# Describe it in three words, Part Deux

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [May 7, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102 "2007-05-07T14:27:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/261 "2016-09-13T19:15:00Z")

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three first names

busted earphones

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**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:** [September 13, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/262 "2016-09-13T20:38:28Z")

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time to replace

an empty, stained coffee cup

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**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/263 "2016-09-14T21:54:48Z")

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Time to wash!

Lime jello

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**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:** [September 15, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/264 "2016-09-15T00:33:19Z")

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hospital dessert staple

open-heart surgery

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**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:** [September 15, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/265 "2016-09-15T14:54:29Z")

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It’s a snap!

unwarranted overconfidence

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**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:** [September 16, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/266 "2016-09-16T01:51:15Z")

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mine: not unwarranted

antibacterial soap

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**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:** [September 16, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/267 "2016-09-16T04:12:55Z")

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For _really_ clean.

Germophobes

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**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/268 "2016-09-16T04:58:19Z")

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[Howie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howie_Mandel) is one

Simon & Garfunkel

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**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:** [September 16, 2016, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/269 "2016-09-16T10:33:00Z")

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Some great songs.

zither music

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**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:** [September 16, 2016, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/270 "2016-09-16T12:54:59Z")

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_Third Man_ classic

Noir thrillers

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/271 "2016-09-16T13:02:59Z")

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Dark, scary, fun

Humphrey Bogart

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**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/272 "2016-09-16T13:33:40Z")

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Often misquoted actor  
Casablanca

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/273 "2016-09-16T13:35:38Z")

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Spanish White House

“bogarting”

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**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:** [September 16, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/274 "2016-09-16T14:26:03Z")

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roll me another

the game Boggle

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**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:** [September 18, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/275 "2016-09-18T19:58:13Z")

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crazy mixed-up letters

Andrew Lloyd Webber

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**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:** [September 19, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/276 "2016-09-19T00:45:33Z")

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Married three times.

Fourth marriages

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**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:** [September 19, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/277 "2016-09-19T01:20:17Z")

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Three is enough.

working overtime

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**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:** [September 19, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/278 "2016-09-19T15:05:14Z")

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Sometimes unavoidably necessary.

Long vacations

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**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/279 "2016-09-19T21:08:06Z")

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not my favorite

classic 50’s sit-coms

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**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:** [September 19, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/280 "2016-09-19T21:33:49Z")

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Lucy, Beaver, Honeymooners

Pirates

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