# 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:** ![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 15, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/141 "2007-11-15T21:59:13Z")

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[QUOTE=Flander]  
Gallagher’s entire career

Terminator  
[/QUOTE]

I’ll be baaackkk!

Schwarzenegger

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/142 "2007-11-15T22:13:15Z")

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[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas]  
I’ll be baaackkk!

Schwarzenegger  
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Steroidal mutant governator

California

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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, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/143 "2007-11-15T22:19:01Z")

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Most populous state

_carpetbagger_

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**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/144 "2007-11-15T23:33:26Z")

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South’s unwanted guest.

potluck.

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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 16, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/145 "2007-11-16T00:16:00Z")

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[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting]

potluck.  
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Strange covered dishes

printer paper

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**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/146 "2007-11-16T01:44:48Z")

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[QUOTE=eleanorigby]  
Strange covered dishes

printer paper  
[/QUOTE]  
Mass paradigm-shift conveyance.  
Yard sale.

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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 16, 2007, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/147 "2007-11-16T01:45:58Z")

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90,000 tree parts

splinter

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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 16, 2007, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/148 "2007-11-16T01:56:31Z")

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brown and sticky

stadium

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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 16, 2007, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/149 "2007-11-16T01:59:08Z")

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Trumpet=horn for blowing

or  
loud noise maker

GAH–where’d trumpet go?

Stadium

sports fans seating

subordinated debenture

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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 16, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/150 "2007-11-16T02:10:26Z")

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creditor is screwed

panspermia

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**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/151 "2007-11-16T02:19:42Z")

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[QUOTE=Nametag]  
creditor is screwed

panspermia  
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Multiple interplanetary insemination

Student loans

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**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/152 "2007-11-16T02:25:51Z")

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[QUOTE=Rysdad]  
Multiple interplanetary insemination

Student loans  
[/QUOTE]

A borrowed education  
“Hairspray”

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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 16, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/153 "2007-11-16T03:01:34Z")

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“A cosmetic product”

Theater

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**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/154 "2007-11-16T04:09:48Z")

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story on stage

hypnotism

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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 16, 2007, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/155 "2007-11-16T05:54:43Z")

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Hypnotism: Cluck like chicken!

The Amazing Randi.

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**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 16, 2007, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/156 "2007-11-16T06:11:53Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]

The Amazing Randi.  
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Skeptical of psychics

Post-colonialism

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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 16, 2007, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/157 "2007-11-16T06:19:40Z")

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Post-colonialism: Kleptocrats, genocide, squalor.

Idi Amin.

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**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/158 "2007-11-16T12:33:41Z")

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Crazy African leader.

Mixed nuts.

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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 16, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/159 "2007-11-16T14:01:11Z")

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Mixed nuts: Gimme the cashews.

Dr. Kevorkian.

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/160 "2007-11-16T14:20:35Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Mixed nuts: Gimme the cashews.

Dr. Kevorkian.  
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Death on demand

**Electric chair**

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