# 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:** 39
**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 15, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/761 "2003-10-15T02:51:17Z")
**sobirusa** - a feeling of sorrow at having been fooled once again **megrims** ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/762 "2003-10-15T10:13:17Z")
**megrimaces** - facial contortions in the midst of blinding headaches. **killowatt** ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/763 "2003-10-15T10:23:06Z")
**killerWAT** - a really lethal radio galaxy. (I work on a subclass of radio galaxies known as Wide Angle Tailed radio galaxies, or WATs) **catatonic** ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/764 "2003-10-15T11:01:53Z")
**catatronic** - the state of an electrical device characterized by burnt odors and sounds of wheezing motors **rhinestone** ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/765 "2003-10-15T11:10:03Z")
**rhinostoned** - slang used by scientists when they successfully tranquilise a large animal. handkerchief ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/766 "2003-10-15T11:20:25Z")
**henkerchief** - what old northern chickens tie on their heads in the summer to prevent sunstroke. **process** ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/767 "2003-10-15T11:26:12Z")
**procheese** - the campaign against the elimination of cheese from our daily diet. dehumidifier ---
**Author:** ![dodyskin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecc23a/32.png) [@dodyskin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dodyskin)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/768 "2003-10-15T11:33:31Z")
**processary** - pertaining to the celebration of poo when house training infants/animals. ---
**Author:** ![dodyskin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecc23a/32.png) [@dodyskin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dodyskin)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/769 "2003-10-15T11:35:02Z")
got pipped, forgot to add another word, and now am unable to edit. please ignore me and continue your game. sorry ---
**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 15, 2003, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/770 "2003-10-15T12:17:00Z")
**dehamidifier** - fancy name for the hook to remove bad vaudeville acts **winkle** ---
**Author:** ![french\_frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c77e96/32.png) [@french\_frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/french_frog)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/771 "2003-10-15T13:48:17Z")
\*\* wienkle \*\* - seafood sausage \*\* harbinger \*\* ---
**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:** [October 15, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/772 "2003-10-15T14:01:01Z")
**harbinteger** - that which foreshadows a whole number **disaffection** ---
**Author:** ![french\_frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c77e96/32.png) [@french\_frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/french_frog)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/773 "2003-10-15T14:36:59Z")
\*\* Disaffixion \*\* - 1. State of an attorney when unhappy with the way you signed all those papers. - 1. State of the postman just before going postal, when seeing how you screwed up all those stamps on this envelop. \*\* hatching \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/774 "2003-10-15T14:43:18Z")
**Hat’Ching** like the I-Ching but uses hats instead of little sticks. **portable** ---
**Author:** ![french\_frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c77e96/32.png) [@french\_frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/french_frog)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/775 "2003-10-15T15:01:00Z")
\*\* Portennistable \*\* - Carryall pingpong device \*\* winsome \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/776 "2003-10-15T15:13:41Z")
**losesome** - what you say after a not fantastic night out. flag ---
**Author:** ![french\_frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c77e96/32.png) [@french\_frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/french_frog)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/777 "2003-10-15T15:22:10Z")
\*\* floeg \*\* - useful flags put on icebergs to prevent accidents ; \* “the Titanic pilot suddently realized that instead of lurking at the first class ladies he should have looked at the floeg in front of him. It was too late. Disaster struck.” J. Aaron Memories, surviving the Titanic \* \*\* Bacon \*\* (mmm… baaacoooon) ---
**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 15, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/778 "2003-10-15T16:38:49Z")
**Shakespeare** - the person whose plays Bacon actually wrote. No, no! 😉 Heck, I don’t even buy that. 😃 Ahem. Let’s try again: **buycon** - a deceptive come-on by an unscrupulous merchant. **ribbon** ---
**Author:** ![french\_frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c77e96/32.png) [@french\_frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/french_frog)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/779 "2003-10-15T17:07:11Z")
\*\* pony-bockribbon \*\* - special very long butcher cut of boneless chuck. \*\* Teuton \*\* ---
**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:** [October 15, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/780 "2003-10-15T17:15:31Z")
**Teutoncommon** - an average German, often mistaken for Egyptian **haberdasher** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668.md?page=38) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668.md?page=40)