# The mostly politically correct word association game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 27, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/442860 "2008-03-27T00:45:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/442860/1 "2008-03-27T00:45:08Z")
[[This thread is a rather mundane yet usually quite amusing game. The game is basically: one person posts a word and the next person posts a word that comes to mind because of it i.e. me: Banana other guy: Apple If it’s a particularly odd leap in association it’s customary, but not required, to explain the leap in parenthesis afterwards. i.e. Apple Fire Truck (Apple -\> Red -\> Firetruck is probably how I made that connection) Some quick notes: If two people answer the same post, the second poster should not edit because it can get confusing, likewise the next poster should respond to the second poster, pretending as if his association (no matter how much of a non sequitur) was for the word directly above his. If you want to chat or make a quick note/question it’s customary to use what amounts to RP OOC tags which are ((double parentheses) or [[Double Brackets]] to distinguish whats an association and what’s a comment. Names, and short multi-word phrases/terms are okay, but shouldn’t get longer than two or three words. Have fun!]] Death ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/442860/2 "2008-03-27T00:46:45Z")
Taxes ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/442860/3 "2008-03-27T00:50:14Z")
World of Warcraft (Death and Taxes is a hard core raiding guild in the US) ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/442860/4 "2008-03-27T02:30:55Z")
[QUOTE=Snarky\_Kong] World of Warcraft (Death and Taxes is a hard core raiding guild in the US) [/QUOTE] Civilisation (both strategy games) ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/442860/5 "2008-03-27T02:37:07Z")
Elephants (I used to play Civ III and Gandhi had elephants if I recall) ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/442860/6 "2008-03-27T02:52:15Z")
Heffalumps (elephantine phantoms) ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/442860/7 "2008-03-27T02:59:17Z")
Winnie ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/442860/8 "2008-03-27T03:06:27Z")
Pooh ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/442860/9 "2008-03-27T03:44:06Z")
Sticks ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/442860/10 "2008-03-27T03:45:34Z")
Stones ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/442860/11 "2008-03-27T03:48:21Z")
Gall Bladder ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/442860/12 "2008-03-27T04:19:33Z")
Bile ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/442860/13 "2008-03-27T04:30:40Z")
Humour ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/442860/14 "2008-03-27T05:57:04Z")
disease (humor -\> four humors of health) ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/442860/15 "2008-03-27T06:02:31Z")
Tay Sachs (Tay Sach’s disease- sorry, taking Anatomy right now) ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/442860/16 "2008-03-27T06:17:46Z")
Fifth Avenue ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/442860/17 "2008-03-27T06:24:11Z")
Hershey’s ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/442860/18 "2008-03-27T09:01:16Z")
Pennsylvania ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/442860/19 "2008-03-27T09:03:04Z")
((question: what makes this a “politically correct” WA game as opposed to an ordinary one?)) ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/442860/20 "2008-03-27T09:05:23Z")
Eraser (Pennsylvania -\> pencil -\> eraser ;)) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/442860.md?page=2)