# 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:** 16

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**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 30, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/301 "2003-06-30T17:29:03Z")

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**asstrologer** – [someone who will “read” your posterior.](http://www.loveandnature.co.za/joolee/vegas/page2.html)

**necromancer**

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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 30, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/302 "2003-06-30T17:32:27Z")

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**blastrologer** : specializes in the Big Bang

**vulva**

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**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 30, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/303 "2003-06-30T17:41:02Z")

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Ha, beat you **lieu** , still, can’t resist…

**volva** - boxy, but safe

**emancipation**

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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 30, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/304 "2003-06-30T17:57:25Z")

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**neckromancer** : studies the failures of people that overextended themselves

**eflancipation** : to fling flan

**plagiarist**

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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 30, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/305 "2003-06-30T18:06:59Z")

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**plaguerist** –someone who fakes being deathly ill to get out of work.

**reticent**

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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 30, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/306 "2003-06-30T23:41:35Z")

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**recticent** : A secret quiet fart

**showdown**

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**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/307 "2003-06-30T23:48:27Z")

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**shoedown** n. A shin-kicking contest.

**electronic**

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**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/308 "2003-07-01T01:01:20Z")

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**electironic** - like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a battery operated knife. Like a free ride in an electric car, when you’ve already paid…  
**alibi**

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**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/309 "2003-07-01T03:11:30Z")

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**aliebi** - A false alibi; ex: “Errr, yeah, **CuriousCanuck** was here all day, I definitely saw him between those hours, so he couldn’t have been stalking Alannis Morrisette.”

\<also\>

**allybi** - An **aliebi** from a friend.  
**ultrasound**

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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:** [July 1, 2003, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/310 "2003-07-01T12:05:21Z")

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**ultra-sound** : not just sound (well-made and sturdy), but, well, ultra-sound.  
**impetuous**

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**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:** [July 1, 2003, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/311 "2003-07-01T12:17:21Z")

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**limpetuous** - of a sudden desire to stick to something

**aglet**

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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:** [July 1, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/312 "2003-07-01T15:17:13Z")

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**Anglet** : an acute angle

**Fugue**

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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:** [July 1, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/313 "2003-07-01T15:30:36Z")

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**Fuguest** : A guest that you can’t remember inviting

**bland**

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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:** [July 1, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/314 "2003-07-01T15:44:17Z")

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**Blanding** : an innocuous place on the stairs

**Soprano**

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**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:** [July 1, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/315 "2003-07-01T16:49:32Z")

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**soaprano** - an insubstantial and failing actress intent on “relaunching” herself as a pop diva  
_or_  
**sopranose** - condition affecting the nostrils, causing them to whistle or “sing”

**fiddlesticks**

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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:** [July 1, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/316 "2003-07-01T17:20:05Z")

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**Fishlesticks** : a preposterous yet tasty halibut dish

**Pancreas**

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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:** [July 1, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/317 "2003-07-01T17:42:18Z")

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**St. Pancreas Station** : A famous London terminal for the traveling endocrinologist.

**Jingle**

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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:** [July 1, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/318 "2003-07-01T18:06:52Z")

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**Jinglee** : an inordinately happy tune

**conjugate**

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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:** [July 1, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/319 "2003-07-01T18:26:49Z")

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**conjuregate** : Sex that was literally magic.

**duodenum**

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**Author:** ![earthpuppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@earthpuppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/earthpuppy)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/320 "2003-07-01T18:39:56Z")

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doowopdenum: melodic stomach rumbling

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