# Instead of ''Said'' **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 10, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104 "2009-11-10T22:09:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/301 "2009-11-23T21:12:54Z")
“I love dogs – and trees!” **barked** twicks. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/302 "2009-11-23T22:24:04Z")
“Someone needs to make a circle and put the guys who are cut on the inside and those who aren’t on the outside” **circumscribed** NFM. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/303 "2009-11-23T23:53:23Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > “Someone needs to make a circle and put the guys who are cut on the inside and those who aren’t on the outside” **circumscribed** NFM. “It’s a moyle like me you want to do that,” **deducted** maserschmidt. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/304 "2009-11-23T23:58:44Z")
“The list of mourneresn will be long when this thread finally dies?” **eulogized** NFM. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/305 "2009-11-24T00:32:18Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > “The list of mourneresn will be long when this thread finally dies?” **eulogized** NFM. “And if so, who will play guitar at its funeral?” **fretted** maserschmidt. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/306 "2009-11-24T00:36:11Z")
“I bet we could find someone,” **gambled** twicks. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/307 "2009-11-24T01:31:15Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > “I bet we could find someone,” **gambled** twicks. “Well I don’t just want _someone_,” maserschmidt **harrumphed**. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/308 "2009-11-24T02:34:41Z")
“I’ll drink to that” NFM **imbibed**. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/309 "2009-11-24T03:19:42Z")
“I think we can keep this going,” twicks **judged.** ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/310 "2009-11-24T03:59:36Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > “I think we can keep this going,” twicks **judged.** “I suppose, if Madame Moderator insists,” maserschmidt \*\*knuckled \*\*under. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/311 "2009-11-24T04:07:24Z")
“I tot I taw a putty cat” \*\*lisped \*\*NFM. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/312 "2009-11-24T14:24:03Z")
“Damn! Busted!” **meowed** the cat NFM saw. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/313 "2009-11-25T02:01:28Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > “Damn! Busted!” **meowed** the cat NFM saw. "When I read your quote I thought of [this](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046889/), **noted** maserschmidt. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/314 "2009-11-25T02:15:10Z")
“Where can I find some truffles” **oinked** NFM ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/315 "2009-11-25T15:40:47Z")
“The guy doing q is going to have a tough time,” **predicted** 42fish. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/316 "2009-11-25T15:44:53Z")
“A nation divided against itself cannot stand” **quotiented** NG. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/317 "2009-11-25T16:02:02Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > “A nation divided against itself cannot stand” **quotiented** NG. Why that’s – that’s t-terrible!" \*\*stammered \*\*maserschmidt. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/318 "2009-11-25T16:09:34Z")
“I swear, it just came to me” **testified** NG. Have something against R **maserschmidt**? ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/319 "2009-11-25T19:40:39Z")
Since r is available, 42fish **recapped** , "The following verbs have been used: abdicated acknowledged admonished advocated allowed announced argued ascertained asked aspirated averred baaed balked barked begged belched bellowed bemoaned bitched blurted blustered bumped cackled cautioned chimed circumscribed cited clogged coughed countered cracked cried croaked crowed deadpanned declaimed declared deducted demanded denounced derided dictated directed dithered divulged dreamed drummed echoed edified effused emoted emoted enunciated envisioned equivocated erupted eulogized exasperated excused exhorted expectorated fantacized felched fibbed finished fired back fluttered followed found fretted fumed furthered fussed gainsaid gambled gasped giggled gloated granted griped groaned groused grumbled guessed hailed harped harrumphed hemmed and hawed hissed hollered hoped hounded huffed hurrahed imbibed implied inferred ingeminated inquired insinuated insisted interjected intervened intimated intoned inveigled jabbed jabbered jawed jeered jested jived joined in joked joshed jousted judged jumped in keened ketchupped kibbitzed kidded kiplinged kissed knuckled under kowtowed kvelled kvetched lamented laughed leaked lectured leered lied lisped LOLed lorded over lurched maintained maundered mentioned meowed mewed micturated mimicked moaned moped mumbled murmured mused muttered nagged narced nattered nayed nitpicked nodded noted nudged numerated oathed obfuscated objected offered oinked opined oralized orated ordered overindulged ovined panicked parrotted pleaded pointed pontificated posited posted postured pouted predicted proffered prompted pshawed quacked quavered queried quipped quizzed quoted quoth quotiented reasoned reiterated remonstrated replied responded retorted reviewed ribbed riposted roared sermonized sneered snickered snitched snoozed spoke squawked stammered stated suggested sulked surmised swore taught taunted teased terminated testified threatened tintintabulated told trumpeted tutored tutted tut-tutted ululated umbulated unburdened underscored understated upbraided updated upsy-daisied urged ushered uttered vacillated vaticinated vaunted veloceraptored verified vocalized voiced vollued volunteered vouchsafed waffled wailed warbled weeped welched wept whickered whined whinnied winced wondered woo-hooed xclaimed xplained yakked yammered yawned yawped yearned yee-hawed yelled yelped yesed yielded yipped yodeled yukked zinged zipped zoinked." ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/320 "2009-11-25T20:05:01Z")
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