# Crossword puzzle **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 2, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-puzzle/158630 "2003-03-02T20:17:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sacroiliac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Sacroiliac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sacroiliac)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-puzzle/158630/1 "2003-03-02T20:17:34Z")
The theme of today’s “State” crossword puzzle is _“Pigging out.”_ The puzzle’s pretty easy, but I can’t figure out how the _theme_ relates to the words. I need the straight dope here. \*\*Clue: \*\* Feminist flight route? \*\*Word: \*\* Womensairway \*\*Clue: \*\* Cosmetics company analysis? \*\*Word: \*\* Olayprofile \*\*Clue: \*\* University for mediocre students? **Word** : Okaycollege \*\*Clue: \*\* Pillage subtly? \*\*Word: \*\* Lootandunderplay \*\*Clue: \*\* Reducer of smoking receptacles? \*\*Word: \*\* Ashtraycompactor ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-puzzle/158630/2 "2003-03-02T20:22:26Z")
Pig Latin Womensairway = women’s wear Olayprofile = low profile etc ---
**Author:** ![Sacroiliac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Sacroiliac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sacroiliac)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-puzzle/158630/3 "2003-03-02T20:42:04Z")
Aha…Pig Latin. What’s Pig Latin? I’ve heard the word but have no idea what it is. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-puzzle/158630/4 "2003-03-02T20:48:36Z")
Ouyay ontday onay igpay atinlay? ---
**Author:** ![Cillasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@Cillasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cillasi)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-puzzle/158630/5 "2003-03-02T20:51:34Z")
First you pick a suffix - let’s use “ay.” Then you choose a word - let’s use “pig.” Move the first letter of the word to make it the last letter of the word and add your suffix. Pig = igpay Latin = atinlay Got it? Some people are so good at doing this that it sounds like they’re speaking a different language. I sound like an idiot when I try…just can’t make the switches quickly enough. ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-puzzle/158630/6 "2003-03-02T20:52:54Z")
Pig Latin: Move the initial consonant sound to the rear and add an “ay”. Thus “loot” becomes “ootlay”, “plunder” becomes “underplay”. If the initial sound is a vowel, simply add “way” to the end. Thus “oops” becomes “oopsway”. try it yourself with [this English-to-Pig Latin translator](http://www.snowcrest.net/donnelly/piglatin.html). Igpay Atinlay: away eryvay unusualway anguagelay okenspay ybay ighlyhay illedskay inguistslay. ---
**Author:** ![Sacroiliac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Sacroiliac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sacroiliac)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-puzzle/158630/7 "2003-03-02T20:58:00Z")
I don’t want to sound ignorant here, but why would anyone want to do that. And thanks, I would never have figured that out. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-puzzle/158630/8 "2003-03-02T21:12:59Z")
I also like _Skid_, a fun “language” which involves placing “lf” after the first vowel, then repeating the vowel. _Cat_ becomes _calfat, dog_ becomes _dolfog_. Kilfinda stulfupid, bulfut fulfun. ---
**Author:** ![stofsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-puzzle/158630/9 "2003-03-02T21:29:39Z")
Another Columbian, huh? Yeah, it took a little while, but I got the Pig Latin thing and the rest pretty well fell together. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-puzzle/158630/10 "2003-03-02T21:29:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sacroiliac \* > **I don’t want to sound ignorant here, but why would anyone want to do that.** Most of us learned to speak Pig Latin in elementary school. Think about some of the other things you learned from your friends at that age, and there’s your answer. ---
**Author:** ![slipster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@slipster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slipster)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-puzzle/158630/11 "2003-03-02T23:18:54Z")
Pig Latin is said to have started with kids at English public schools. Like all such kid “languages”, it is a way to establish an “in” crowd, an attempt to keep communications secret from adults, and a game. ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-puzzle/158630/12 "2003-03-03T02:31:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TheLoadedDog \* > \*\*I also like _Skid_, a fun “language” which involves placing “lf” after the first vowel, then repeating the vowel. _Cat_ becomes _calfat, dog_ becomes _dolfog_. Kilfinda stulfupid, bulfut fulfun. \*\* And of course **rechtub**