# Hard-0f-hearing Word Association

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-0f-hearing-word-association/637092>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 8, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-0f-hearing-word-association/637092 "2012-10-08T14:30:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-0f-hearing-word-association/637092/1 "2012-10-08T14:30:52Z")

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Say the next thing to come to mind _as if you had misheard the previous word._  
Example: Pogo —\>(from go-go) dancer.

Bail

Edited to add: I almost name it “Emily Litella Word Association”

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**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-0f-hearing-word-association/637092/2 "2012-10-08T16:39:09Z")

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Spleen (Bile)

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-0f-hearing-word-association/637092/3 "2012-10-08T16:40:52Z")

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Martin

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-0f-hearing-word-association/637092/4 "2012-10-08T16:41:56Z")

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Coo-Coo (Marlin)

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**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-0f-hearing-word-association/637092/5 "2012-10-08T16:49:53Z")

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Chanel

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**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-0f-hearing-word-association/637092/6 "2012-10-08T17:28:09Z")

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English

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**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-0f-hearing-word-association/637092/7 "2012-10-08T17:35:34Z")

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Lily (Lillian Gish)

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-0f-hearing-word-association/637092/8 "2012-10-08T18:07:30Z")

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Putty

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-0f-hearing-word-association/637092/9 "2012-10-08T18:24:21Z")

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woman

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**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-0f-hearing-word-association/637092/10 "2012-10-08T18:52:21Z")

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Peace not…

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-0f-hearing-word-association/637092/11 "2012-10-08T20:04:08Z")

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Pacifist

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-0f-hearing-word-association/637092/12 "2012-10-08T20:05:08Z")

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Binky

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-0f-hearing-word-association/637092/13 "2012-10-08T20:11:58Z")

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The Brain (Pinky)

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**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-0f-hearing-word-association/637092/14 "2012-10-08T20:24:57Z")

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Muscles (brawn)

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-0f-hearing-word-association/637092/15 "2012-10-08T20:28:51Z")

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Quiets

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-0f-hearing-word-association/637092/16 "2012-10-08T20:36:19Z")

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Quest ==\> Jonny

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-0f-hearing-word-association/637092/17 "2012-10-08T20:39:46Z")

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Jaunty==\>adventurous

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-0f-hearing-word-association/637092/18 "2012-10-08T20:40:50Z")

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Useful (Adventageous)

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-0f-hearing-word-association/637092/19 "2012-10-08T20:52:12Z")

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Useless ==\> Trivial

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-0f-hearing-word-association/637092/20 "2012-10-08T22:18:25Z")

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Cyrano Jones

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