# 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:** 23

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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 24, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/441 "2003-07-24T13:54:13Z")

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**Cankeroo** : an ulcerated marsupial

**Wombat**

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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 24, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/442 "2003-07-24T16:12:52Z")

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**Womball** : Object hit by a Wombat

**sunglasses**

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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 24, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/443 "2003-07-24T17:42:30Z")

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**stunglasses** - seriously cool shades

**myopic**

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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 24, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/444 "2003-07-24T18:27:08Z")

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**myopicture** : an image specially designed to be viewed by the near-sighted.

**spin**

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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 24, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/445 "2003-07-24T21:40:44Z")

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**’Sprin** : one stylin’ analgesic

**Monosyllabic**

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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 24, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/446 "2003-07-24T22:00:30Z")

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**Monosyllabia** : something else easy to get your tongue arround

**Dodo**

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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 24, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/447 "2003-07-24T22:23:03Z")

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**dodow** _n_. An ancient coastal vessel of Arabia (now extinct). It generally had one mast and a lateen sail.

**reply**

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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 25, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/448 "2003-07-25T00:02:17Z")

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**re-reply** : a reply to a reply

**knockwurst**

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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 25, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/449 "2003-07-25T00:42:46Z")

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**knockburst** _n_. Artillery fire consisting of short, thick, highly seasoned sausages.

**malapropism**

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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 25, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/450 "2003-07-25T01:12:34Z")

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**malapriapism** : misuse of a peristant, painful erection.

**huckleberry**

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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 25, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/451 "2003-07-25T02:41:55Z")

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**shuckleberry** _n_. edible fruit from a shrub of the genus _Gaylussacia_, which has a distinctive, self-removing husk.

**annex**

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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 25, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/452 "2003-07-25T06:00:26Z")

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**annext** - yet another room, attached to the annex by a short corridor

**diphthong**

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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 25, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/453 "2003-07-25T22:23:50Z")

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**difthong** : A garment for the lower body that exposes the buttocks that is very hard to put on.

**coccyx**

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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 29, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/454 "2003-07-29T04:53:28Z")

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**croccyx** _n_. Rare birth defect of having a reptile-like tail.

**tchotchke**

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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 29, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/455 "2003-07-29T06:35:52Z")

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**shatchke** unpleasant bathroom decoration.

**lint**

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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 29, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/456 "2003-07-29T15:38:44Z")

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**goblint** : very dirty smelly linen

**neurotransmitter**

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**Author:** ![fd10801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e5b9ba/32.png) [@fd10801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fd10801)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/457 "2003-10-03T13:35:12Z")

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Trumpbone: a musical instrument played during a game of bridge

Peninsulin: a drug injected by diabetics who live on a strip of land mostly, but not entirely, surrounded by water.

Dreadlocks

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**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/458 "2003-10-03T14:20:09Z")

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Breadlocks: Hair that when cut can be milled and turned into grain.

Bilge Pump

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**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/459 "2003-10-03T18:38:12Z")

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bilge lump: what gums up the bilge pump

dildo

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**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/460 "2003-10-03T18:41:48Z")

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