# New Year's Feud

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [January 2, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517 "2024-01-02T20:40:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 5

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/81 "2024-01-10T16:13:49Z")

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What does your name mean, anyway?

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/82 "2024-01-10T16:36:41Z")

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My guess is he kayaks in a bay…

ETA: am I close, @Bayaker ?

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/83 "2024-01-10T17:08:30Z")

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“Bayak” is Indonesian for corpulent, so maybe “Bayaker” feeds to the point of bloating.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/84 "2024-01-11T05:08:28Z")

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Or wealthy.

@Rebo Great game! I think I did well.

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/85 "2024-01-11T08:35:09Z")

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> [@Rebo](#):
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> 1. Bicycle\_Bill … 186

Firmly ensconced just about dead center. I’m satisfied with that.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**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:** [January 11, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/86 "2024-01-11T15:33:34Z")

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Yes, I usually paddle my 'yak in back bays pursuing table fare.

> [@kayaker](#):
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> I saw you and thought it was me for a second. ☹

I never mistake your name for mine, but at first glance I sometimes think **Baker** is me. Must be the initial capital letter that does it.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/87 "2024-01-11T15:38:04Z")

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> [@Bayaker](#):
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> I usually paddle my 'yak in back bays pursuing table fare.

My son lives in Florida near Gainesville. I taught him to kayak lakes in Pennsylvania, catching bass. He now goes out in his ocean kayak to catch spots, which he eats.

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