# 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\
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**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/421 "2003-07-18T17:40:34Z")

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conagulate: To cause transformation of (a liquid or sol, for example) into or as if into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass by constantly reminding it to do so.

argument

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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, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/422 "2003-07-18T22:34:49Z")

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**argumentor** : A master debater.

**trumpet**

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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 19, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/423 "2003-07-19T14:53:37Z")

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**Frumpet** : a dowdy girl…but musical!

**Frippery**

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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 19, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/424 "2003-07-19T15:51:50Z")

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**frappery** : place to get a nice, old-fashioned milkshake

**dandelion**

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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 20, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/425 "2003-07-20T14:26:48Z")

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**Danderline** : one’s boiling point

**Acrimony**

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**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/426 "2003-07-20T15:02:58Z")

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**lacrimony** : the quality of producing bitter breast milk

**acquire**

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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 21, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/427 "2003-07-21T14:46:18Z")

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**Acqwerty** : when you go to type “acquire” and your finger slips

**Megalopolis**

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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 21, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/428 "2003-07-21T14:46:45Z")

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**achoir** : To gain singers, esp. for a church

**pseudopod**

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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 21, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/429 "2003-07-21T15:13:14Z")

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A simulpost after nearly 24 hours of inactivity! What are the odds? 🙂

**Pseudopoodle** : an Old English Sheepdog sporting the new French fashions

**Megalopolis**

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**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/430 "2003-07-21T23:15:58Z")

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**Shmegalopolis** : a very large, sticky city

**onomatopoeia**

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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 22, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/431 "2003-07-22T00:42:38Z")

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**laundromatopoeia** : SOmething that sounds like a clothes cleaning service.

**jug**

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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 22, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/432 "2003-07-22T00:55:24Z")

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Bah! I had **ontomatopoeia** all ready worked out, but my connection timed out. ☹

**juag** _vb_. What a spanish dog does with its tail.

**carpet**

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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 22, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/433 "2003-07-22T01:22:28Z")

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**barpet** : one of a class of annoying sozzled losers who keep approaching you in bars just because you’re gorgeous. It’s possible to keep stringing them along for a while, but eventually the leash must be cut.

**quadrophonic**

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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 22, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/434 "2003-07-22T14:42:37Z")

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**Quadrophobic** : having a fear of foursomes

**Sesquipedalian**

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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 22, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/435 "2003-07-22T14:53:02Z")

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**Saxquippydalian** : A many-legged player of wind instruments who makes frequent jokes.

**can**

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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 22, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/436 "2003-07-22T15:15:17Z")

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**Can-** : a dance performed by Toulouse-Lautrec

**Minimalist**

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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 22, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/437 "2003-07-22T15:38:36Z")

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**Minimallist** : One who does not go to larger malls  
**shop**

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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 22, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/438 "2003-07-22T15:45:38Z")

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**Minimallist** : One who does not go to larger malls  
**shop**

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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 22, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/439 "2003-07-22T15:54:57Z")

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**Schlop** : to do one’s marketing in a clumsy, laborious manner

**Humdrum**

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**Author:** ![maleinblack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@maleinblack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maleinblack)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/440 "2003-07-24T10:58:08Z")

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**Hummerdrum** : A Large rugged drum  
**Canker**

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