# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/41 "2003-06-18T19:39:24Z")
**laghter** : a slow lighter **compensate** ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/42 "2003-06-18T20:45:13Z")
**carpensate** : to pay using fish as a form of currency (damn that was a hard one) **diploma** ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/43 "2003-06-18T21:02:47Z")
**dipllama** : When the ol’ sheepskin is actually something else. **abdomen** ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/44 "2003-06-18T21:11:23Z")
**abdopersons** : the politically correct reference to those ripples **forensic** ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/45 "2003-06-18T21:12:35Z")
**abcaven** : Opposite of a pot-belly **witch** ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/46 "2003-06-18T21:13:49Z")
**foreignsick** : what can happen if you drink the water in Mexico **sofa** ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/47 "2003-06-18T21:16:25Z")
**forensink** : Where you wash your hands in a forensic laboratory. **sword** ---
**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:** [June 18, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/48 "2003-06-18T21:44:41Z")
**sewfa** where you sit whilst sewing **ssentance** a group of swords **nit-witch** a foolish female conjourer Trombone ---
**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:** [June 18, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/49 "2003-06-18T21:45:50Z")
-oops incase you didn’t notice it, my new word is **Trombone** ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/50 "2003-06-18T23:10:47Z")
**Crumbone** TM - Why waste the air coming from your kid practicing off-key for the school band, when you could harness it to clean the dinner table? **peninsula** ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/51 "2003-06-18T23:26:45Z")
**Peninsulation** : Thermal protection for three sides of your house. **Splendid** ---
**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:** [June 18, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/52 "2003-06-18T23:27:39Z")
**splendidn’t** - Not so fantastic **whitewash** ---
**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:** [June 18, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/53 "2003-06-18T23:31:53Z")
Great game idea! **Porninsula** : Any pornographic material showing something ‘sticking out’. **rotary** ---
**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/54 "2003-06-18T23:32:18Z")
**peninsulate** - a peninsula that has been detached from the mainland (see also island) **filibuster** ---
**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/55 "2003-06-18T23:34:32Z")
That was my 200th post ---
**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:** [June 18, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/56 "2003-06-18T23:34:40Z")
**whilewash** : Any great idea you get while in the bath or shower. I’ll stick with **rotary** - sorry I missed Page 2 before… :o ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/57 "2003-06-19T00:00:25Z")
**Rotaxi** - Public transportation that only seems to take you in circles. **Therapy** ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/58 "2003-06-19T00:03:23Z")
**Therapie** – a nice fruity dessert to enjoy after a session with your shrink. **Stubborn** ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/59 "2003-06-19T00:06:06Z")
**Stubburn** - Grabbing the tray in the oven with no oven mitts on since “it wouldn’t be too hot just for a second”. **Banal** ---
**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:** [June 19, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/60 "2003-06-19T00:09:11Z")
**Urbanal**!970’s city architecture **undepants** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668.md?page=4)