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Okay. Here’s one I had to Google to find out.
Answer is a 9-letter word.
Clues:
Junction
Straps
Squash
Western
Sauce
If you can get the answer, please explain to me how you knew it. I had never heard of at least three of these expressions or phrases.
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spaghetti - not sure how I get it, just comes to me:
spaghetti junction is a tangle of wires or cords
spaghetti straps are thin straps on a dress or blouse
spaghetti squash is obvious
Spaghetti western is a western filmed in Italy, usually be Sergio Leone
Spaghetti sauce is delicious when done right
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth]
spaghetti - not sure how I get it, just comes to me:
spaghetti junction is a tangle of wires or cords
spaghetti straps are thin straps on a dress or blouse
spaghetti squash is obvious
Spaghetti western is a western filmed in Italy, usually be Sergio Leone
Spaghetti sauce is delicious when done right
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Well done. And thanks. The Google of those five clues sent me to Urban Dictionary as a first hit. The junction was the one I had never even heard of, but I wouldn’t have guessed it without that clue either. Maybe straps would have gotten through my skull but I doubt it.
Another meaning for Spaghetti Junction is a complicated highway interchange. I believe it started with the motorway in Birmingham, UK. There are several more examples listed in Wikipedia. (The Birmingham one was where I first heard the phrase)
Zeldar, the time limit on zombie threads in MPSIMS is about six months. If you’d like to start a new one of these threads, please go ahead - although it would probably fit better in The Game Room.