# Describe it in three words **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/381 "2007-11-22T04:22:47Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] groynes [/QUOTE] Interrupts the flow. electrophoresis ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/382 "2007-11-22T04:34:12Z")
[QUOTE=ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies] Interrupts the flow. electrophoresis [/QUOTE] Synonym for cataphoresis. Hah! New one: “Gotcha ya!” ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/383 "2007-11-22T04:40:53Z")
[QUOTE=ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies] electrophoresis [/QUOTE] hemoglobin differentiation test bumper cars ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/384 "2007-11-22T04:42:34Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] New one: “Gotcha ya!” [/QUOTE] superior knowledge acknowledgment bumper cars ---
**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:** [November 22, 2007, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/385 "2007-11-22T11:35:25Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] bumper cars [/QUOTE] parking at supermarkets International spacestation ---
**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 22, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/386 "2007-11-22T15:47:08Z")
International Space Station: Pricey but worthwhile. A heartfelt “Happy Thanksgiving!” ---
**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 22, 2007, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/387 "2007-11-22T15:53:02Z")
International Space Station: Pricey but worthwhile. Next: A heartfelt “Happy Thanksgiving!” ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/388 "2007-11-22T15:55:27Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Next: A heartfelt “Happy Thanksgiving!” [/QUOTE] Overfed forced intimacy. (is there a grinch equivalent for Thanksgiving?) 🙂 snow! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/389 "2007-11-22T15:57:33Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Overfed forced intimacy. (is there a grinch equivalent for Thanksgiving?) 🙂 snow! [/QUOTE] Cold depressing precipitation. **Universal.** ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/390 "2007-11-22T16:03:57Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] **Universal.** [/QUOTE] Encompassing all things. birdfeeder ---
**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 22, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/391 "2007-11-22T16:07:17Z")
Birdfeeder: Begone, damned squirrels! Theft. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/392 "2007-11-22T16:20:36Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Theft. [/QUOTE] Unlawful property removal turkey baster ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/393 "2007-11-22T17:26:37Z")
Cheap plastic impregnator. fingernails ---
**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 22, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/394 "2007-11-22T18:14:38Z")
Fingernails: Useful simian feature. Charles Darwin. ---
**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 22, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/395 "2007-11-22T18:38:43Z")
Incredibly useful primate. primate ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/396 "2007-11-22T18:54:23Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] primate [/QUOTE] Long lost cousins Mozart ---
**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 23, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/397 "2007-11-23T01:11:04Z")
Mozart: Musically-skilled primate. The Archbishop of Canterbury. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/398 "2007-11-23T01:22:10Z")
The Archbishop of Canterbury: Theologically skilled primate bureaucracy ---
**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 23, 2007, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/399 "2007-11-23T01:25:40Z")
Bureaucracy: Hidebound, ponderous, frustrating. The Internal Revenue Service. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/400 "2007-11-23T01:27:48Z")
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