# 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:** 23
**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 24, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/441 "2007-11-24T21:55:26Z")
Respect starts with a P now? word for corn corn ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/442 "2007-11-24T22:04:55Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] Respect starts with a P now? word for corn corn [/QUOTE] I think eleanorigby meant dignity and pride. Corn: smaltzy laughable hokum. Niblet. ---
**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 25, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/443 "2007-11-25T02:11:29Z")
Niblet: Fraction of nibble. Chicken McNuggets. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/444 "2007-11-25T02:26:19Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Niblet: Fraction of nibble. Chicken McNuggets. [/QUOTE] Parts is parts mobile phones ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/445 "2007-11-25T02:41:41Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] mobile phones [/QUOTE] Yes, I did mean pride. sorry. portable call devices superman ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/446 "2007-11-25T03:10:11Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] superman [/QUOTE] alien caped do-gooder Broadway ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/447 "2007-11-25T03:11:10Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] Broadway [/QUOTE] Great White Way! goldfish ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/448 "2007-11-25T03:17:25Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] goldfish [/QUOTE] cheesy crunchy snack Tom Hanks ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/449 "2007-11-25T03:19:15Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] Tom Hanks [/QUOTE] Saving Forrest Seattle Nintendo ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/450 "2007-11-25T03:23:12Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Saving Forrest Seattle [/QUOTE] That gets a ROFLMAOSCOK [QUOTE=eleanorigby] Nintendo [/QUOTE] Pricey time waster or Mario’s home turf emoticons ---
**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 25, 2007, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/451 "2007-11-25T04:47:50Z")
\*\*THE OP SPEAKS… \*\*As we discussed earlier in the thread (dunno where exactly, but we did), all hyphenates count as two words. Please limit yourself to three words. Thanks! Emoticons: Sidewise expressive typing. Typing school. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/452 "2007-11-25T17:12:20Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Typing school. [/QUOTE] ROFLMAOSCOK? Last 4, please. Anyhoo, typing school: Katie Gibb’s place (historically, she started a secretarial school for women, now it seems to do computers mostly) teddy bears ---
**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 25, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/453 "2007-11-25T21:28:19Z")
Fuzzy Rough Riders President ---
**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 25, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/454 "2007-11-25T22:04:41Z")
President: Electoral College selection. Electoral College. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/455 "2007-11-25T23:17:49Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Electoral College. [/QUOTE] My vote counts? Depression ---
**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 25, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/456 "2007-11-25T23:55:23Z")
My life counts? Anxiety ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/457 "2007-11-26T01:03:00Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] Anxiety [/QUOTE] God, what next? (aka “what fresh hell is this?”–Dorothy Parker) smurfs ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/458 "2007-11-26T02:21:40Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] smurfs [/QUOTE] Small blue communists. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/459 "2007-11-26T02:26:02Z")
Grr, must avoid double posts. Pencil. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/460 "2007-11-26T02:34:04Z")
[QUOTE=Stauderhorse] Pencil. [/QUOTE] Graphite writing implement. Sex [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=24)