# The Atoz Game (Part 2)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 4, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097 "2022-08-04T15:42:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7002 "2024-12-12T22:15:45Z")

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7003 "2024-12-12T22:18:00Z")

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7004 "2024-12-12T22:22:29Z")

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**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7005 "2024-12-13T00:32:36Z")

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7006 "2024-12-13T01:54:47Z")

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**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:** [December 13, 2024, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7007 "2024-12-13T03:19:52Z")

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7008 "2024-12-13T04:57:57Z")

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7009 "2024-12-13T05:22:23Z")

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I don’t remember whether I’ve ever heard the word spoken?

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7010 "2024-12-13T05:23:51Z")

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7011 "2024-12-13T05:27:01Z")

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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:** [December 13, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7012 "2024-12-13T13:15:36Z")

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> [@gkster](#):
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> Pusillanimous
> 
> I don’t remember whether I’ve ever heard the word spoken?

Perhaps in _The Wizard of Oz_:

“Why, anybody can have a brain. That’s a very mediocre commodity. Every **pusillanimous** creature that crawls on the Earth or slinks through slimy seas has a brain”

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**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:** [December 13, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7013 "2024-12-13T21:44:30Z")

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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:** [December 13, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7014 "2024-12-13T21:54:02Z")

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7015 "2024-12-13T23:34:20Z")

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7016 "2024-12-14T04:13:58Z")

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**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:** [December 14, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7017 "2024-12-14T16:32:00Z")

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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:** [December 14, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7018 "2024-12-14T17:19:14Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> Xenophobe

Merely curious – xenophobe comes from two Greek words, ‘xenos’ (meaning stranger or guest) and ‘phobos’ (meaning fear or flight).  
I just wonder if there is a word, similarly constructed to words like ‘misogyny’, ‘misandry’, or ‘misanthrope’, to refer specifically to a hatred of aliens/foreigners/strangers rather merely a fear or wariness of them.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [December 14, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7019 "2024-12-14T20:45:58Z")

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Yellow

Most closely associated with cowardice, or as an ethnic slur

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7020 "2024-12-15T04:05:12Z")

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Zealous, Over

Pass.

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**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:** [December 15, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7021 "2024-12-15T14:48:21Z")

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**The Theater (stage, not screen)**

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