# The three words that end in **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 16, 2000, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-words-that-end-in/25715 "2000-07-16T03:42:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2000, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-words-that-end-in/25715/1 "2000-07-16T03:42:22Z")
“-shion.” I saw this riddle today, and the answers were supposedly “fashion,” “cushion,” and “pincushion.” Any others? (And if anyone knows a good dictionary search engine for looking for stuff like this, let me know.) ---
**Author:** ![go\_no\_go](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de0a6/32.png) [@go\_no\_go](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/go_no_go)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2000, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-words-that-end-in/25715/2 "2000-07-16T03:51:50Z")
nucaler fishion ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2000, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-words-that-end-in/25715/3 "2000-07-16T03:57:37Z")
kishion: hardness; soreness ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2000, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-words-that-end-in/25715/4 "2000-07-16T04:00:25Z")
Now, go no go, I can understand if you deliberately misspelled “Fission” to get it on the list, but “Nucaler”? Come on, even Homer got it closer than that with “Nucular”. Nuclear, people…nuclear. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2000, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-words-that-end-in/25715/5 "2000-07-16T05:32:52Z")
[grease 2] Ka-Blam! Noocleaoid War! [/grease 2] ---
**Author:** ![Soupy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Soupy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soupy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2000, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-words-that-end-in/25715/6 "2000-07-16T07:38:08Z")
“Nuclear, people…nuclear.” ? Not for me thanks. Classic Coke and Classic Everclear. ---
**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2000, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-words-that-end-in/25715/7 "2000-07-16T08:47:15Z")
Webster’s Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition has **disfashion** (to disfigure), **misfashion** (to form wrongly) and **refashion** (you can probably guess this one). Try [One Look](http://onelook.com/index.html) dictionaries - it searches on-line dictionary web sites and you can use wild cards, like \*\*\*\*\* and **?**. ---
**Author:** ![JBurton99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea5d25/32.png) [@JBurton99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBurton99)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2000, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-words-that-end-in/25715/8 "2000-07-16T09:54:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Monster104 \* > \*\*Now, go no go, I can understand if you deliberately misspelled “Fission” to get it on the list, but “Nucaler”? Come on, even Homer got it closer than that with “Nucular”. > > Nuclear, people…nuclear. \*\* Nuclear?!? Hey, i think that’s the stuff i use when i wax my truck. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2000, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-words-that-end-in/25715/9 "2000-07-16T16:35:21Z")
Hungry, angry, and I forget the other. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2000, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-words-that-end-in/25715/10 "2000-07-16T20:51:28Z")
grep ‘shion$’ /dict/words Unfortunately, the Unix system to which I have easy access at the moment doesn’t seem to have the wordlist in it. ---
**Author:** ![go\_no\_go](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de0a6/32.png) [@go\_no\_go](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/go_no_go)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-words-that-end-in/25715/11 "2002-03-24T01:46:05Z")
This is a typo. ---
**Author:** ![go\_no\_go](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de0a6/32.png) [@go\_no\_go](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/go_no_go)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-words-that-end-in/25715/12 "2002-03-24T01:49:08Z")
web1913: “After a fashion” “Air cushion” “Altar cushion” “Coronary cushion” Cushion Disfashion Fashion “Gammoning fashion” “King’s cushion” “Lady’s cushion” Misfashion Pincushion Refashion “Sea pincushion” “To set the fashion” wn: “after a fashion” “air cushion” cushion fashion “high fashion” “inflatable cushion” “out of fashion” pincushion refashion “seat cushion” gazetteer: Cashion easton: Kishion hitchcock: Kishion devils: FASHION [http://www.dict.org/bin/Dict](http://www.dict.org/bin/Dict) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-words-that-end-in/25715/13 "2002-03-24T02:24:57Z")
Sheesh, you could cut the tenshion in here with a knife. Stop the oppreshion! ---
**Author:** ![Beastal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Beastal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastal)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-words-that-end-in/25715/14 "2002-03-24T04:18:11Z")
Pincushion. ---
**Author:** ![go\_no\_go](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de0a6/32.png) [@go\_no\_go](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/go_no_go)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-words-that-end-in/25715/15 "2002-03-24T07:19:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Max Torque \* > \*\*Sheesh, you could cut the tenshion in here with a knife. Stop the oppreshion! \*\* Those spellings are an illushion, destined for refushion. ---
**Author:** ![misshannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@misshannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misshannah)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-words-that-end-in/25715/16 "2002-03-24T08:01:50Z")
**go no go** did you know you have .01 posts/day? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-words-that-end-in/25715/17 "2002-03-24T15:12:29Z")
[Ask Oxford](http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutwords/shion?view=) has a page on this exact question. ---
**Author:** ![Disciple\_of\_Alf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/958977/32.png) [@Disciple\_of\_Alf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disciple_of_Alf)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-words-that-end-in/25715/18 "2002-03-24T16:05:58Z")
[=o](http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=aggry) ---
**Author:** ![\_your\_name\_here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/919ad9/32.png) [@\_your\_name\_here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_your_name_here)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-words-that-end-in/25715/19 "2002-03-25T02:55:49Z")
😕 Um…so what exactly is going on here? ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-words-that-end-in/25715/20 "2002-03-25T03:58:54Z")
Hey, **og on og** , you spelled your username backwards. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-words-that-end-in/25715.md?page=2)