# The new and improved mostly politically correct word association game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 24, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142 "2008-08-24T22:47:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**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:** [October 2, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/281 "2008-10-02T16:24:56Z")
Hawkeye ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/282 "2008-10-02T18:35:01Z")
Iowa ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/283 "2008-10-02T21:26:19Z")
Mamie Eisenhower (she was born there) ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/284 "2008-10-03T13:31:06Z")
Ike ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/285 "2008-10-03T13:33:40Z")
wisenheimer ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/286 "2008-10-03T13:49:30Z")
Westheimer ---
**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:** [October 3, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/287 "2008-10-03T13:53:57Z")
Sex! ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/288 "2008-10-03T14:45:30Z")
rut ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/289 "2008-10-03T15:24:48Z")
Weasel. (line from an SNL sketch, “rutting like crazed weasels,” which I apparently the only person to remember) ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/290 "2008-10-03T15:46:22Z")
teasel ---
**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:** [October 3, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/291 "2008-10-03T16:46:46Z")
Tazer ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/292 "2008-10-03T16:50:30Z")
Tom Swift ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/293 "2008-10-03T18:00:29Z")
Condescendingly (As in "The prisoner is coming down the stairs, Tom said, …) ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/294 "2008-10-03T22:39:16Z")
snob ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/295 "2008-10-03T22:52:37Z")
William Makepeace Thackeray (author of _The Book of Snobs_) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/296 "2008-10-03T22:54:36Z")
Gentry ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/297 "2008-10-03T22:58:12Z")
Sidhe ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/298 "2008-10-04T01:30:29Z")
Faery [[Out of wonder, how do you pronounce “Sídhe” I’ve only seen it written. By my limited knowledge of the source lanugage I’d guess “Shee” (i.e. Bean Sídhe got brought over as “Banshee” I believe) but that’s probably off.]] ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/299 "2008-10-04T01:42:10Z")
**Jragon** , that’s my understanding but it’s based only on the same logic you use, and some fiction I’ve read. Which isn’t always the best source for factual data. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2008, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/300 "2008-10-04T01:54:16Z")
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