# Word Associates **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 28, 2007, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-associates/428023 "2007-11-28T13:58:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-associates/428023/41 "2007-11-28T19:22:12Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] **Twicks** is entirely too good at this. 🙂 [/QUOTE] You forget, I’m a trained, albeit retired, professional. Shall I sit it out for a while? **angelic smiley** ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-associates/428023/42 "2007-11-28T19:24:44Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] You forget, I’m a trained, albeit retired, professional. Shall I sit it out for a while? **angelic smiley** [/QUOTE] Certainly not! ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-associates/428023/43 "2007-11-28T20:04:05Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] You forget, I’m a trained, albeit retired, professional. Shall I sit it out for a while? **angelic smiley** [/QUOTE] Not at all. You can suss out the hard ones. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-associates/428023/44 "2007-11-28T21:11:47Z")
[QUOTE=Bayard] Looks like we’re awaiting a challenge: perfect incline promote black [/QUOTE] Pitch. I’ll post a new one in a little while. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-associates/428023/45 "2007-11-28T21:13:53Z")
[QUOTE=Bayard] Looks like we’re awaiting a challenge: perfect incline promote black [/QUOTE] pitch here’s another: - loan - parade - lure - ice cream ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-associates/428023/46 "2007-11-28T21:16:39Z")
[QUOTE=Knowed Out] - loan - parade - lure - ice cream [/QUOTE] Float. Nice one! ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-associates/428023/47 "2007-11-28T23:20:35Z")
Still up for grabs: - Spare - Cajole - Ridge Also: - Present - Money - Alternating - Air ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-associates/428023/48 "2007-11-29T03:02:02Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Still up for grabs: - Spare - Cajole - Ridge [/quote] This one has been haunting me. The farthest I get is “brow”, for brow-beat and brow ridge. But I can’t work it out with spare. > [@](#): > > - Present > - Money > - Alternating > - Air Is this one “current”? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-associates/428023/49 "2007-11-29T04:05:02Z")
Yes to the second. I’ll put you out of your misery for the first: Rib. Another: - Security system - Chair - Branch - Gun ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-associates/428023/50 "2007-11-29T04:11:06Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Yes to the second. I’ll put you out of your misery for the first: Rib. [/QUOTE] Gah!! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-associates/428023/51 "2007-11-29T11:41:26Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Yes to the second. I’ll put you out of your misery for the first: Rib. [/QUOTE] I’m not getting “cajole,” which means to wheedle. I’m aware of rib to mean “tease,” but that’s not the same as “cajole.” ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-associates/428023/52 "2007-11-29T13:14:53Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] I’m not getting “cajole,” which means to wheedle. I’m aware of rib to mean “tease,” but that’s not the same as “cajole.” [/QUOTE] (checking the dictionary before I post…) I think we’re awaiting a challenge: neat foil butter ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-associates/428023/53 "2007-11-29T14:30:50Z")
[QUOTE=Bayard] (checking the dictionary before I post…) I think we’re awaiting a challenge: neat foil butter [/QUOTE] …scotch? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-associates/428023/54 "2007-11-29T15:05:18Z")
[QUOTE=Bayard] (checking the dictionary before I post…) I think we’re awaiting a challenge: neat foil butter [/QUOTE] pat? This one is a little un-PC: - cake - wife - swing - hail ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-associates/428023/55 "2007-11-29T15:05:55Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] I’m not getting “cajole,” which means to wheedle. I’m aware of rib to mean “tease,” but that’s not the same as “cajole.” [/QUOTE] I admit, I fumbled that. I was trying to outsmart myself by not using “tease” for being to easy and, it being late, I came up with a perfectly good malapropism. I should have said “bug” or “needle” or something. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-associates/428023/56 "2007-11-29T15:10:35Z")
Okay, no prob – It’s not that unusual for two words to share a synonym and yet not be synonyms to each other. Nuance is so … subtle sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-associates/428023/57 "2007-11-29T15:28:08Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] …scotch? [/QUOTE] Yup. I’d hoped that “foil” would make it hard. (To “scotch” a plan is to foil it.) Back to the drawing board. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-associates/428023/58 "2007-11-29T15:29:23Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Okay, no prob – It’s not that unusual for two words to share a synonym and yet not be synonyms to each other. Nuance is so … subtle sometimes. [/QUOTE] That’s why I love English. Nuances are fun. 🙂 > [@Knowed Out](#): > > - cake > - wife > - swing > - hail Batter? How 'bout this: - Eliminate - Wound - Cease - Groove ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-associates/428023/59 "2007-11-29T16:00:00Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] - Eliminate - Wound - Cease - Groove [/QUOTE] …cut? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-associates/428023/60 "2007-11-30T14:00:02Z")
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