# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/101 "2008-09-03T14:09:09Z")
Pirates ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/102 "2008-09-03T14:11:48Z")
Caribbean ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/103 "2008-09-03T16:04:32Z")
cruise ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/104 "2008-09-03T16:27:27Z")
Box ops! (Which was what we called cruises to nowhere in operational ‘boxes’ on tactical maps.) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/105 "2008-09-04T20:15:13Z")
Box tops (send in three from Cheerios and get a Harlem Globetrotters Foam Ball!) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/106 "2008-09-04T23:25:18Z")
Letter (with “The,” a hit tune by The Box Tops) ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/107 "2008-09-04T23:25:47Z")
Envelope ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/108 "2008-09-04T23:29:02Z")
Pushing ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/109 "2008-09-04T23:35:12Z")
pulling ---
**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:** [September 5, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/110 "2008-09-05T04:08:08Z")
Tug-of-war ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/111 "2008-09-05T13:00:56Z")
Rope ---
**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:** [September 5, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/112 "2008-09-05T13:04:18Z")
Hitchcock ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/113 "2008-09-05T13:07:12Z")
_Psycho_ ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/114 "2008-09-05T13:10:29Z")
Babble ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/115 "2008-09-05T13:16:10Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > Babble Bubble Trouble ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/116 "2008-09-05T13:20:47Z")
Double trouble ---
**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:** [September 5, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/117 "2008-09-05T13:23:51Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Double trouble Witchiepoo ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/118 "2008-09-05T13:25:08Z")
Abracapocus! ---
**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:** [September 5, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/119 "2008-09-05T18:34:12Z")
Harry Plopper ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-and-improved-mostly-politically-correct-word-association-game/461142/120 "2008-09-05T18:55:46Z")
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