# 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:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1241 "2007-02-28T02:03:40Z")

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[QUOTE=Cartooniverse]

**Temporal**  
[/QUOTE]

The secular Lords

Albert J. Beveridge

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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:** [February 28, 2007, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1242 "2007-02-28T04:49:31Z")

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Albert J. Beveridge: Another great Ohioan.

John Glenn.

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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:** [February 28, 2007, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1243 "2007-02-28T10:42:22Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Albert J. Beveridge: Another great Ohioan.

John Glenn.  
[/QUOTE]

Fly High Guy.

**The Secret.**

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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:** [February 28, 2007, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1244 "2007-02-28T14:12:48Z")

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The Secret: Clandestine deodorant stick.

Deodorant.

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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:** [February 28, 2007, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1245 "2007-02-28T14:14:38Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
The Secret: Clandestine deodorant stick.

Deodorant.  
[/QUOTE]

Antedote for odor.

**21st Century Rock ‘n’ roll.**

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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:** [February 28, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1246 "2007-02-28T14:19:05Z")

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[QUOTE=Kalhoun]

**21st Century Rock ‘n’ roll.**  
[/QUOTE]

Jury’s still out.

Next: 20th Century Fox

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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:** [February 28, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1247 "2007-02-28T14:24:23Z")

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[QUOTE=Winston Smith]  
Jury’s still out.

Next: 20th Century Fox  
[/QUOTE]

Last Century’s Hottie.

**American cinema.**

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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:** [February 28, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1248 "2007-02-28T17:04:18Z")

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American cinema: Culturally dominant megabiz.

Helen Mirren.

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**Author:** ![rhythmonly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rhythmonly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhythmonly)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1249 "2007-02-28T20:03:45Z")

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Helen Mirren:

Nickname is Popper.

Tech Support.

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**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1250 "2007-02-28T20:06:49Z")

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Tech Support:  
bring more pai

haggis

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**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1251 "2007-02-28T20:47:44Z")

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Scotsman’s nightmare meal

biodiesel

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1252 "2007-02-28T21:21:58Z")

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[QUOTE=Enola Straight]  
biodiesel  
[/QUOTE]

[Emerging Indiana industry.](http://www.in.gov/biotownusa/faqs.htm)

**Lew Wallace**

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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1253 "2007-03-01T02:52:05Z")

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[QUOTE=Sternvogel]

**Lew Wallace**  
[/QUOTE]

He saved Washington.

Vaughn Monroe

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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:** [March 1, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1254 "2007-03-01T18:51:52Z")

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Vaughn Monroe: Another great Ohioan!

The Wright Brothers.

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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:** [March 1, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1255 "2007-03-01T18:57:11Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Vaughn Monroe: Another great Ohioan!

The Wright Brothers.  
[/QUOTE]

Bicycle into Airplane.

Wrong Numbers

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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:** [March 1, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1256 "2007-03-01T19:03:23Z")

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Wrong Numbers: Get a calculator.

Texas Instruments.

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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1257 "2007-03-02T02:47:10Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]

Texas Instruments.  
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They sell semiconductors

David Susskind

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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:** [March 2, 2007, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1258 "2007-03-02T14:33:52Z")

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David Susskind: '70s TV personality?

Merv Griffin.

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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:** [March 2, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1259 "2007-03-02T14:42:06Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
David Susskind: '70s TV personality?

Merv Griffin.  
[/QUOTE]

Game Show Empire

Ken Jennings

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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:** [March 2, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1260 "2007-03-02T14:48:15Z")

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[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas]  
Ken Jennings  
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I’ve met him.  
Crossword puzzles.

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