# 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 18, 2007, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/501 "2007-01-18T11:56:37Z")

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[QUOTE=twickster]  
Genie’s illuminated home.  
Emery board.  
[/QUOTE]

gems on board

Dextrin

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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 18, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/502 "2007-01-18T14:54:25Z")

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Dextrin: Kinda like carbs.

Kodos the Executioner.

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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:** [January 18, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/503 "2007-01-18T15:21:48Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Dextrin: Kinda like carbs.

Kodos the Executioner.  
[/QUOTE]

Not Kang’s Partner

**Jar Jar Binks**

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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 18, 2007, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/504 "2007-01-18T15:42:08Z")

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[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas]  
**Jar Jar Binks**  
[/QUOTE]

Lucas’s racist caricature.  
Penn and Teller.

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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 18, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/505 "2007-01-18T15:59:01Z")

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[QUOTE=twickster]  
Lucas’s racist caricature.  
Penn and Teller.  
[/QUOTE]

One strange pair

Paddlefish

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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 18, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/506 "2007-01-18T19:57:23Z")

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[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord]  
One strange pair

Paddlefish  
[/QUOTE]

Long, flat snout.

Next: British

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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 18, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/507 "2007-01-18T20:05:35Z")

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[QUOTE=Winston Smith]  
Long, flat snout.

Next: British  
[/QUOTE]

'60s musical invaders.  
Death ray,

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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 18, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/508 "2007-01-18T20:19:13Z")

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[QUOTE=twickster]  
'60s musical invaders.  
Death ray,  
[/QUOTE]

Propagates in ether

Flabbergasted

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**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/509 "2007-01-18T20:21:15Z")

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[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord]  
Propagates in ether

Flabbergasted  
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Flabbergasted: “Buh, buh, wha?”

everlasting

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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 18, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/510 "2007-01-18T20:39:47Z")

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[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman]  
Flabbergasted: “Buh, buh, wha?”

everlasting  
[/QUOTE]

Willy Wonka’s Gobstoppers

shaving cream

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**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/511 "2007-01-18T20:43:49Z")

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[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman]  
Flabbergasted: “Buh, buh, wha?”

everlasting  
[/QUOTE]

never to end

* * *

Gotterdammerung

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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 18, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/512 "2007-01-18T20:51:05Z")

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Shaving cream: Bye bye beard!

_Gotterdammerung._

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**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/513 "2007-01-18T20:57:14Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
_Gotterdammerung._  
[/QUOTE]

## German for Ragnarok.

Viking Kittens

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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 18, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/514 "2007-01-18T21:04:06Z")

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Viking Kittens: Felines with horns.

Coffee.

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**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/515 "2007-01-18T22:35:10Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Viking Kittens: Felines with horns.

Coffee.  
[/QUOTE]

WAKES ME UP!!

MPSIMS

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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/516 "2007-01-18T22:58:14Z")

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[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman]  
WAKES ME UP!!

MPSIMS  
[/QUOTE]

It’s a mouthful

Killer Blimps

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**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/517 "2007-01-18T23:16:11Z")

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[QUOTE=IvoryTowerDenizen]  
Killer Blimps  
[/QUOTE]

## Brought me here\*

Ceiling Fans

\*True story. Scylla’s blimp story is the first thing I ever read on the Dope, and I was hooked.

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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 18, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/518 "2007-01-18T23:49:32Z")

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## [QUOTE=ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies] Brought me here\*

Ceiling Fans  
[/QUOTE]

Go “hooray, ceilings!” 😃

turtle

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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 19, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/519 "2007-01-19T00:40:20Z")

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[QUOTE=OneCentStamp]  
turtle  
[/QUOTE]

Green speed bump.  
**Remote Control.**

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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 19, 2007, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/520 "2007-01-19T00:49:03Z")

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[QUOTE=silenus]  
**Remote Control.**  
[/QUOTE]

Couch potato’s crutch.  
Overnight delivery.

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