# Word morphing game **URL:** \ **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:** 27
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/521 "2003-10-05T12:01:18Z")
**Brold** Fierce and courageous, but getting on in years **Arthritis** (SiXSwordS - trying putting a b in square brackets before the bit you want in bold and slash b in square brackets after, like this but without the extra spacing: figure out how to type in [b] bold [/b] . ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/522 "2003-10-05T12:13:35Z")
**Barthritis** - Pain in the elbow due to excessive drinking. Handbook ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/523 "2003-10-05T12:19:44Z")
**hangbook** - user’s manual for a gallows. **transmogrify** ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/524 "2003-10-05T13:04:54Z")
**transmugrify** - switching beer steins **grapes** ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3da27b/32.png) [@El\_Cookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cookie)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/525 "2003-10-05T14:31:53Z")
**grapples** - mutated apples, similar in apearance to grapes **general** ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/526 "2003-10-05T14:52:08Z")
general morphs to GENERIAL - a disease that affects only Army privates. New word: Deception ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/527 "2003-10-05T14:58:10Z")
**Decemberception** - yelling “Santa’s been here” to the kids, around the morning of the 10th of the last month of the year. **flask** ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/528 "2003-10-05T18:35:45Z")
**flasp** - a winged snake. **outcry** ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/529 "2003-10-05T21:55:39Z")
**loutcry** – a verbal outburst from a coarse, overbearing fellow **sedan** ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/530 "2003-10-05T22:14:06Z")
**sedant** - a know-it-all on automobiles. **mingle** ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/531 "2003-10-05T22:52:48Z")
**kingle** - to associate with royalty **madness** ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/532 "2003-10-05T23:30:27Z")
**permadness** - the kind that hangs around forever. **computer** ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/533 "2003-10-05T23:49:46Z")
**computee** - one whose Internet connection is abruptly cut off. **malaise** ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/534 "2003-10-06T00:09:33Z")
**malmayonnaise** - really bad stuff, because it sat in the sun all afternoon. **rabbits** ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/535 "2003-10-06T01:08:15Z")
**cabbits** - a failed attempt at a new snack food – barbecue cabbage chips. **motley** ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/536 "2003-10-06T04:27:17Z")
**snotley** - a ragtag but somehow endearing assortment of boogers. **weblog** I couldn’t bring myself to trudge through all eleven pages before joining in the fun, so I hope this one hasn’t already been used. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/537 "2003-10-06T06:01:16Z")
**webbog** – a site featuring a quagmire of poorly-written, grammatically suspect online journals **orangutan** ---
**Author:** ![rictus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9de053/32.png) [@rictus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rictus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/538 "2003-10-06T06:34:38Z")
**borangutan** – a tedious ape, such as Arnold Schwarzenegger. **gasket** ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/539 "2003-10-06T07:56:18Z")
**masket** – a thin material used to adjust poorly fitting masks **Doper** ---
**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:** [October 6, 2003, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/540 "2003-10-06T08:54:09Z")
**Duper** : one dedicated to spreading gullibility since 1973 BCE. **arboreal** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668.md?page=28)