# 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\
**Page:** 393

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**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7842 "2025-03-31T01:38:32Z")

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**Names you’d give a kid if you had the chance (but haven’t actually done so)**

Adeline  
Bernadette  
Charlemagne  
Danielle  
Eris  
Fionnabhair  
Ginger  
Harry  
Isaac  
Jack  
Kitty  
Lawrence  
McLoughlin  
Neville  
Otha  
Peregrine  
Quinn  
Rose  
Simon  
Tandy

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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:** [March 31, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7843 "2025-03-31T01:54:08Z")

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**Names you’d give a kid if you had the chance (but haven’t actually done so)**

Adeline  
Bernadette  
Charlemagne  
Danielle  
Eris  
Fionnabhair  
Ginger  
Harry  
Isaac  
Jack  
Kitty  
Lawrence  
McLoughlin  
Neville  
Otha  
Peregrine  
Quinn  
Rose  
Simon  
Tandy  
Umberto

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7844 "2025-03-31T01:59:59Z")

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**Names you’d give a kid if you had the chance (but haven’t actually done so)**

Adeline  
Bernadette  
Charlemagne  
Danielle  
Eris  
Fionnabhair  
Ginger  
Harry  
Isaac  
Jack  
Kitty  
Lawrence  
McLoughlin  
Neville  
Otha  
Peregrine  
Quinn  
Rose  
Simon  
Tandy  
Umberto  
Violet

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**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7845 "2025-03-31T02:04:40Z")

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**Names you’d give a kid if you had the chance (but haven’t actually done so)**

Adeline  
Bernadette  
Charlemagne  
Danielle  
Eris  
Fionnabhair  
Ginger  
Harry  
Isaac  
Jack  
Kitty  
Lawrence  
McLoughlin  
Neville  
Otha  
Peregrine  
Quinn  
Rose  
Simon  
Tandy  
Umberto  
Violet  
Wolfgang

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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:** [March 31, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7846 "2025-03-31T02:12:34Z")

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**Names you’d give a kid if you had the chance (but haven’t actually done so)**

Adeline  
Bernadette  
Charlemagne  
Danielle  
Eris  
Fionnabhair  
Ginger  
Harry  
Isaac  
Jack  
Kitty  
Lawrence  
McLoughlin  
Neville  
Otha  
Peregrine  
Quinn  
Rose  
Simon  
Tandy  
Umberto  
Violet  
Wolfgang  
Xavier

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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:** [March 31, 2025, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7847 "2025-03-31T02:58:25Z")

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**Names you’d give a kid if you had the chance (but haven’t actually done so)**

Adeline  
Bernadette  
Charlemagne  
Danielle  
Eris  
Fionnabhair  
Ginger  
Harry  
Isaac  
Jack  
Kitty  
Lawrence  
McLoughlin  
Neville  
Otha  
Peregrine  
Quinn  
Rose  
Simon  
Tandy  
Umberto  
Violet  
Wolfgang  
Xavier  
Youngman

I have a friend with no middle name; he agreed I could give him Wolfgang as a middle name. As in _Amadeus_, I’ve now nicknamed him “Wolfie.”

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**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7848 "2025-03-31T15:36:24Z")

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**Names you’d give a kid if you had the chance (but haven’t actually done so)**

Adeline  
Bernadette  
Charlemagne  
Danielle  
Eris  
Fionnabhair  
Ginger  
Harry  
Isaac  
Jack  
Kitty  
Lawrence  
McLoughlin  
Neville  
Otha  
Peregrine  
Quinn  
Rose  
Simon  
Tandy  
Umberto  
Violet  
Wolfgang  
Xavier  
Youngman  
Zelda

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**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7849 "2025-03-31T15:40:33Z")

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**Senior Citizen Related Words**

Area Agency on Aging

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7850 "2025-03-31T21:24:34Z")

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**Senior Citizen Related Words**

Area Agency on Aging  
Burial insurance

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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:** [March 31, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7851 "2025-03-31T21:26:26Z")

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**Senior Citizen Related Words**

Area Agency on Aging  
Burial insurance  
Cane

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**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7852 "2025-03-31T21:58:48Z")

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**Senior Citizen Related Words**

Area Agency on Aging  
Burial insurance  
Cane  
DNR

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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:** [March 31, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7853 "2025-03-31T22:01:29Z")

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Esophageal Reflux

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**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7854 "2025-03-31T22:04:01Z")

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Housekeeping

**Senior Citizen Related Words**

Area Agency on Aging  
Burial insurance  
Cane  
DNR  
Esophageal Reflux

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**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7855 "2025-04-01T00:47:47Z")

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**Senior Citizen Related Words**

Area Agency on Aging  
Burial insurance  
Cane  
DNR  
Esophageal Reflux  
Flatulence

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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:** [April 1, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7856 "2025-04-01T00:55:07Z")

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**Senior Citizen Related Words**

Area Agency on Aging  
Burial insurance  
Cane  
DNR  
Esophageal Reflux  
Flatulence  
Grandmother, Grandfather, Gran, Grannie, Granny, Gramps, Grams, Grandpa, Grandma

Didn’t want to be the one to post the F-word 😉

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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:** [April 1, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7857 "2025-04-01T01:00:48Z")

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**Senior Citizen-Related Words**

Area Agency on Aging  
Burial insurance  
Cane  
DNR  
Esophageal Reflux  
Flatulence  
Grandmother, Grandfather, Gran, Grannie, Granny, Gramps, Grams, Grandpa, Grandma  
Hair turned gray

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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:** [April 1, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7858 "2025-04-01T11:18:11Z")

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**Senior Citizen-Related Words**

Area Agency on Aging  
Burial insurance  
Cane  
DNR  
Esophageal Reflux  
Flatulence  
Grandmother, Grandfather, Gran, Grannie, Granny, Gramps, Grams, Grandpa, Grandma  
Hair turned gray  
Independent living

Which, of course, is _less_ independent than regular living 🙂

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7859 "2025-04-01T12:21:51Z")

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**Senior Citizen-Related Words**

Area Agency on Aging  
Burial insurance  
Cane  
DNR  
Esophageal Reflux  
Flatulence  
Grandmother, Grandfather, Gran, Grannie, Granny, Gramps, Grams, Grandpa, Grandma  
Hair turned gray  
Independent living  
Joining a mall walking group

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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:** [April 1, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7860 "2025-04-01T12:57:47Z")

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**Senior Citizen-Related Words**

Area Agency on Aging  
Burial insurance  
Cane  
DNR  
Esophageal Reflux  
Flatulence  
Grandmother, Grandfather, Gran, Grannie, Granny, Gramps, Grams, Grandpa, Grandma  
Hair turned gray  
Independent living  
Joining a mall walking group  
Knitting an afghan

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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:** [April 1, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7861 "2025-04-01T15:45:14Z")

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**Senior Citizen-Related Words**

Area Agency on Aging  
Burial insurance  
Cane  
DNR  
Esophageal Reflux  
Flatulence  
Grandmother, Grandfather, Gran, Grannie, Granny, Gramps, Grams, Grandpa, Grandma  
Hair turned gray  
Independent living  
Joining a mall walking group  
Knitting an afghan  
Lavish attention (on grandkids)

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