# 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:** 21

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**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/401 "2003-07-11T18:24:40Z")

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**spadoula** - One who aids the birth process by flipping the labouring women over and over with a flat stick

**aspirin**

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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 11, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/402 "2003-07-11T18:30:49Z")

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**asspirin** : bullet shaped Bayer

**denote** :

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**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/403 "2003-07-11T19:02:22Z")

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**deetoo** - your friend, who’s also named dee

**de note** - what de singer sings

**sagacious**

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**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/404 "2003-07-11T19:08:16Z")

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**deetoo** - your friend, who’s also named dee

**de note** - what de singer sings

**sagacious**

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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 11, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/405 "2003-07-11T21:02:54Z")

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**sagaseous** : Wise old fart.

**misanthrope**

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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 12, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/406 "2003-07-12T00:32:00Z")

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**mislycanthrope** - werewolf-hater

**tourist**

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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 12, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/407 "2003-07-12T15:57:47Z")

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**Coutourist** : a vacationing fashion designer

**Caribou**

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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 13, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/408 "2003-07-13T04:54:14Z")

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**cariboutonniere** - a very awkward thing to have on your lapel

**canticles**

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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 13, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/409 "2003-07-13T17:27:41Z")

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**panticles** : frozen trousers

**display**

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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 14, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/410 "2003-07-14T14:37:03Z")

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**dishplay** : To show a collection of plates.

**veracious**

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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 17, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/411 "2003-07-17T15:32:04Z")

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**Verspacious** : habitually speaking the truth, and then elaborating on it

And, in case anyone is still playing…  
**Extinction**

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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 17, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/412 "2003-07-17T15:52:09Z")

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**extanktion** - fish suicide, committed by leaping out of the tank

**scallop**

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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 17, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/413 "2003-07-17T16:24:15Z")

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**scallopsided** : A miss-shaped mollusc.

**mollusc**

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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 17, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/414 "2003-07-17T17:09:08Z")

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**mollust** - Bivalved lovin’

**zamboni**

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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 17, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/415 "2003-07-17T18:33:21Z")

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**Shamboni** - A machine that resurfaces an ice rink with butter.

**margarine**

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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 17, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/416 "2003-07-17T20:57:03Z")

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**margarind** hard, discolored material that margarine becomes after months of disuse.

**timesheet**

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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 18, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/417 "2003-07-18T14:20:37Z")

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**Timesheep** : ovines bent on bending the fourth dimension

**Amalgamate**

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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 18, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/418 "2003-07-18T14:30:18Z")

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**Amallgamate** : when shopping centres merge.

**Unique**

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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 18, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/419 "2003-07-18T16:11:27Z")

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**ique** : Something which has many identical copies.

**librarian**

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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 18, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/420 "2003-07-18T16:28:39Z")

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**librainian** : Someone who not only help you find a book but also tells you what it’s about.

**coagulate**

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