# Free Association v2.0 (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 1, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734 "2025-05-01T01:56:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/61 "2025-05-09T03:30:08Z")
Clown central ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/62 "2025-05-09T05:15:47Z")
three-ring circus ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/63 "2025-05-09T12:34:06Z")
The ringmaster ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/64 "2025-05-09T13:40:38Z")
The Ring cycle ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/65 "2025-05-09T13:58:50Z")
The spin cycle ---
**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:** [May 9, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/66 "2025-05-09T14:07:14Z")
“If the economy is bad it’s Biden’s fault; if it’s good it’s my economy.” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/67 "2025-05-09T14:51:37Z")
Pretzel logic ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/68 "2025-05-09T14:53:11Z")
Steely Dan ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/69 "2025-05-09T15:04:36Z")
Hey 19 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/70 "2025-05-10T00:24:10Z")
That’s Aretha Franklin! ---
**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:** [May 10, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/71 "2025-05-10T00:42:13Z")
I said, R-E-S-P-E-C-T. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/72 "2025-05-10T00:42:50Z")
spelling bee ---
**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:** [May 10, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/73 "2025-05-10T00:56:21Z")
[Winning Spelling Bee words since 2000](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2024/05/28/national-spelling-bee-title-winning-words-2000-2023/73880179007/#:~:text=The%20longest%20winning%20word%20in%20Spelling%20Bee%20history,word%20in%20Spelling%20Bee%20history%20is%20four%20letters.) Winner(s) in parentheses ``` 2023: psammophile (Dev Shah, Largo, Florida) 2022: moorhen (Harini Logan, San Antonio, Texas) 2021: Murraya (Zaila Avant-garde, New Orleans, Louisiana) 2020: No competition held 2019: Eight-way tie auslaut (Rishik Gandhasri, San Jose, California) erysipelas (Erin Howard, Huntsville, Alabama) bougainvillea (Saketh Sundar, Clarksville, Maryland) aiguillette (Shruthika Padhy, Cherry Hill, New Jersey) pendeloque (Sohum Sukhatankar, Dallas, Texas) palama (Abhijay Kodali, Flower Mound, Texas) cernuous (Christopher Serrao, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey odylic (Rohan Raja, Irving, Texas) 2018: koinonia (Karthik Nemmani, McKinney, Texas) 2017: marocain (Ananya Vinay, Fresno, California) 2016: Tie Feldenkrais (Jairam Hathwar, Corning, New York) gesellschaft (Nihar Saireddy Janga, Austin, Texas) 2015: Tie scherenschnitte (Vanya Shivashankar, Olathe, Kansas) nunatak (Gokul Venkatachalam, St. Louis, Missouri) 2014: Tie stichomythia (Sriram J. Hathwar, Corning, New York) feuilleton (Ansun Sujoe, Fort Worth, Texas) 2013: knaidel (Arvind Mahankali, New York, New York) 2012: guetapens (Snigdha Nandipati, San Diego, California) 2011: cymotrichous (Sukanya Roy, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) 2010: stromuhr (Anamika Veeramani, Cleveland, Ohio) 2009: Laodicean (Kavya Shivashankar, Olathe, Kansas) 2008: guerdon (Sameer Mishra, West Lafayette, Indiana) 2007: serrefine (Evan O'Dorney, Walnut Creek, California) 2006: Ursprache (Kerry Close, Spring Lake, New Jersey) 2005: appoggiatura (Anurag Kashya, San Diego, California) 2004: autochthonous (David Tidmarsh, South Bend, Indiana) 2003: pococurante (Sai Gunturi, Dallas, Texas) 2002: prospicience (Pratyush Buddiga, Denver, Colorado) 2001: succedaneum (Sean Conley, Aitkin, Minnesota) 2000: demarche (George Thampy, St. Louis, Missouri ``` ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/74 "2025-05-10T04:05:44Z")
Holy crap! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/75 "2025-05-10T17:45:26Z")
Pope poop ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/76 "2025-05-10T22:08:12Z")
_What a dump_. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/77 "2025-05-11T00:41:19Z")
Smooth move, Ex-Lax. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/78 "2025-05-11T05:41:07Z")
Metamucil ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/79 "2025-05-11T13:31:57Z")
My moderate to severe ailment that you’ve never heard of until now. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/80 "2025-05-11T15:45:46Z")
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