IRL that Easter Monday. So – anything Easter, or Rebellion, or Dublin, or Ireland, or Monday. 1. Christ is Risen on Easter Sunday – what we Christians believe. 2. Easter is celebrated one week later in Eastern Orthodox Church than it is in most other denominations. 3. A memorable poem about the Rebellion, written in Sept. 1916, “Easter, 1916” by W B Yeats 4. Easter is a movable feast whose date is determined by the full moon. Easter does not fall on a fixed date. To determine the date for Easter Sunday, it is the first Sunday after the first full moon that is either on or after 21 March. Because of this, 22 March is the earliest possible Easter date, and 25 April is the latest. 5. The Easter Bunny 6. Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter Sunday. 7. A Dad Joke: Why is the capital of Ireland so huge? Because it’s always Dublin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=92) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=94)