# 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:** 34
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/661 "2007-12-07T22:16:52Z")
[QUOTE=bannerrefugee] Neuron [/QUOTE] \ Neuron: nervous system essential pyonidal cyst ---
**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:** [December 8, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/662 "2007-12-08T02:04:14Z")
Cut it off! Surgery ---
**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:** [December 8, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/663 "2007-12-08T02:15:05Z")
General anaesthesia, please. Holistic medicine ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/664 "2007-12-08T04:13:28Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] Holistic medicine [/QUOTE] Every way possible Seltzer ---
**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:** [December 8, 2007, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/665 "2007-12-08T04:56:04Z")
Seltzer: Vital comedic fluid. Slapstick humor. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/666 "2007-12-08T05:33:15Z")
[QUOTE=ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies] [Getting more expensive](http://cbs4denver.com/topstories/local_story_317230548.html). Isolation ETA: :mad: 😛 :smack: [/QUOTE] Mall Without Sales _celebrate_ ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/667 "2007-12-08T15:39:19Z")
[QUOTE=Blonde] _celebrate_ [/QUOTE] Share joy now! carbuerator (spelling?) ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Ryle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@Mark\_Ryle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Ryle)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/668 "2007-12-08T19:05:37Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] carbuerator (spelling?) [/QUOTE] Carb is good. fuel delivery fossil circumlocution ---
**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:** [December 8, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/669 "2007-12-08T22:41:04Z")
Circumlocution: Speaking in circles. Slapstick humor. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/670 "2007-12-09T05:30:37Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Slapstick humor. [/QUOTE] Curly, Larry, Moe tetherball ---
**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:** [December 9, 2007, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/671 "2007-12-09T05:55:50Z")
Tetherball: Unleash the fun! Schoolyard bullies. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2007, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/672 "2007-12-09T10:53:09Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Schoolyard bullies. [/QUOTE] Lunch money extortionists. Ukraine ---
**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:** [December 9, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/673 "2007-12-09T20:40:13Z")
Ukraine: Has fugly president. Assassination attempt. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/674 "2007-12-09T21:06:08Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Assassination attempt. [/QUOTE] [Arthur Bremer’s](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Bremer) legacy. Lurleen Wallace ---
**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:** [December 9, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/675 "2007-12-09T21:10:14Z")
Had it coming.\* Forced integration - George Wallace was the Alabama governor who stood in front of the door to physically block two black students from enrolling in college, and refused to step aside until President Kennedy sent National Guard troops to wave their guns in his face. He got off easy, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/676 "2007-12-10T01:44:36Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] Had it coming.\* Forced integration [/QUOTE] You must bus. mistletoe ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/677 "2007-12-10T02:23:43Z")
Geeks’ best bet. Brothel ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/678 "2007-12-10T02:48:47Z")
[QUOTE=TokyoPlayer] Brothel [/QUOTE] Chicken Ranch franchise walrus ---
**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:** [December 10, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/679 "2007-12-10T03:37:45Z")
Possibly a Beatle beetles ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/680 "2007-12-10T03:55:00Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] beetles [/QUOTE] Coleoptera: monophyletic; holometabolous pinball [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=35)