# Thesaurus **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 19, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309 "2016-07-19T12:24:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 65
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1281 "2020-02-18T03:43:56Z")
1. Acquire, obtain or secure your of or relating to nerves or neurons that carry sudden wishes or urges that prompt unpremeditated acts or feelings that cause muscles to shorten a word by omitting or combining some of the letters or sounds rapid bipedal _the hit 1962 song sung by Little Eva_; A bathroom on a boat out on the passage cleared for public vehicular travel; Alert, descrying and rubbernecking with eyes peeled for larks, gests, escapades and getting our jollies; And a holophrastic expression used discourteously to indicate that the speaker does not consider the discharge or waste, such as pus or feces, from a living organism worthy of extended extrapolation, analysis and commentary we experience by chance. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1282 "2020-02-18T09:02:05Z")
1. Acquire, obtain or secure your of or relating to nerves or neurons that carry sudden wishes or urges that prompt unpremeditated acts or feelings that cause muscles to shorten a word by omitting or combining some of the letters or sounds rapid bipedal the hit 1962 song sung by Little Eva; A bathroom on a _pinnacle, skiff, scow or sloop_ out on the passage cleared for public vehicular travel; Alert, descrying and rubbernecking with eyes peeled for larks, gests, escapades and getting our jollies; And a holophrastic expression used discourteously to indicate that the speaker does not consider the discharge or waste, such as pus or feces, from a living organism worthy of extended extrapolation, analysis and commentary we experience by chance. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1283 "2020-02-18T10:47:00Z")
1. Acquire, obtain or secure your of or relating to nerves or neurons that carry sudden wishes or urges that prompt unpremeditated acts or feelings that cause muscles to shorten a word by omitting or combining some of the letters or sounds _extremely fast-moving part of a river, caused by a steep descent in the riverbed_ bipedal the hit 1962 song sung by Little Eva; A bathroom on a pinnacle, skiff, scow or sloop out on the passage cleared for public vehicular travel; Alert, descrying and rubbernecking with eyes peeled for larks, gests, escapades and getting our jollies; And a holophrastic expression used discourteously to indicate that the speaker does not consider the discharge or waste, such as pus or feces, from a living organism worthy of extended extrapolation, analysis and commentary we experience by chance. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1284 "2020-02-18T22:07:20Z")
1. Acquire, obtain or secure your of or relating to nerves or neurons that carry sudden wishes or urges that prompt unpremeditated acts or feelings that cause muscles to shorten a word by omitting or combining some of the letters or sounds extremely fast-moving part of a river, caused by a steep descent in the riverbed bipedal the hit _the only full calendar year of the Kennedy Administration_ song sung by Little Eva; A bathroom on a pinnacle, skiff, scow or sloop out on the passage cleared for public vehicular travel; Alert, descrying and rubbernecking with eyes peeled for larks, gests, escapades and getting our jollies; And a holophrastic expression used discourteously to indicate that the speaker does not consider the discharge or waste, such as pus or feces, from a living organism worthy of extended extrapolation, analysis and commentary we experience by chance. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1285 "2020-02-18T22:10:24Z")
1. Acquire, obtain or secure your of or relating to nerves or neurons that carry sudden wishes or urges that prompt unpremeditated acts or feelings that cause muscles to shorten a word by omitting or combining some of the letters or sounds extremely fast-moving part of a _surging watercourse_, caused by a steep descent in the riverbed bipedal the hit the only full calendar year of the Kennedy Administration song sung by Little Eva; A bathroom on a pinnacle, skiff, scow or sloop out on the passage cleared for public vehicular travel; Alert, descrying and rubbernecking with eyes peeled for larks, gests, escapades and getting our jollies; And a holophrastic expression used discourteously to indicate that the speaker does not consider the discharge or waste, such as pus or feces, from a living organism worthy of extended extrapolation, analysis and commentary we experience by chance. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1286 "2020-02-18T22:22:50Z")
1. Acquire, obtain or secure your of or relating to nerves or neurons that carry sudden wishes or urges that prompt unpremeditated acts or feelings that cause muscles to shorten a word by omitting or combining some of the letters or sounds extremely fast-moving part of a surging watercourse, caused by a steep descent in the riverbed bipedal the hit the only full calendar year of the Kennedy Administration song sung by Little Eva; A bathroom on a pinnacle, skiff, scow or sloop out on the passage cleared for public vehicular travel; Alert, descrying and rubbernecking with eyes peeled for _various birds of the family Alaudidae,_ gests, escapades and getting our jollies; And a holophrastic expression used discourteously to indicate that the speaker does not consider the discharge or waste, such as pus or feces, from a living organism worthy of extended extrapolation, analysis and commentary we experience by chance. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1287 "2020-02-19T03:40:02Z")
1. Acquire, obtain or secure _possessive form of you_ of or relating to nerves or neurons that carry sudden wishes or urges that prompt unpremeditated acts or feelings that cause muscles to shorten a word by omitting or combining some of the letters or sounds extremely fast-moving part of a surging watercourse, caused by a steep descent in the riverbed bipedal the hit the only full calendar year of the Kennedy Administration song sung by Little Eva; A bathroom on a pinnacle, skiff, scow or sloop out on the passage cleared for public vehicular travel; Alert, descrying and rubbernecking with eyes peeled for various birds of the family Alaudidae, gests, escapades and getting our jollies; And a holophrastic expression used discourteously to indicate that the speaker does not consider the discharge or waste, such as pus or feces, from a living organism worthy of extended extrapolation, analysis and commentary we experience by chance. Well that rogers Dennis Edmonton’s contribution towards the heavy metal precursor. My starter, so next one is somebody else’s prerogative. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1288 "2020-02-19T07:26:40Z")
Next, a little W.S. Gilbert (without Sullivan): We sail the ocean blue, and our saucy ship’s a beauty; we’re sober men and true, and attentive to our duty. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1289 "2020-02-19T12:27:22Z")
1. We sail the ocean blue, and our saucy ship’s a beauty; we’re sober men and _determined by reference to the earth’s axis rather than the magnetic poles_, and attentive to our duty. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1290 "2020-02-19T12:30:56Z")
1. We sail the ocean blue, and our saucy ship’s a beauty; we’re sober men and determined by reference to the earth’s _alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936, later including Japan and other nations, that opposed the Allies in World War II,_ rather than the magnetic poles, and attentive to our duty. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1291 "2020-02-19T15:07:55Z")
1. We sail the ocean blue, and our saucy ship’s a beauty; we’re _showing no excessive or extreme qualities of fancy_ men and determined by reference to the earth’s alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936, later including Japan and other nations, that opposed the Allies in World War II, rather than the magnetic poles, and attentive to our duty. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1292 "2020-02-19T16:05:46Z")
1. _Those stout-hearted and surprisingly musical British tars now singing for you_ sail the ocean blue, and our saucy ship’s a beauty; we’re showing no excessive or extreme qualities of fancy men and determined by reference to the earth’s alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936, later including Japan and other nations, that opposed the Allies in World War II, rather than the magnetic poles, and attentive to our duty. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1293 "2020-02-19T18:20:24Z")
1. Those stout-hearted and surprisingly musical British tars now singing for you sail the ocean _a small butterfly, the male of which is predominantly blue while the female is typically brown,_ and our saucy ship’s a beauty; we’re showing no excessive or extreme qualities of fancy men and determined by reference to the earth’s alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936, later including Japan and other nations, that opposed the Allies in World War II, rather than the magnetic poles, and attentive to our duty. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1294 "2020-02-19T19:59:20Z")
1. Those stout-hearted and surprisingly musical British tars now singing for you sail the ocean a small butterfly, the male of which is predominantly blue while the female is typically brown, and our \*humorous with sexual insinuations \* ship’s a beauty; we’re showing no excessive or extreme qualities of fancy men and determined by reference to the earth’s alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936, later including Japan and other nations, that opposed the Allies in World War II, rather than the magnetic poles, and attentive to our duty. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1295 "2020-02-20T01:30:40Z")
1. Those stout-hearted and surprisingly musical British tars now singing for you sail the ocean a small butterfly, the male of which is predominantly blue while the female is typically brown, and our humorous with sexual insinuations ship’s a beauty; we’re showing no excessive or extreme qualities of fancy men and determined by reference to the earth’s alliance of Germany and Italy in _the year in which Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom,_ later including Japan and other nations, that opposed the Allies in World War II, rather than the magnetic poles, and attentive to our duty. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1296 "2020-02-20T10:50:02Z")
1. Those stout-hearted and surprisingly musical British tars now singing for you sail the ocean a small butterfly, the male of which is predominantly blue while the female is typically brown, and our humorous with sexual insinuations ship’s _an excellent or egregious example_; we’re showing no excessive or extreme qualities of fancy men and determined by reference to the earth’s alliance of Germany and Italy in the year in which Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom, later including Japan and other nations, that opposed the Allies in World War II, rather than the magnetic poles, and attentive to our duty. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1297 "2020-02-20T11:16:39Z")
1. Those stout-hearted and surprisingly musical British _dark, oily, viscous materials produced by the destructive distillation of organic substances_ now singing for you sail the ocean a small butterfly, the male of which is predominantly blue while the female is typically brown, and our humorous with sexual insinuations ship’s an excellent or egregious example; we’re showing no excessive or extreme qualities of fancy men and determined by reference to the earth’s alliance of Germany and Italy in the year in which Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom, later including Japan and other nations, that opposed the Allies in World War II, rather than the magnetic poles, and attentive to our duty. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1298 "2020-02-20T13:18:18Z")
1. Those stout-hearted and surprisingly musical British dark, oily, viscous materials produced by the destructive distillation of organic substances now singing for you sail the ocean a small butterfly, the male of which is predominantly blue while the female is typically brown, and our humorous with sexual insinuations ship’s an excellent or egregious example; we’re showing no excessive or extreme qualities of fancy men and determined by reference to the earth’s alliance of Germany and Italy in the year in which Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom, later including Japan and other nations, that opposed the Allies in World War II, rather than the magnetic poles, and attentive to our _quality to which Frederic is a slave_. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1299 "2020-02-20T13:35:03Z")
1. Those _very dark ale or lager beer_-hearted and surprisingly musical British dark, oily, viscous materials produced by the destructive distillation of organic substances now singing for you sail the ocean a small butterfly, the male of which is predominantly blue while the female is typically brown, and our humorous with sexual insinuations ship’s an excellent or egregious example; we’re showing no excessive or extreme qualities of fancy men and determined by reference to the earth’s alliance of Germany and Italy in the year in which Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom, later including Japan and other nations, that opposed the Allies in World War II, rather than the magnetic poles, and attentive to our quality to which Frederic is a slave. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1300 "2020-02-20T14:25:06Z")
1. Those very dark ale or lager beer-hearted and surprisingly musical British dark, oily, viscous materials produced by the destructive distillation of organic substances now singing for you _navigate seagoing vessels over the liquid highways of a Pirate King_ a small butterfly, the male of which is predominantly blue while the female is typically brown, and our humorous with sexual insinuations ship’s an excellent or egregious example; we’re showing no excessive or extreme qualities of fancy men and determined by reference to the earth’s alliance of Germany and Italy in the year in which Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom, later including Japan and other nations, that opposed the Allies in World War II, rather than the magnetic poles, and attentive to our quality to which Frederic is a slave. Housekeeping: Corrected numbering [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309.md?page=64) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309.md?page=66)