# 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:** ![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 15, 2007, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/81 "2007-11-15T03:07:19Z")

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You should know that it’s taking all of my willpower to resist answering your three- and four-word prompts. And _then_ some. 😉

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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 15, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/82 "2007-11-15T03:11:29Z")

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[QUOTE=eleanorigby]

Bedtime for Bonzo  
[/QUOTE]

Reagan’s greatest legacy

Next: hooligan

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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 15, 2007, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/83 "2007-11-15T03:13:02Z")

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overly supportive fan

England

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**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/84 "2007-11-15T03:42:11Z")

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[QUOTE=fetus]

England  
[/QUOTE]

Stiff upper lip

Atlas

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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 15, 2007, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/85 "2007-11-15T03:51:42Z")

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Stiff locked shoulders

Objectivity

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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 15, 2007, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/86 "2007-11-15T04:43:07Z")

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[QUOTE=fetus]  
Stiff locked shoulders

Objectivity  
[/QUOTE]

Rare and precious

kneepad

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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 15, 2007, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/87 "2007-11-15T04:56:13Z")

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hard to remove

network

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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 15, 2007, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/88 "2007-11-15T05:06:48Z")

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Network\*: Seventies television satire.

Faye Dunaway.

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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 15, 2007, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/89 "2007-11-15T05:09:11Z")

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No idea, sorry.

Favorite

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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 15, 2007, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/90 "2007-11-15T05:26:41Z")

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OK, then, I’ll do it.

Faye Dunaway: Seventies drama queen.

Favorite: Best for me.

Bald eagle.

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/91 "2007-11-15T05:47:14Z")

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A talon agency

Clusterfuck

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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 15, 2007, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/92 "2007-11-15T05:49:39Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
OK, then, I’ll do it.  
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Actually, that was my definition, but OK… 😉

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**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/93 "2007-11-15T05:54:43Z")

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[QUOTE=elucidator]  
Clusterfuck  
[/QUOTE]  
Big crazy mess.

Q-tip

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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/94 "2007-11-15T06:44:25Z")

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Cotton. Stick. Profit!

Band-Aid.

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/95 "2007-11-15T06:49:47Z")

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Painful musical charity

_Twee_

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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/96 "2007-11-15T07:03:03Z")

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[QUOTE=Nametag]  
_Twee_  
[/QUOTE]  
Castrated British rock

offbeat

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**Author:** ![TripleTee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac8455/32.png) [@TripleTee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TripleTee)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/97 "2007-11-15T09:49:47Z")

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[QUOTE=A Monkey With a Gun]  
Castrated British rock

offbeat  
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Offbeat- opposite of onbeat

Bean dip

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**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/98 "2007-11-15T10:14:49Z")

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[QUOTE=TripleTee]  
Bean dip  
[/QUOTE]  
Dutch oven tonight.

Haiku.

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**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/99 "2007-11-15T10:45:16Z")

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Haiku

17 syllable poem

bagel

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**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/100 "2007-11-15T12:46:17Z")

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:smack:

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