# 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:** 19

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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 3, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/361 "2003-07-03T23:07:07Z")

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**churching** - What the priest says to himself as the collection plate goes around.

**yardarm**

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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 4, 2003, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/362 "2003-07-04T11:16:50Z")

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**yardleg** : a smashed appendage wedged between two ships that are yardarm and yardarm.

**parsimony**

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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:** [July 4, 2003, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/363 "2003-07-04T12:17:59Z")

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**barsimony** Never being the one to get the first round of drinks in.

**vampire**

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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 4, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/364 "2003-07-04T13:15:22Z")

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**wimpire** - toothless vampire

**verisimilitude**

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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 4, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/365 "2003-07-04T19:22:28Z")

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**Verisomnilitude** : the appearance of being truly asleep

**Sepia**

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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:** [July 5, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/366 "2003-07-05T05:46:28Z")

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**steepia** - darker tea-colored brown

**dolorous**

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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 5, 2003, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/367 "2003-07-05T09:53:59Z")

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**dollarous** : exhibiting the hallmarks of wealth

**crater**

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/368 "2003-07-05T13:11:18Z")

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**clater** : a hole in a fabric of social arrangements caused by someone being late and missing an appointment.

**disc**

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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 5, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/369 "2003-07-05T16:18:12Z")

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**Dusc** : the moment immediately after a write failure

**Bicameral**

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**Author:** ![The\_MacDairmuid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_MacDairmuid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_MacDairmuid)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/370 "2003-07-09T18:14:14Z")

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**Bicamelar** : Composed of two camels

**Graffito**

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**Author:** ![turriga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@turriga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turriga)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/371 "2003-07-09T19:25:02Z")

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spleeninsula-a deformed spleen shaped like Florida  
I noticed no one has done catastrophe.  
scatastrophe-not making it to the toilet on time  
crabgrass

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**Author:** ![turriga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@turriga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turriga)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/372 "2003-07-09T19:38:52Z")

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graffeeto-applying paint to toenails

crabgrass

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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 9, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/373 "2003-07-09T20:12:47Z")

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**crabbygrass** : Grass that moans when being mown

**shyster**

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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 9, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/374 "2003-07-09T21:44:24Z")

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**Shoyster** : an unscrupulous mollusk

**Loophole**

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/375 "2003-07-10T01:05:18Z")

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**Loophell** : stuck on the ring road forever.

**communicator**

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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 10, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/376 "2003-07-10T04:15:02Z")

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**ommunicator** One who uses zen communication.

**photocopy**

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Adam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Mr\_Adam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Adam)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/377 "2003-07-10T04:39:14Z")

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**Bloatocopy** - Used to make posters of sad obese people in anti-fat campaigns.

**Lightswitch**

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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 10, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/378 "2003-07-10T14:39:36Z")

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**Biteswich** : a sandwich pre-sectioned into manageable pieces

**Ephemeral**

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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 10, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/379 "2003-07-10T14:49:47Z")

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**Ephemerol** : The alcohol compound that gets finished first.

**scintillating**

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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 10, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/380 "2003-07-10T15:11:24Z")

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**skintillating** - another word for for **m** icating

**hypnosis**

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