# Word morphing game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668>\
**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:** 11

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**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 23, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/201 "2003-06-23T14:20:39Z")

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**Loominescent** : Foreshadowing a light to come

**Druid**

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/202 "2003-06-23T16:49:59Z")

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**Druin** : Neopagan archaeological site

**Queasy**

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**Author:** ![SeGate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@SeGate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeGate)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/203 "2003-06-23T16:57:38Z")

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**Qwheezy** – George Jeffersons’ sick wife.  
**Tangerine**

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**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/204 "2003-06-23T17:07:12Z")

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\*\*Blangerine \*\*- tasteless citrus fruit

**honeysuckle**

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**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 23, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/205 "2003-06-23T17:20:01Z")

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**Phoneysuckle** : Fake honeysuckle  
\*\*sweat[/B[

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**Author:** ![yoyo3500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/5daacb/32.png) [@yoyo3500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyo3500)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/206 "2003-06-23T18:53:53Z")

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**swate** : a hard substance with the same mass as iron formed from an accumulation of spinach between a person’s teeth and left there for a significant period of time.

**travesty**

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**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/207 "2003-06-23T18:57:06Z")

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**transvesty** - really, really bad cross-dressing incident

**anodyne**

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**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/208 "2003-06-23T19:22:43Z")

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**androdyne** - soothing, yet virile  
**spectacular**

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**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/209 "2003-06-23T19:33:36Z")

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**spectavuncular** - like a splendid uncle

**squalid**

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/210 "2003-06-23T19:59:05Z")

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**squalido** : nasty resort

**manifestation**

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**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 23, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/211 "2003-06-23T21:21:41Z")

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**manifetrain** : That which appears at a manifestation

**dreadful**

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/212 "2003-06-24T00:18:03Z")

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**Fulldreads** : Rasta’s over-the-top 'do

**sparkle**

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**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 24, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/213 "2003-06-24T01:11:07Z")

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**Sporkle** : the meat from a shiny pig

**Hemlock**

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**Author:** ![mrsface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@mrsface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsface)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/214 "2003-06-24T01:33:09Z")

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**Hemlocratic** - toxic philosophical argument

**Trousers**

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**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 24, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/215 "2003-06-24T13:44:12Z")

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**Tarousers** : extraordinarily exciting pants

**Dribble**

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**Author:** ![Xerxes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d2c977/32.png) [@Xerxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xerxes)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/216 "2003-06-24T13:51:46Z")

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**Fibble** : the inability to tell little white lies without drooling slightly.

**Dulcimer**

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**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 24, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/217 "2003-06-24T14:23:43Z")

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**Dulcimurmur** : the sound of a muted stringed instrument

**Panda**

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/218 "2003-06-24T14:28:14Z")

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**Pandex** : elastic fibers made chiefly of a herbivorous mammal.

**loquacious**

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/219 "2003-06-24T14:34:58Z")

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**hiquacious** : Talking not only a lot, but REALLY LOUDLY.

**imitate**

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/220 "2003-06-24T14:38:32Z")

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**imirate** : to piss someone off by copying them

**collective**

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