# My shot at an MPSIMS game! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 30, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shot-at-an-mpsims-game/210497 "2003-10-30T19:00:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shot-at-an-mpsims-game/210497/41 "2003-10-31T02:48:22Z")
Either “czar” or “tsar” is an acceptable English spelling, but not “csar”. There are several Hungarian words that begin with _Cs_, such as _Csaba_ (male first name) and _Csonka_ (surname of former NFL running back Larry), but those are proper nouns and thus not proper Scrabble[sup]TM[/sup] plays. Nevertheless, “sarcastic” picks up where either “…geriatrics” or “…geriatri **csar** ” leaves off, so the next player can build on that word. …sarcastic ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shot-at-an-mpsims-game/210497/42 "2003-10-31T04:37:06Z")
What about the “argon” thing? ---
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shot-at-an-mpsims-game/210497/43 "2003-10-31T04:57:07Z")
_geriatrics_ was nasty. My first thought was _rickshaw_, but of course that doesn’t work. pianostrilobitepiddlemurkyaramerukorneryegrassayofficemeterythrocytestablishmentsunamiosislandmarkansasterismitesticlemencytoplasmashingeriatricsar **gonads** ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shot-at-an-mpsims-game/210497/44 "2003-10-31T05:09:12Z")
pianostrilobitepiddlemurkyaramerukorneryegrassayofficemeterythrocytestablishmentsunamiosislandmarkansasterismitesticlemencytoplasmashingeriatricsargon **adsorb** ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shot-at-an-mpsims-game/210497/45 "2003-10-31T05:39:59Z")
pianostrilobitepiddlemurkyaramerukorneryegrassayofficemeterythrocytestablishmentsunamiosislandmarkan sasterismitesticlemencytoplasmashingeriatricsargonads **orbital** ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shot-at-an-mpsims-game/210497/46 "2003-10-31T06:10:35Z")
…geriatricsargonadsorbit **algorithmic** Yeh, I thought about just using “algorithm”, but that would be too sadistic. ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shot-at-an-mpsims-game/210497/47 "2003-10-31T07:59:34Z")
pianostrilobitepiddlemurkyaramerukorneryegrassayofficemeterythrocytestablishmentsunamiosislandmarkansasterismitesticlemencytoplasmashingeriatricsargonadsorbitalgorith **microphone** ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shot-at-an-mpsims-game/210497/48 "2003-10-31T12:56:23Z")
pianostrilobitepiddlemurkyaramerukorneryegrassayofficemeterythrocytestablishmentsunamiosislandmarkansasterismitesticlemencytoplasmashingeriatricsargonadsorbitalgorithmicropho **neck** ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shot-at-an-mpsims-game/210497/49 "2003-10-31T13:16:25Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by lost4life \* **pianostrilobitepiddlemurkyaramerukorneryegrassayofficemetary** CRAP! And I’m a tech writer… pianostrilobitepiddlemurkyaramerukorneryegrassayofficemeterythrocytestablishmentsunamiosislandmarkan sasterismitesticlemencytoplasmashingeriatricsargonadsorbitalgorithmicropho **neckerchief** ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shot-at-an-mpsims-game/210497/50 "2003-10-31T13:21:55Z")
…algorithmicrophoneckerchi **effortlessly** ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shot-at-an-mpsims-game/210497/51 "2003-10-31T13:35:19Z")
…algorithmicrophoneckerchieffortless **lycanthropy** (In the spirit of Hallowe’en, y’all.) ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shot-at-an-mpsims-game/210497/52 "2003-10-31T14:03:24Z")
…algorithmicrophoneckerchieffortlesslycanthro **python** ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shot-at-an-mpsims-game/210497/53 "2003-10-31T14:15:25Z")
since my argon gas seemed to draw a little controversy, I’ll use a word I’m sure everybody will get. …algorithmicrophoneckerchieffortlesslycanthropyth **only** ---
**Author:** ![mrbuddylee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@mrbuddylee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrbuddylee)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shot-at-an-mpsims-game/210497/54 "2003-10-31T15:50:34Z")
…algorithmicrophoneckerchieffortlesslycanthropython **lynch** ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shot-at-an-mpsims-game/210497/55 "2003-10-31T16:10:44Z")
…algorithmicrophoneckerchieffortlesslycanthropythonlyn **chimpanzee** ---
**Author:** ![idiotboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@idiotboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/idiotboy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shot-at-an-mpsims-game/210497/56 "2003-10-31T16:32:18Z")
…algorithmicrophoneckerchieffortlesslycanthropythonlynchimpanz **eels** …As in: "My hovercraft is full of **eels** ---
**Author:** ![mrbuddylee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@mrbuddylee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrbuddylee)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shot-at-an-mpsims-game/210497/57 "2003-10-31T16:46:31Z")
ls? cripes. What begins with ls… ah, duh, …algorithmicrophoneckerchieffortlesslycanthropythonlynchimpanze **elsewhere** ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shot-at-an-mpsims-game/210497/58 "2003-10-31T17:22:44Z")
…algorithmicrophoneckerchieffortlesslycanthropythonlynchimpanzeelsewhe **reboot** ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shot-at-an-mpsims-game/210497/59 "2003-10-31T18:06:01Z")
algorithmicrophoneckerchieffortlesslycanthropythonlynchimpanzeelsewherebo **otter** ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shot-at-an-mpsims-game/210497/60 "2003-10-31T18:11:30Z")
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