Below is a list of words - what are their primary meanings to you? - what is your first understanding of each of them, individually, when encountered devoid of any context?
Where possible, please compose (or think through) your answers before reading what others have answered. The words are not connected by any particular common theme - so don’t let notions like that corrupt your initial impressions.
Watch
Record
Fox
Field
Blackberry
Lead
Fire
Fork
Fly
Post
My answers, spoilered:
Watch: n - A timekeeping device, usually worn on the wrist
Record: n - A unit of data within a table, in a database
Fox: n - A wild canine
Field: n - An area of land
Blackberry: n - Fruit of plants in the genus Rubus
Lead: n - A silver-grey, heavy, toxic metal
Fire: v - To cause to propel (i.e. to shoot, or loose)
Fork: n - A dining utensil
Fly: v - To move (or be flung) through the air
Post: n - The Royal Mail
Here are the first thoughts that come to my mind for what each word means.
Watch-look at and pay attention to at the same time
Record-to save a program on TV for later viewing…the first word that came to mind was “tape”
Fox-the TV network, but that’s most likely just because I just wrote a statement about recording TV programs, normally the animal would probably be the first thing that came to mind
Field-a large plot of land with grass in it
Blackberry-the fruit
Lead-lead the verb, like you might lead a dog on a leash
Fire-flames
Fork-an eating utensil
Fly-what you do in an airplane
Post-mailing a piece of paper in an envelope
Watch -to look at
Record - as in, make a tape recording
Fox - an animal, traditionally hunted with dogs
Field - a place to grow crops
Blackberry - a yummy fruit that is great with milk and a dash of sugar
Lead - a metal, as in a lead pipe.
Fire - the combustion of fuel and oxygen. Perfect for lighting cigarettes.
Fork - an eating utensil
Fly - a small insect
Post - to advertise, as in a job posting
Done as free-association, first thing that crosses my mind kind of answers:
Watch: what you wear on your wrist
Record: black disk with grooves, holds music
Fox: TV Network
Field: Sally. Formerly flying nun.
Blackberry: Telephone thingy.
Lead: heavy metal.
Fire: hot stuff, happens when you turn the stove on or strike a match.
Fork: what you eat food with.
Fly: a bug.
Post: This.
Watch - a chronograph.
Record - cataloging of data.
Fox - Small, furry animal. Makes nice coats.
Field - Where you grow stuff.
Blackberry - Normally I’d say a fruit. All this McCain crap today makes me think “phone”
Lead - Pb
Fire - Blackbody radiation emitted from superheated gas resulting from combustion.
Fork - Multi-tined eating device.
Fly - A really shitty way to travel.
Post - Supportive cylindrical prism, if you asked me in real life. Here - a potential source of great embarrassment for myself.
Watch - Two meanings struck at once: To look at something, and a vigil
Record - A vinyl record
Fox - A small furry animal
Field - An expanse of bare earth to grow stuff on
Blackberry - Large, black berries that vaguely look like insect eyes
Lead - The metal
Fire - A campfire
Fork - A utensil
Fly - The movie from 1986 with Jeff Goldblum
Post - A wooden pole
Watch - observe
Record - capture audio
Fox - TV network
Field - place with grass and flowers
Blackberry - elctronic device
Lead - metal
Fire - flames
Fork - goes with spoon
Fly - insect
Post - thick wooden stick
If I went into depth, I’d have different or at least more complex answers. But I put down my first association with each word.
They’re all nouns, by the way. [ul]
[li]Watch: A thing that I wear around my wrist that tells the time. [/li][li]Record: A round black disk that I put on an out of date machine to play the songs on it [/li][li]Fox: A reddish animal with lovely fur and a fluffy tail [/li][li]Field: An open expanse of land[/li][li]Blackberry: A really tasty juicy fruit[/li][li]Lead: The metal[/li][li]Fire: The owieful thing that makes it hurt if you stick your finger in it, but is beautiful to look at and keeps you warm and cooks your food and keeps away wild beasts[/li][li]Fork: The tined instrument with which I eat[/li][li]Fly: A buzzing black insect[/li][li]Post: A thing sticking up out of the ground, like a fence post or the North pole post. Yeah. That.[/li][/ul]
Watch - Noun. Wristy-clocky-thing.
Record - Noun. Like a big black vinyl CD.
Fox - A red doglike animal.
Field - An open space, like a meadow or pasture.
Blackberry - A personal communication device
Lead - A metal that used to be in paint.
Fire - A physical process by which e.g. wood is consumed.
Fork - A split in a road.
Fly - An insect.
Post - A distinct piece of writing in a blog or on a message board
Watch - timekeeping device you wear on your wrist or maybe in your pocket Record - That black vinyl disc we used to etch sound on, or the process of recording sound Fox - the animal Field - large open grassy area Blackberry - the electronic device Lead - the element Fire - that thing you get from compustion Fork - Political threads here. Verb. It’s used as rhetorical, fallacious, disingenuous question. Fly - the insect Post - verb or noun, but what we do here on the Dope
Watch - timepiece attached to wrist
Record - vinyl sound recording for playback
Fox - Small furry carnivorous mammal
Field - Largish grassy area
Blackberry - fruit
Lead - metal pipe
Fire - shooting a gun
Fork - silverware
Fly - insect
Post - send a letter
Watch - thing that tells time, worn on wrist
Record - music on vinyl
Fox - furry animal
Field - play to play games (baseball, soccer)
Blackberry - handheld device that does some kind of magic
Lead - what people in the front are doing
Fire - flames
Fork - eating utensil
Fly - sail through the air
Post - words composed to put on a message board, also, the putting onto the message board of those words
Watch - see, view
Record - tape (as in taped music or voices) “This has been pre-recorded”
Fox - animal (red fox)
Field - hayfield, cornfield
Blackberry - fruit (yummy!), blackberry cobbler
Lead - pencil lead or lead for drafting pencil
Fire - flames, campfire, fireplace
Fork - utensil
Fly - fly like a bird or kite
Post - for holding up fences
Watch - (verb) look at, keep an eye on
Record - (verb) make a lasting copy or note of
Fox - (noun) small, dog-like wild animal
Field - (noun) area of farmland
Blackberry - (noun) small fruit related to raspberry, but darker and sweeter
Lead - (noun) soft, heavy metallic element
Fire - (noun) flame, combustion
Fork (noun) pronged eating utensil
Fly (verb) move through the air using wings
Post (verb) contribute content to a message board
Watch – to monitor something; to stare
Record – to use audio or video equipment
Fox – a small cute mammal
Field – an open area; pasture
Blackberry – a yummy wild fruit
Lead – a toxic metal
Fire – what you make in a fireplace
Fork – an eating utensil
Fly – what birds do, up in the air
Post – the things which hold up fences
Record - recording something, like a sound or a video… this is a bit of a weird one for me, though, because while I first read is as Ree-cord, with the meaning I just gave, my brain immediately also said “reh-cord”, which would be the vinyl disks
Fox - the animal
Field - a large grassy area, usually imagine with some sort of animal grazing in it (horse, cow, deer, etc) and wild flowers.
Blackberry - the phone/internet/geek toy
Lead - the element on the periodic table
Fire - burning, flame, combustion, etc.
Fork - an eating utensil with tines
Fly - the insect
Post - to submit something to the SDMB (you know you’re addicted when…!)
**Watch **- the thing on my wrist the tells time
**Record **- to tape something
**Fox **- small woodland animal that chases rabbits
**Field **- where the rabbits run around
**Blackberry **- large clunky phone that also has internet access
**Lead **- the graphite in pencils
**Fire **- flaming stuff that you throw logs on
**Fork **- done for; as in - you’re forked!
**Fly **- small nasty flying insect
**Post **- what this thread is comprised of
“that’s word association, that’s word association!”
Watch - timepiece
Record - capture audio on tape
Fox - small animal
Field - large, flat, grassy, contained area (aka pasture)
Blackberry - PDA
Lead - element, metal
Fire - flames
Fork - utensil
Fly - insect
Post - part of a fence
Watch - timekeeping piece
Record - vinyl album of music
Fox - small red dog like animal
Field - meadow
Blackberry - the berry (fruit?)
Lead - the metal (fishing lead, lead shot)
Fire - the element (fire in the fireplace, forest fire)
Fork - the eating utensil
Fly - the insect that we have too many of in our room
Post - the parts of the fence that run vertically
I have only scanned through the responses to see that there were several so I’m guessing this doesn’t really need to be spoilered.
Watch- Wrist born time keeping device
Record- To save for later replay
Fox- TV Network
Field- An open grassy area or a focus of study/ attention.
Blackberry- A cool phone thingy
Lead- Heavy metal
Fire- Luminous oxidation
Fork- Utensil
Fly- Annoying pest
Post- A large piece of wood or metal set in the ground