# The Daily Feud: Words and Names by RickJay \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 22, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-words-and-names-by-rickjay-game-over/482520 "2009-01-22T21:14:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-words-and-names-by-rickjay-game-over/482520/61 "2009-01-23T14:15:22Z")
This was a great feud and one of the toughest for me. The Apartheid answer for number 7 is the best! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-words-and-names-by-rickjay-game-over/482520/62 "2009-01-23T15:00:59Z")
Wow. I completely misunderstood question #2. Not like I’m a perrenial top-scorer here, but damn, is my face red. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-words-and-names-by-rickjay-game-over/482520/63 "2009-01-23T15:33:51Z")
1. the 2. premier/premiere 3. electricity 4. principle/principal 5. Smokin’ 6. Truck/lorry 7. rendezvous 8. Paris, Texas 9. Denzel Washington 10. premier/premiere 11. Often just “'lectric” around here. ---
**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 23, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-words-and-names-by-rickjay-game-over/482520/64 "2009-01-23T16:10:44Z")
**Elendil’s Heir** is #50. ---
**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 23, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-words-and-names-by-rickjay-game-over/482520/65 "2009-01-23T17:08:44Z")
1. Name a word that is frequently typed incorrectly in Internet usage. **1. The/Teh 47** 2. its 1 3. Their 1 4. You 1 5. Name a different word that is frequently misspelled, on or off the Internet. **2. their/there/they’re 10** 6. misspell 7 7. lose/loose 5 8. Definite/definitely 3 9. accommodate 2 10. Atheist 2 11. its 2 12. Weird 2 13. and/adn 1 14. February 1 15. friend 1 16. like 1 17. Necessary 1 18. occasion 1 19. personnel 1 20. Pique 1 21. Potato 1 22. premier/premiere 1 23. restaurant 1 24. Restaurateur 1 25. Ridiculous 1 26. separate 1 27. supersede 1 28. You/U 1 29. your/you’re 1 30. Besides nuke-yoo-lar, name a word that that you think is often mispronounced, whether or not it is an accepted regional difference. (Sounds wrong to your ears.) **3. Library 9** 31. February 6 32. Jewelry 4 33. Aluminum 3 34. espresso 2 35. Foliage 2 36. Iraq 2 37. Mischievous 2 38. often 2 39. Arab 1 40. ask 1 41. Aunt 1 42. cement 1 43. coupon 1 44. Diphtheria 1 45. electricity 1 46. Harrass 1 47. Italian 1 48. karaoke 1 49. Moscow 1 50. pass1 1 51. pass2 1 52. pen 1 53. Picture 1 54. Supposedly 1 55. terror 1 56. Wash 1 57. Name a homophone (two words that sound the same but have different meanings.) **4. their/there/they’re 16** 58. too/to/two 9 59. Bare/bear 4 60. I/eye 2 61. ate/eight 1 62. Bass/Bass 1 63. Deer/dear 1 64. eight/ate 1 65. Flee/ Flea 1 66. here/hear 1 67. Lead, led 1 68. loan/lone 1 69. Lose/Loose 1 70. principle/principal 1 71. pussy 1 72. raze/raise 1 73. red/read 1 74. Sale/Sail 1 75. Sea/see 1 76. Sole/soul 1 77. sun/son 1 78. sweet/suite 1 79. wear/where 1 80. Name a synonym for hot. **5. Warm 10** 81. Smokin’ 7 82. Sweltering 5 83. Sexy 4 84. boiling 3 85. Spicy 3 86. Torrid 3 87. blazing 2 88. fiery 2 89. Scalding 2 90. Steamy 2 91. Baking 1 92. blistering 1 93. Radioactive 1 94. roasting 1 95. Scorching 1 96. Stolen 1 97. Toasty 1 98. Name two English words meaning the same thing that are different in the United States and United Kingdom. **6. Elevator/lift 18** 99. Trunk/boot 11 100. truck/lorry 7 101. gasoline/petrol 2 102. hood/bonnet 2 103. Sidewalk/pavement 2 104. Biscuit 1 105. Eggplant/aubergine 1 106. Fag/Cigarette 1 107. french fries/chips 1 108. sweater/jumper 1 109. toilet/loo 1 110. Trash/Rubbish 1 111. Trousers/Pants 1 112. Name a non-English word or phrase that is used in English because English has no exact synonym. **7. schadenfreude 25** 113. Deja vu 9 114. Je ne sais quoi 5 115. Apartheid 1 116. chutzpah 1 117. croissant 1 118. Doppelganger 1 119. hors d’oeuvres 1 120. Ombudsman 1 121. rendezvous 1 122. Sabotage 1 123. Umami 1 124. voila 1 125. Yo! 1 126. Name a city in the Americas that is named after a city in Europe. **8. Paris, TX 23** 127. New York 19 128. Athens, Georgia 2 129. Boston, Massachusetts 1 130. Ithaca 1 131. London, Ontario 1 132. Moscow, Idaho 1 133. Naples, Florida 1 134. New London 1 135. Name a movie star that has the same (first or last) name as a place. **9. Paris Hilton 12** 136. River Phoenix 7 137. Dakota Fanning 6 138. John Denver 5 139. America Ferrera 3 140. Bob Denver 2 141. Denzel Washington 2 142. Joaquin Phoenix 2 143. Orlando Bloom 2 144. Brittany Murphy 1 145. Chevy Chase 1 146. Jack London 1 147. Jill Ireland 1 148. John Wayne 1 149. Johnny Knoxville 1 150. Michael York 1 151. Rock Hudson 1 152. Whitney Houston 1 153. Name an English word that is frequently used in a way that demostrates the user doesn’t know the word’s correct definition. **10. Literally 13** 154. Ironic 7 155. Inconceivable 4 156. Penultimate 4 157. bemused 3 158. Decimate 3 159. Comprise 2 160. enormity 2 161. Inflammable 2 162. affect/effect 1 163. arguably 1 164. disabuse 1 165. Disinterested 1 166. ennui 1 167. irregardless 1 168. liberal 1 169. Nonplussed 1 170. premier/premiere 1 171. Vagina 1 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-words-and-names-by-rickjay-game-over/482520/66 "2009-01-23T17:13:53Z")
Hmph. Warm is _not_ a synonym for hot – hot is significantly hotter than warm. :mad: **prepares to come in somewhere in the bottom half** ---
**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 23, 2009, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-words-and-names-by-rickjay-game-over/482520/67 "2009-01-23T17:16:53Z")
And the winner is ~~~drumroll~~~ **42fish**!!! Good job! ::flings Scrabble letters:: **42fish** got 6/10 top answers. Very good! Perfect score was 366.00. Thanks for playing, everyone! This one was lots of fun, **RickJay**! New one up before long. \*\*1. 42fish 336.00 \*\* 2. Cunctator 324.00 3. swampbear 318.00 4. ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness 310.00 5. Mahaloth 308.00 6. Hoopy Frood 296.00 7. NDP 286.00 8. pulykamell 282.00 9. Klif 280.00 10. twickster 276.00 10. Sublight 276.00 12. Hilarity N. Suze 272.00 13. astorian 268.00 14. Beadalin 264.00 14. Sigmagirl 264.00 16. This’ll Do 262.00 17. Gala Matrix Fire 260.00 17. Aspidistra 260.00 19. pravnik 258.00 19. Silver Tyger Girl 258.00 21. Dolores Reborn 250.00 22. Tom Scud 246.00 23. ShibbOleth 240.00 23. bluecanary 240.00 25. Freudian Slit 238.00 25. Scarlett67 238.00 27. El\_Kabong 230.00 27. Key Lime Guy 230.00 29. MsWhatsit 228.00 29. criminey.jicket 228.00 31. Jack Batty 226.00 31. RickJay 226.00 33. Tengu 224.00 34. kenner116 220.00 35. Fretful Porpentine 216.00 36. Švejk 214.00 37. SiXSwordS 210.00 37. gonzomax 210.00 39. Miller 202.00 40. bibliophage 200.00 41. notfrommensa 198.00 42. susan 186.00 43. jali 176.00 44. WormTheRed 174.00 45. Elendil’s Heir 172.00 46. Scuba\_Ben 166.00 47. madmonk28 158.00 48. hocow 132.00 49. Kilvert’s Pagan 102.00 50. Baker 62.00 ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-words-and-names-by-rickjay-game-over/482520/68 "2009-01-23T17:27:04Z")
#6. I haven’t been in the top 10 in a while now. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-words-and-names-by-rickjay-game-over/482520/69 "2009-01-23T17:32:22Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > 1. Name a homophone (two words that sound the same but have different meanings.) > 2. ate/eight 1 > 3. eight/ate 1 Ahem. ETA: 3 unique answers (once this one gets cleaned up) and 4 first-place answers. Very hit-or-miss for me. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-words-and-names-by-rickjay-game-over/482520/70 "2009-01-23T17:40:54Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Hmph. Warm is _not_ a synonym for hot – hot is significantly hotter than warm. :mad: Oh, baby, you look so _warm_ tonight! It’s getting _warm_ in here, so take off all your clothes. I get _warm_ just thinking about you. In fact, I burned my hand on this _warm_ stove because I was distracted. I had it on to heat up that really _warm_ food we got at the Thai take-out last night. Everyone is going there, in fact, it may be the _warmest_ restaurant in town. You’re right, there are a lot of people who don’t get the concept of a synonym. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-words-and-names-by-rickjay-game-over/482520/71 "2009-01-23T17:41:37Z")
The Worm eats more dirt and expels the gas of losing. 37 is about right for me. I get woozy when I break above the 30s. This was a tough one. You come up with about 6 answers and have to pick one. I did not choose wisely. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-words-and-names-by-rickjay-game-over/482520/72 "2009-01-23T17:56:29Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **prepares to come in somewhere in the bottom half** Heh – top ten. Who’da thunk? Very fun feud, **RickJay** – I liked the wide-open nature of the questions, though it made it a lot harder to try to play with strategery. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-words-and-names-by-rickjay-game-over/482520/73 "2009-01-23T17:56:48Z")
Paris Hilton, movie star. :rolleyes: I will be posting no more, as my fingers just fell off from the hypocrisy of typing the above. Goodbye. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-words-and-names-by-rickjay-game-over/482520/74 "2009-01-23T18:17:47Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Paris Hilton, movie star. :rolleyes: > . Hey, she thinks she is. That’s all that matters. It didn’t say she had to be a good or even credible movie star, it just said name a movie star. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-words-and-names-by-rickjay-game-over/482520/75 "2009-01-23T18:30:40Z")
Thanks. A fun Feud, despite my falling off a cliff compared to my Obama inauguration score. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-words-and-names-by-rickjay-game-over/482520/76 "2009-01-23T18:34:08Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > The Worm eats more dirt and expels the gas of losing. 37 is about right for me. I get woozy when I break above the 30s. > This was a tough one. You come up with about 6 answers and have to pick one. I did not choose wisely. When do we ever choose wisely? You get a lucky hit every once in a while, but I call that chance 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-words-and-names-by-rickjay-game-over/482520/77 "2009-01-23T22:55:51Z")
OMG, I knew I wasn’t going to do well, but dead last? I hang my head in shame! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-words-and-names-by-rickjay-game-over/482520/78 "2009-01-24T07:48:48Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Hey, she thinks she is. That’s all that matters. > > It didn’t say she had to be a good or even credible movie star, it just said name a movie star. Has Paris Hilton ever actually been in a movie? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-words-and-names-by-rickjay-game-over/482520/79 "2009-01-24T11:44:27Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Has Paris Hilton ever actually been in a movie? Nothing worth remembering, but yeah, she has. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0385296/](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0385296/) ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-words-and-names-by-rickjay-game-over/482520/80 "2009-01-24T16:06:31Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Has Paris Hilton ever actually been in a movie? She’s up for a Razzie this year, so she must have been. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-words-and-names-by-rickjay-game-over/482520.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-words-and-names-by-rickjay-game-over/482520.md?page=5)