# Word morphing game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 18, 2003, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668 "2003-06-18T10:25:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/181 "2003-06-21T00:11:19Z")
**scatastrophic** : when the shit really does hit the fan **surgery** ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/182 "2003-06-21T00:24:21Z")
**splurgery** - frivolous plastic surgery **beard** ---
**Author:** ![Melanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Melanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melanie)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/183 "2003-06-21T08:04:13Z")
beard BeARD (pronounced with 2 syllables) - a bearded bard college collitch - an std acquired at college valour… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/184 "2003-06-21T12:27:18Z")
**Va-lour’** (accent on second syllable): braveness demonstrated by napped fabric **hydrangea** ---
**Author:** ![Second\_Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Second\_Guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Guest)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/185 "2003-06-21T14:35:12Z")
**Hydrophalangia** : a condition characterized by chronically wet fingers **Megabyte** ---
**Author:** ![puggyfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@puggyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puggyfish)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/186 "2003-06-21T15:18:37Z")
Stegabite: A dinosaur-based snack Topological ---
**Author:** ![Second\_Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Second\_Guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Guest)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/187 "2003-06-21T15:32:02Z")
**Topillogical** : Wearing an inappropriate hat **Ampersand** ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/188 "2003-06-21T16:01:55Z")
**hampersand** - the gritty bits in a picnic sandwich **hologram** ---
**Author:** ![Second\_Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Second\_Guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Guest)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/189 "2003-06-21T16:08:58Z")
**Hollowgram** : an empty message **Nihilist** ---
**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/190 "2003-06-21T20:21:39Z")
**denialist** - an expert at the art of avoiding blame **carousel** ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/191 "2003-06-22T14:33:40Z")
**carouseller** purveyor of merry-go-rounds **frolic** ---
**Author:** ![Second\_Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Second\_Guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Guest)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/192 "2003-06-22T14:43:24Z")
**Frijolic** : someone addicted to Mexican food **Nauseate** ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/193 "2003-06-22T14:49:11Z")
**nauseaid** - to stick one’s fingers down one’s (or someone else’s) throat **disseminate** ---
**Author:** ![Second\_Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Second\_Guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Guest)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/194 "2003-06-22T14:57:51Z")
**Discreminate** : show a preference for a specific dairy product I know what I was _supposed_ to answer. Just couldn’t do it. **Hubbub** ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/195 "2003-06-22T15:30:59Z")
**Second Guest** , you’ve been second guessing me – I have so little idea of what you imagine you were “supposed to answer”, and at the same time my curiousity is piqued… Anyway, back to the game: **beelhubbub** - a helluva noise **normality** ---
**Author:** ![Second\_Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Second\_Guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Guest)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/196 "2003-06-22T16:54:17Z")
Really, **The Great Unwashed**? Nauseate -\> Nauseaid. Disseminate -\> \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. (I think horse breeders could use one…) **Normalady** : A perfectly conventional disease **Periwinkle** ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/197 "2003-06-22T18:26:15Z")
**Periwiggle** : an old-fashioned hairpiece that won’t stay put. **Canvass** ---
**Author:** ![Second\_Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Second\_Guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Guest)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/198 "2003-06-22T20:02:41Z")
**Clanvass** : an intrafamily opinion poll **Tonsorial** ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/199 "2003-06-22T23:13:02Z")
**Etonsorial** - having a haircut like a public school [brat](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3009672.stm). No, cancel that, I hear a can of worms opening (or two),… er,… **Tinsorial** - having a haircut like a Hollywood brat **pixillated** ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/200 "2003-06-23T00:43:18Z")
**pixelluted** very small pieces of pollution **luminescent** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668.md?page=11)