# 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:** 21
**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 23, 2007, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/401 "2007-11-23T02:13:50Z")
Quick primate platforms Freeway ---
**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, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/402 "2007-11-23T02:32:01Z")
Primates drive gratis. Microsoft Access ---
**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 23, 2007, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/403 "2007-11-23T02:41:51Z")
Expensive. SQL? Free. free software ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/404 "2007-11-23T03:56:06Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] free software [/QUOTE] No cost middleware Tryptophan ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/405 "2007-11-23T04:53:50Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Tryptophan [/QUOTE] Ingested much today flat ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/406 "2007-11-23T04:53:50Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Tryptophan [/QUOTE] Phat Trypto enthusiast (okay, okay, ‘Amino in turkey’, but either way it sounds like something that would give Superman erectile dysfunction) orthodontic retainers ---
**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 23, 2007, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/407 "2007-11-23T11:20:14Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] orthodontic retainers [/QUOTE] Teenage chastity device Large Hadron Collider ---
**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, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/408 "2007-11-23T12:42:41Z")
Hadrons become hadroffs. All right, I admit the joke was lame. We could play it straight and say, “Geneva particle accelerator.” Ranitidine ---
**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, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/409 "2007-11-23T14:29:27Z")
Ranitidine: Zantac’s real name. Loosening your belt after a very big Thanksgiving feast. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/410 "2007-11-23T14:30:40Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Ranitidine: Zantac’s real name. Loosening your belt after a very big Thanksgiving feast. [/QUOTE] Pot runneth over Day after Thanksgiving sales ---
**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, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/411 "2007-11-23T14:36:12Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] …Day after Thanksgiving sales [/QUOTE] Consumerism run riot. Maxing out your credit card. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/412 "2007-11-23T16:19:24Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Maxing out your credit card. [/QUOTE] No more credit! flat: opposite of sharp (also, will never say tryptophan without thinking of Superman’s “problem” again) Jack Frost (mythical figure) ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/413 "2007-11-23T21:33:49Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] flat: opposite of sharp [/QUOTE] Also: London citizen’s dwelling. [QUOTE=eleanorigby] Jack Frost (mythical figure) [/QUOTE] Historic winter personification. The Beltway. ---
**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 23, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/414 "2007-11-23T21:47:22Z")
Slow Capitolization road ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/415 "2007-11-23T22:11:53Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] Slow Capitolization road [/QUOTE] […] the sound of “fetal silence”… I’ll do fetus. fetus: a baby maybe? Princess Diana ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/416 "2007-11-23T22:17:57Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Princess Diana [/QUOTE] Possible murder victim. Princess Anne ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/417 "2007-11-23T22:24:27Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Possible murder victim. Princess Anne [/QUOTE] Ninth for succession. Horses. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/418 "2007-11-24T00:11:41Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Horses. [/QUOTE] Naked Radcliffe’s victims. _Birth of a Nation_ ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/419 "2007-11-24T00:23:49Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] _Birth of a Nation_ [/QUOTE] Embarrassing racist “classic” SUVs ---
**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 24, 2007, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/420 "2007-11-24T00:37:21Z")
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