# Eggsactly how many faux words can you make with eggs? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 27, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggsactly-how-many-faux-words-can-you-make-with-eggs/674926 "2013-11-27T16:51:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggsactly-how-many-faux-words-can-you-make-with-eggs/674926/1 "2013-11-27T16:51:13Z")
A nice little word play as you’re munching down on deviled eggs this holiday weekend. Eggsactly Teggsas (Texas) Eggstreme Eggstraviganza Eggsfoliate (Dang it, I thought of a bunch of them when I was in the shower this morning. Now my minds a blank) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggsactly-how-many-faux-words-can-you-make-with-eggs/674926/2 "2013-11-27T17:23:15Z")
You are an eggotist and your tendency for eggregious eggsageration leaves you no legg to stand on. Please eggsit my office. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggsactly-how-many-faux-words-can-you-make-with-eggs/674926/3 "2013-11-27T17:27:22Z")
Leggo my eggo! ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggsactly-how-many-faux-words-can-you-make-with-eggs/674926/4 "2013-11-27T17:32:32Z")
Eggstrapolate - to bind together with omelettes ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggsactly-how-many-faux-words-can-you-make-with-eggs/674926/5 "2013-11-27T17:36:24Z")
Eggshausted - a state of having eaten too many eggs ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggsactly-how-many-faux-words-can-you-make-with-eggs/674926/6 "2013-11-27T17:38:57Z")
Gloria in eggcelsis Deo - the worship of eggs ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggsactly-how-many-faux-words-can-you-make-with-eggs/674926/7 "2013-11-27T17:41:44Z")
Ah, eggshuming an old favorite. Be careful, you know how they smell after a few days: it’s less than eggshilirating. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggsactly-how-many-faux-words-can-you-make-with-eggs/674926/8 "2013-11-27T17:51:24Z")
(Burned souffle = ) eggs-terminate! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggsactly-how-many-faux-words-can-you-make-with-eggs/674926/9 "2013-11-27T18:01:52Z")
It was an eggemplary effort! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggsactly-how-many-faux-words-can-you-make-with-eggs/674926/10 "2013-11-27T18:09:18Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > Gloria in eggcelsis Deo - the worship of eggs Might I suggest “Gloria in eggshellsis Deo”? ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggsactly-how-many-faux-words-can-you-make-with-eggs/674926/11 "2013-11-27T18:18:00Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Might I suggest “Gloria in eggshellsis Deo”? Indeed you may 🙂 … Photo albumen - a collection of eggy snapshots ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggsactly-how-many-faux-words-can-you-make-with-eggs/674926/12 "2013-11-27T18:26:09Z")
Billions and billions. And that’s no eggsaggeration! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggsactly-how-many-faux-words-can-you-make-with-eggs/674926/13 "2013-11-27T18:29:50Z")
Neggatory. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggsactly-how-many-faux-words-can-you-make-with-eggs/674926/14 "2013-11-27T18:43:26Z")
Your puns are oeuful ova The Pond… ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggsactly-how-many-faux-words-can-you-make-with-eggs/674926/15 "2013-11-27T19:03:07Z")
Y’know why the French only have one egg in any recipe? Because one egg is un oeuf. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggsactly-how-many-faux-words-can-you-make-with-eggs/674926/16 "2013-11-27T19:31:05Z")
> [@mascaroni](#): > > Your puns are oeuful ova The Pond… They have eggceeded my eggspectations. ---
**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 27, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggsactly-how-many-faux-words-can-you-make-with-eggs/674926/17 "2013-11-27T19:38:03Z")
Egg-zit, stage right, this thread to Game Room … from IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggsactly-how-many-faux-words-can-you-make-with-eggs/674926/18 "2013-11-27T19:41:49Z")
An eggshaustive eggsposition yolked with an eggshibition of eggstraordinary eggspertise could leave one shell-shocked. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggsactly-how-many-faux-words-can-you-make-with-eggs/674926/19 "2013-11-27T19:59:58Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > They have eggceeded my eggspectations. Like the Beatles when they topped the albumen singles charts? ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggsactly-how-many-faux-words-can-you-make-with-eggs/674926/20 "2013-11-27T20:04:29Z")
Please eggscuse me from this game. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggsactly-how-many-faux-words-can-you-make-with-eggs/674926.md?page=2)