# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3131
**Author:** ![EscAlaMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/escalamike/32/4177_2.png) [@EscAlaMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EscAlaMike)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62607 "2018-11-15T20:04:16Z")
Thirteen examples of onomatopoeia: 1. Achoo 2. Oink 3. Thud 4. Bonk 5. Splash 6. hum 7. Plop ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62608 "2018-11-15T20:30:20Z")
Thirteen examples of onomatopoeia: 1. Achoo 2. Oink 3. Thud 4. Bonk 5. Splash 6. hum 7. Plop 8. Hiss ---
**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 15, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62609 "2018-11-15T20:51:11Z")
Thirteen examples of onomatopoeia: 1. Achoo 2. Oink 3. Thud 4. Bonk 5. Splash 6. hum 7. Plop 8. Hiss 9. Woof ---
**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:** [November 15, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62610 "2018-11-15T21:02:16Z")
Thirteen examples of onomatopoeia: 1. Achoo 2. Oink 3. Thud 4. Bonk 5. Splash 6. hum 7. Plop 8. Hiss 9. Woof 10. Moo I’m starting to feel like Old MacDonald, who had a farm… ---
**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 15, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62611 "2018-11-15T21:02:57Z")
Thirteen examples of onomatopoeia: 1. Achoo 2. Oink 3. Thud 4. Bonk 5. Splash 6. hum 7. Plop 8. Hiss 9. Woof 10. Moo 11. Drip ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62612 "2018-11-15T21:07:52Z")
Thirteen examples of onomatopoeia: 1. Achoo 2. Oink 3. Thud 4. Bonk 5. Splash 6. hum 7. Plop 8. Hiss 9. Woof 10. Moo 11. Drip 12. Zap ---
**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 15, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62613 "2018-11-15T21:56:05Z")
Thirteen examples of onomatopoeia: 1. Achoo 2. Oink 3. Thud 4. Bonk 5. Splash 6. hum 7. Plop 8. Hiss 9. Woof 10. Moo 11. Drip 12. Zap 13. Boom Next Words you parents or grandparents used that you don’t 1. davenport ---
**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 15, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62614 "2018-11-15T22:08:31Z")
Words you parents or grandparents used that you don’t 1. davenport 2. skidoo ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62615 "2018-11-15T23:07:27Z")
Words you parents or grandparents used that you don’t 1. davenport 2. skidoo 3. ice box My grandmother’s word for a freezer. ---
**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 15, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62616 "2018-11-15T23:13:03Z")
Words you parents or grandparents used that you don’t 1. davenport 2. skidoo 3. ice box 4. queer (meaning strange) ---
**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 15, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62617 "2018-11-15T23:18:21Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > Try [this one.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGIvR5Lz-3Q) Good one, thanks **Bayaker**. I heard the tune a lot when my kids were in band and marched playing it in our town’s St Patrick’s Day parade ---
**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 16, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62618 "2018-11-16T02:18:57Z")
Words your parents or grandparents used that you don’t 1. davenport 2. skidoo 3. ice box 4. queer (meaning strange) 5. Negro ---
**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 16, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62619 "2018-11-16T02:20:39Z")
Words your parents or grandparents used that you don’t 1. davenport 2. skidoo 3. ice box 4. queer (meaning strange) 5. Negro 6. venereal disease (VD) which has been replaced with sexually-transmitted disease (STD) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62620 "2018-11-16T02:20:41Z")
Words your parents or grandparents used that you don’t 1. davenport 2. skidoo 3. ice box 4. queer (meaning strange) 5. Negro 6. Chinaman ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62621 "2018-11-16T03:08:25Z")
Words your parents or grandparents used that you don’t 1. davenport 2. skidoo 3. ice box 4. queer (meaning strange) 5. Negro 6. venereal disease (VD) 7. Chinaman Housekeeping ---
**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 16, 2018, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62622 "2018-11-16T05:08:39Z")
Words your parents or grandparents used that you don’t 1. davenport 2. skidoo 3. ice box 4. queer (meaning strange) 5. Negro 6. venereal disease (VD) 7. Chinaman 8. Oriental ---
**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:** [November 16, 2018, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62623 "2018-11-16T05:19:00Z")
Words your parents or grandparents used that you don’t 1. davenport 2. skidoo 3. ice box 4. queer (meaning strange) 5. Negro 6. venereal disease (VD) 7. Chinaman 8. Oriental 9. Colored My grandmother was apparently a generation older than Elendil’s Heir’s grandmother. (She was born in 1900.) ---
**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:** [November 16, 2018, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62624 "2018-11-16T05:57:57Z")
Words your parents or grandparents used that you don’t 1. davenport 2. skidoo 3. ice box 4. queer (meaning strange) 5. Negro 6. venereal disease (VD) 7. Chinaman 8. Oriental 9. Colored 10. The N word ---
**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:** [November 16, 2018, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62625 "2018-11-16T08:23:16Z")
Words your parents or grandparents used that you don’t 1. davenport 2. skidoo 3. ice box 4. queer (meaning strange) 5. Negro 6. venereal disease (VD) 7. Chinaman 8. Oriental 9. Colored 10. The N word 11. wire or cable Meaning, a telegram. “I got a wire from Johnny in New York,” or “I’ve got to cable London on this matter.” Nowadays, I just make a call, or send a text. ---
**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 16, 2018, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62626 "2018-11-16T13:12:01Z")
Words your parents or grandparents used that you don’t 1. davenport 2. skidoo 3. ice box 4. queer (meaning strange) 5. Negro 6. venereal disease (VD) 7. Chinaman 8. Oriental 9. Colored 10. The N word 11. wire or cable 12. “Thinks he’s shit on a stick” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3130) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3132)