# Describe it in three words

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [November 14, 2007, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384 "2007-11-14T17:06:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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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:** [November 16, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/181 "2007-11-16T19:14:02Z")

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_American Gangster_: Seventies crime movie.

Country and western music.

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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:** [November 16, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/182 "2007-11-16T19:32:43Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]

Country and western music.  
[/QUOTE]

We got both!

Next: Airplane!

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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/183 "2007-11-16T19:41:08Z")

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Really fast transportation!

Stardust

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**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/184 "2007-11-16T19:43:41Z")

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Exploded old casino

Pork chops

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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/185 "2007-11-16T20:08:14Z")

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Chopped, cooked pig

Kosher

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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:** [November 16, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/186 "2007-11-16T21:09:03Z")

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Kosher: Oy, no pork!

The long-lost Happy Orthodox Jew smiley

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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/187 "2007-11-16T21:16:10Z")

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Happy Orthodox Jew

Orthodoxy

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**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/188 "2007-11-16T21:36:07Z")

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[QUOTE=fetus]

Orthodoxy  
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Opposite of Curvodoxy.

Bad puns.

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**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/189 "2007-11-16T21:47:17Z")

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[QUOTE=MsWhatsit]  
Bad puns.  
[/QUOTE]  
Deserve painful punishment

Supersize fries

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**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/190 "2007-11-16T21:54:10Z")

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> supersize fries

slowly become cardboard

Weekends

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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:** [November 16, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/191 "2007-11-16T22:19:35Z")

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Weekends: Don’t visit Bernie.

Bad teen movies.

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**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/192 "2007-11-16T23:43:17Z")

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Bad teen movies: for making out

Gophers

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**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/193 "2007-11-16T23:47:35Z")

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[QUOTE=Taber]  
Bad teen movies: for making out

Gophers  
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bane of greenskeepers

Sinbad

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**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/194 "2007-11-17T00:13:36Z")

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[QUOTE=Bayard]  
bane of greenskeepers

Sinbad  
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Goofy black singer

outlet

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**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/195 "2007-11-17T00:23:28Z")

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[QUOTE=fisha]  
Goofy black singer

outlet  
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inappropriate cutlery storage

Sprite

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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/196 "2007-11-17T00:48:58Z")

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fizzy club soda

(I once had a bartender, whose native language was Portuguese, give me club soda when I asked for Sprite. I guess it sounded like “spritzer, ie fizzy water” to her.)

dope

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2007, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/197 "2007-11-17T00:54:09Z")

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dope

Our shared addiction.

Internet

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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2007, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/198 "2007-11-17T01:29:02Z")

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even worse addiction

porn

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**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2007, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/199 "2007-11-17T01:30:24Z")

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Naked people humping  
Talk radio

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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/200 "2007-11-17T01:43:59Z")

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Clothed losers whining

Sports

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