# Describe it in three words

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 10, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439 "2007-01-10T19:01:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/461 "2007-01-17T13:16:34Z")

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[QUOTE=twickster]  
“Gimme Shelter” greats  
Feta cheese  
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Name is everything

Wendigo

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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:** [January 17, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/462 "2007-01-17T14:31:42Z")

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Dinner roll: Too often stale.

Wendigo.

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/463 "2007-01-17T14:37:21Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Dinner roll: Too often stale.

Wendigo.  
[/QUOTE]

**Wendigo: Malevolent supernatural creature.**  
Countryside.

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**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/464 "2007-01-17T14:37:40Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Dinner roll: Too often stale.

Wendigo.  
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Once a warrior

calamine

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**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/465 "2007-01-17T14:37:43Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Dinner roll: Too often stale.

Wendigo.  
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Craving human flesh

Next: DaVinci

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/466 "2007-01-17T14:37:50Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Wendigo.  
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Scary forest monster.

(Hope that’s right – I had to google it.)  
Dracula

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**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/467 "2007-01-17T14:38:41Z")

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[QUOTE=Kalhoun]  
**Wendigo: Malevolent supernatural creature.**  
Countryside.  
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Rural open space  
Gemini

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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:** [January 17, 2007, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/468 "2007-01-17T14:46:31Z")

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DaVinci: Amazingly smart guy.

Dracula: First notable bloodsucker.

Gemini.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/469 "2007-01-17T14:52:22Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Gemini.  
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My mother’s sign.

Thesaurus.

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**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/470 "2007-01-17T16:14:52Z")

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[QUOTE=twickster]  
My mother’s sign.

Thesaurus.  
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Choices, options, variety.

Magnetism

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/471 "2007-01-17T16:17:55Z")

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[QUOTE=photopat]  
Magnetism  
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Mesmer’s con game.

Sacharine.

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**Author:** ![Butterscotch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@Butterscotch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Butterscotch)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/472 "2007-01-17T16:18:08Z")

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[QUOTE=twickster]  
My mother’s sign.

Thesaurus.  
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all those words

next: Paper shredder

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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:** [January 17, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/473 "2007-01-17T16:47:54Z")

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Saccharine: It ain’t sugar.

Paper shredder.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/474 "2007-01-17T16:51:17Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Paper shredder.  
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Paranoid’s office essential.  
Squeegee.

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**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/475 "2007-01-17T22:30:51Z")

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[QUOTE=twickster]  
Paranoid’s office essential.  
Squeegee.  
[/QUOTE]

rubber rubbing drier

Next: frotteurist

Sgt Schwartz

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/476 "2007-01-17T22:37:48Z")

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[QUOTE=Sgt Schwartz]  
rubber rubbing drier

Next: frotteurist  
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cums in crowds

bubble gum

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**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:** [January 17, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/477 "2007-01-17T22:49:18Z")

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fake food tease

mousetrap

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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/478 "2007-01-17T23:44:32Z")

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Moustrap: Peek… squeak…gleep !! 😉  
Next word:

Golem.

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**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/479 "2007-01-18T00:00:05Z")

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[QUOTE=Cartooniverse]  
Moustrap: Peek… squeak…gleep !! 😉  
Next word:

Golem.  
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A Stanislaw cheer! :dubious:

**askew**

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/480 "2007-01-18T00:08:07Z")

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[QUOTE=ouryL]

**askew**  
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Kevin Smith’s Universe

**Single-malt Scotch**

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