# Word for Word. (game) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 7, 2002, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708 "2002-08-07T01:02:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/81 "2002-08-09T19:31:49Z")
miasma—\>ring During the Black Death, the “miasma” or corrupt air was often blamed for the plague. It was believed that to counteract this, one should sing hymns or **ring** bells. [link](http://www.grossmont.k12.ca.us/mcdowell/history/notes/unit3/BlackDeath.html) Who’s looking over their shoulder now, **Shade**? Ha! 😃 new word: **buttermilk** ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/82 "2002-08-09T20:30:26Z")
**belladonna** regains the lead. **Qis** gets the -1 he asked for. The excitement mounts. [SCORES](http://216.232.71.251/~larry/scores.htm) **Shade** , using Google in WORD FOR WORD is like using anabolic steroids in Major League Baseball: Not only allowed, but encouraged. 😉 **Mudd** alters his sig in a lame effort to provide incentive for postings: ---
**Author:** ![zephonith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@zephonith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zephonith)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/83 "2002-08-09T23:46:59Z")
> [@](#): > > The U.S. **Mint** online Catalog was designed to be best viewed using a 56kb **modem**. The site goes on to list the minimum system requirements for shopping online at the U.S mint, in which they mention > [@](#): > > In order to shop online, you need a computer or handheld device with a **modem** or DSL connection. You also need an Internet service provider. :rolleyes: That page can be found [here](http://catalog.usmint.gov/wcs/wcs_command_nc/0,,cginame_g=!faq_08%60d2w!report,00.html) Right, next word: **dodecahedron** ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/84 "2002-08-10T00:18:26Z")
**toe** –\> **mint** Both are both a verb and a noun. > [@](#): > > \*\*Who’s looking over their shoulder now, Shade? Ha! \*\* And who’s perilously exposed at the top? new word: **quill** ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/85 "2002-08-10T01:00:59Z")
**modem** → **milk** Gateway make modems. Their logo is a cow, who makes milk. New word: phobos See what I mean, **Bella**? 😃 **Larry** , am I allowed to play following one of my own words, or should I wait for someone else to post, and then continiue from their? ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/86 "2002-08-10T01:03:26Z")
…their post? Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/87 "2002-08-10T01:37:49Z")
but **Shade** , darling, my word wasn’t milk, it was buttermilk. I submit that the modems to gateway to box logo to animal represented to that animal’s liquids to processing plant to buttermilk is a _bit_ too tenuous to apply. Could someone else enter a vote on that? new word: **kiss** to be proactive, I want to point out that “quill” is used in a lot of websites/fanfic pages/book awards titles. I feel that that should not be a valid link. Along those lines, I think the mint/modem connection was pretty weak too. By that reasoning, anything mentioned on the internet would have been an invalid word. Does anyone agree? Disagree? ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/88 "2002-08-10T04:27:28Z")
Naturally, I agree! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RexDart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@RexDart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RexDart)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/89 "2002-08-10T07:39:39Z")
> [@](#): > > kiss mortician ---
**Author:** ![HoldenCaulfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@HoldenCaulfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldenCaulfield)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/90 "2002-08-10T07:47:38Z")
New word: **lambent** ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/91 "2002-08-10T16:07:33Z")
map ---
**Author:** ![\_etalhea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/779978/32.png) [@\_etalhea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_etalhea)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/92 "2002-08-10T16:54:48Z")
I found a **map** of **Lambent** Flats at [http://www.geocities.com/dranak2000/Maps/map-lambent\_flats.htm](http://www.geocities.com/dranak2000/Maps/map-lambent_flats.htm) My word: **Baldric** ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/93 "2002-08-10T17:33:34Z")
[Kiss](http://www.kissonline.com/index.php) and [Mortician](http://www.mortician.net/) are both heavy metal bands. Is that a point? New word: **tessellation** ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/94 "2002-08-10T19:56:04Z")
washcloth ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/95 "2002-08-10T20:21:38Z")
Rabies ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/96 "2002-08-11T00:02:08Z")
“Kissed” is a movie about a female mortician who has sex with her “clients” (not as gross a movie concept as it sounds). Rabies —\> banjo ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/97 "2002-08-11T00:50:02Z")
**Otto** - I think the kiss-mortician word combo was past the five post statute but you bring up a good point. If two people challenge a word combo and they each have differing relationships for the combo, what then? We’ll leave that up to **Mr. Mudd**. **pharoah** ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/98 "2002-08-11T06:15:18Z")
I don’t understand this game at all, but it _does_ remind me of another game I was taught long ago and far away, so maybe I’ll start a thread for a game of that later. Thanks, I think. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/99 "2002-08-11T13:21:29Z")
rabies—\> washcloth If you are bitten by a dog you suspect has rabies, you should cover the wound with a washcloth to protect it and then go to the hospital. [site](http://www.nyrrc.org/divisions/training/dogs.html) New word: **brobdinagian** ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/100 "2002-08-11T14:36:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by belladonna \* > **but Shade, darling, my word wasn’t milk, it was buttermilk. I submit that the modems to gateway to box logo to animal represented to that animal’s liquids to processing plant to buttermilk is a _bit_ too tenuous to apply. Could someone else enter a vote on that?** Sorry, I thought I saw someone else referring to milk. OK, gateway-\>cow-\>buttermilk. Same reasoning - cows produce buttermilk (milk-cream, apparently). I still think this is valid. Come on, someone else pipe up. > [@](#): > > \*\*to be proactive, I want to point out that “quill” is used in a lot of websites/fanfic pages/book awards titles. I feel that that should not be a valid link. Along those lines, I think the mint/modem connection was pretty weak too. By that reasoning, anything mentioned on the internet would have been an invalid word. Does anyone agree? Disagree? \*\* Sorry, are you saying quill is not fair because its too hard to think of an unrelated word, or that it’s related to dodecahedron or what? Yeah, maybe I agree with milk/modem. New word: **disk** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708.md?page=6)