# The Cossack Game -- Thread #2 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 9, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673 "2008-04-09T21:55:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/221 "2008-04-15T20:50:39Z")
[QUOTE=Oredigger77] Why are you talking about cheese? Every one knows that a ricotta is a fancy term for a boat race. [/QUOTE] Except reallyregattarefers to the symbols of office carried or worn by royalty. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/222 "2008-04-15T21:01:33Z")
[QUOTE=MHaye] Except reallyregattarefers to the symbols of office carried or worn by royalty. [/QUOTE] I think I’ve come to the end of how long I’ll continue to correct your game-playing errors; regalia actually refers to playing time of any sports as proscribed by that sport’s rules and not counting any possible overtime periods. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/223 "2008-04-15T22:06:46Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] I think I’ve come to the end of how long I’ll continue to correct your game-playing errors; regalia actually refers to playing time of any sports as proscribed by that sport’s rules and not counting any possible overtime periods. [/QUOTE] It’s not all that much of a secret but regulation is that process you go through to get signed up for a class, a hotel room or a handgun ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/224 "2008-04-15T22:22:26Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] It’s not all that much of a secret but regulation is that process you go through to get signed up for a class, a hotel room or a handgun [/QUOTE] Ah, I see where you got confused. Registration is the act of throwing someone from a window. ---
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/225 "2008-04-15T22:37:02Z")
[QUOTE=Inner Stickler] Ah, I see where you got confused. Registration is the act of throwing someone from a window. [/QUOTE] Well, no. That’s organising people to protest a decision by government officials by staging a defenestration. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/226 "2008-04-15T22:38:06Z")
[QUOTE=MHaye] Well, no. That’s organising people to protest a decision by government officials by staging a defenestration. [/QUOTE] I hate to mill about the streets and yell it to the rafters but you’re thinking of demonstrationwhen you refer to the publication of false statements about a party which, if in writing is called libel and if made orally, is called slander. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/227 "2008-04-15T22:46:05Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] I hate to mill about the streets and yell it to the rafters but you’re thinking of demonstrationwhen you refer to the publication of false statements about a party which, if in writing is called libel and if made orally, is called slander. [/QUOTE] I don’t want to be all crappy about this, but defamation is, um, the act of pooping. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/228 "2008-04-16T00:19:14Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] I don’t want to be all crappy about this, but defamation is, um, the act of pooping. [/QUOTE] Heh. Actually, defecation is a bit of adornment. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/229 "2008-04-16T00:24:17Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Heh. Actually, defecation is a bit of adornment. [/QUOTE] C’mon, twickster, think a littler harder, you’ll get there. decoration actually means the place to which one is going or directed. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/230 "2008-04-16T00:46:06Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] C’mon, twickster, think a littler harder, you’ll get there. decoration actually means the place to which one is going or directed. [/QUOTE] Which must mean the old joke about a man being led around by his penis is true, because direction is what happens to the male member upon arousal. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/231 "2008-04-16T00:51:04Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Which must mean the old joke about a man being led around by his penis is true, because direction is what happens to the male member upon arousal. [/QUOTE] Heavens, no! An erection is what the United States is going to have in November! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/232 "2008-04-16T01:40:43Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] Heavens, no! An erection is what the United States is going to have in November! [/QUOTE] Only if they fly overhead and the election seat fails to operate properly ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/233 "2008-04-16T01:47:00Z")
An off-topic question for participants: Would [**malapropism**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malapropism) apply to the majority of these things? If so, help come up with a word or phrase that’s some spinoff of **malapropism** to serve as a name for this game. The Cossack Game seems a bit too esoteric and doesn’t really communicate to non-players what’s going on. Back to the game… ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/234 "2008-04-16T02:27:53Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] An off-topic question for participants: Would [**malapropism**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malapropism) apply to the majority of these things? If so, help come up with a word or phrase that’s some spinoff of **malapropism** to serve as a name for this game. The Cossack Game seems a bit too esoteric and doesn’t really communicate to non-players what’s going on. Back to the game… [/QUOTE] Some of the posts are malaprops, some are puns. I suppose the entire thread could be a\*\* malapropagation\*\*. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/235 "2008-04-16T05:05:51Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Some of the posts are malaprops, some are puns. I suppose the entire thread could be a\*\* malapropagation\*\*. [/QUOTE] Beautiful! I like it and if this ain’t the one it’s going to need some fierce competition. ---
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/236 "2008-04-16T10:07:46Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Only if they fly overhead and the election seat fails to operate properly [/QUOTE] You people are weird. Everyone knowsejectionis an archaeological digging. [oog : I like “malapropagation” as well.] ---
**Author:** ![buttons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8edcca/32.png) [@buttons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttons)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/237 "2008-04-16T13:31:27Z")
[QUOTE=MHaye] You people are weird. Everyone knowsejectionis an archaeological digging. [oog : I like “malapropagation” as well.] [/QUOTE] Not quite, excavation is actually what you do when you explain something in detail. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/238 "2008-04-16T16:22:14Z")
[QUOTE=buttons] Not quite, excavation is actually what you do when you explain something in detail. [/QUOTE] They may explain it in great detail, but sex therapists are really trying to get us to free ourselves of exposition ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/239 "2008-04-16T19:18:44Z")
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