# 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:** 17

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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, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/321 "2003-07-01T18:57:26Z")

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**reeference** : mentioning ganja

**wobble**

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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, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/322 "2003-07-01T21:19:22Z")

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**wobauble** : Decoration just about to fall off a Christmas tree

**chickenpox**

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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 2, 2003, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/323 "2003-07-02T00:04:33Z")

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**chickenpix** - skinflicks for those predisposed to pornography of the farmyard variety

Is it just me, or is the hardest bit of this game finding the next word?

**preview**

Yay!

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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 2, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/324 "2003-07-02T02:21:25Z")

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**Prayview** : to look over your reply prior to posting while fervently hoping that no one (usually lieu) has beaten you to it

**Submit**

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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 2, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/325 "2003-07-02T02:23:15Z")

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**Subbit** : the little bits of cheese, lettuce, etc., that fall out of your hoagie.

**reality**

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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 2, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/326 "2003-07-02T02:38:53Z")

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**Realowlity** : the truth about nocturnal birds

**Tapeworm**

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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:** [July 2, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/327 "2003-07-02T03:25:50Z")

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**apeworm** n. Type of parasite that causes itching in the armpits (thus appearing like an ape).

**signature**

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**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/328 "2003-07-02T03:42:44Z")

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**cignature** : the mark a cigarette makes on your couch.

**portrait**

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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 2, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/329 "2003-07-02T13:56:32Z")

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**Porktrait** : a picture of one’s pig  
or  
**Purrtrait** : a picture of one’s cat  
or  
**Portwait** : a delay in getting off the ship  
**Excess**

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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 2, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/330 "2003-07-02T14:11:53Z")

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**flexcess** : when mass reduces flexibility

**perpetual**

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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 2, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/331 "2003-07-02T14:56:10Z")

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**Perpentual** : chronically repressed

**Oxidize**

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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:** [July 2, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/332 "2003-07-02T15:47:58Z")

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**taxidoze** : stuffing a sleeping person or animal, often by surprise

**weevil**

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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 2, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/333 "2003-07-02T15:58:03Z")

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**shevil** – German goer  
or  
**youvil** – German imperative, usually followed by “obey orderz pig-dog, svinehund, for I am ze grosser stereotype, and vil happily kill you”

**parochial**

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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 2, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/334 "2003-07-02T16:01:03Z")

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I take that back, can I say  
**weftvil** - similar to a weevil but going the other way ?

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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 2, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/335 "2003-07-02T16:04:09Z")

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**marochial** : of or relating to a nunnery

**outburst**

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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:** [July 2, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/336 "2003-07-02T16:09:28Z")

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**snoutwurst** : sausage made with pig noses.

**malice**

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**Author:** ![Lockseer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@Lockseer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockseer)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/337 "2003-07-02T16:13:57Z")

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**mallice:** Anger felt during the post-Thanksgiving Day rush while shopping in a crowded conglomeration of stores

**ecstacy**

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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 2, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/338 "2003-07-02T16:18:45Z")

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(beaten to the Submit button by lieu again)  
**Karaochial** : singing badly in an insular setting  
(AND yoyo3500)  
**Scoutburst** : an exploding Brownie  
(Okay. I give up. Three previews, three missed opportunities. I am too slow for this.)  
**Mallice** : shopping center hostility

**Nextacy** : anticipatory euphoria

**Sherbet**

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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 2, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/339 "2003-07-02T20:14:57Z")

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**Shebet** : A woman you can lick, or suck through a straw.

\*\*sextet[/B}

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/340 "2003-07-02T20:34:27Z")

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**sextort** : malicious sex

**crucifixion**

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