# 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:** 43

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/841 "2003-10-18T22:04:33Z")

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**singleria** - drinking alone

**valentine**

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**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 19, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/842 "2003-10-19T03:51:00Z")

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**palentine** - a platonic greeting card for Valentine’s Day  
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**valentice** - what Val hopes his valentine will do.

**conglomerate**

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/843 "2003-10-19T04:06:07Z")

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**Congomerate** - to write bad books about monkeys.

**infidel**

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/844 "2003-10-19T10:44:25Z")

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**infidelio** - pagans performing opera

**wallaby**

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**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/845 "2003-10-19T11:35:16Z")

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**Wallababy** Placing your infant in a frame and hanging them over the mantle.

**Promotion**

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/846 "2003-10-19T13:14:26Z")

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**Pronotion** - the mistaken idea that you’re about to be promoted.

**Anthropomorphic**

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/847 "2003-10-19T13:55:02Z")

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**anteaterthropomorphic** - having a VERY long snout, and a sticky tongue(Hey, some people pay good money for that!)

**xylophone**

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/848 "2003-10-19T14:04:37Z")

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**xylofoam** - a very silly musical instrument made of soap

**rythym**

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/849 "2003-10-20T06:48:52Z")

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**rhythumb** – a beat tapped using only the opposable digit(s) at the outside of the hand(s)

**paregoric**

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/850 "2003-10-20T10:17:05Z")

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**paregorec** - easing pain by having someone drone on and on and on and on and on and on and on…

**yesterday**

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/851 "2003-10-20T13:37:41Z")

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**yestertoy** - a childhood toy remembered fondly

**matrimony**

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/852 "2003-10-20T15:04:52Z")

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**matrimonetary** - spending way too much on a wedding.

**zipper**

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**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 20, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/853 "2003-10-20T15:27:24Z")

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\*\* zippepper \*\* - famous sex-shop flavored pants. \* See also Zippeperoni, Zipberryer, Zipieer, Zipineappler, Zipistachioer, &c. \*

\*\* ziplumper \*\* - XXL zipper

\*\* magneto \*\*

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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:** [October 20, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/854 "2003-10-20T15:54:38Z")

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**magneato** - a magnet that geeks find to be fascinating.

**sponge**

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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:** [October 20, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/855 "2003-10-20T16:02:26Z")

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**sporange** - an absorbent citrus fruit

**gravitas**

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**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 20, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/856 "2003-10-20T20:28:19Z")

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\*\* Gravytas \*\* - very thick sauce  
\*\* Gravitat \*\* - heavy tastelessness

\*\* nifty \*\*

- I got my \*\*s right this time 😉 \*

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**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/857 "2003-10-20T20:44:57Z")

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**Miffty** Pissed off, but still kind of neat.

**Brain**

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**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 20, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/858 "2003-10-20T21:11:22Z")

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\*\* Dumb \*\* - lack of brain 😃  
\*\* B’arain \*\* - Clever oil finders

\*\* Aboriginal \*\*

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/859 "2003-10-20T21:14:07Z")

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**branin** - Just the thing you need to combat mental constipation

**ankle**

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**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 20, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/860 "2003-10-20T21:21:43Z")

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**arbordigital** - a virtual treehouse

**spankle** - to titillate by corporal punishment

**moribund**

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