# 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:** 47

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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 23, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/921 "2003-10-23T19:17:29Z")

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**unclevillle** - where my uncle lives and generally behaves boorish.  
**narcolepsy**

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**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/922 "2003-10-23T19:28:04Z")

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**Narcolepsy** : a convulsive ailment, commonly associated with cocaine addiction.

**phthisis**

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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 23, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/923 "2003-10-23T19:38:29Z")

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**phthesis** - consumption of one’s term paper (usually by one’s dog)

**nexus**

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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 23, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/924 "2003-10-23T19:42:14Z")

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**nextus** - we’re next  
**impair**

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**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/925 "2003-10-23T19:46:07Z")

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**im pair** : a disabled nanny.

**vinculum**

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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 23, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/926 "2003-10-23T21:10:12Z")

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**vincalum** - a gradute of the Vintners’ Institute of Nova Cruetta

**hogwash**

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**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/927 "2003-10-23T21:19:55Z")

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**HoggWash** : a bathtime soap dispenser featuring the likeness of Sorrel Booke [sup]RIP[/sup].

**hazard**

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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 23, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/928 "2003-10-23T22:14:51Z")

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**hazeroard** - something that’s perfectly safe, but looks dangerous.

**oldtimer**

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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 23, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/929 "2003-10-23T22:29:10Z")

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**moldtimer** - a device for measuring the time it takes for fungus to overspread an object.

**fungus**

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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 23, 2003, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/930 "2003-10-23T23:04:45Z")

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**funeralgus** - an occurence after eating the wrong kind of wild mushroom.

**potent**

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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 24, 2003, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/931 "2003-10-24T01:31:06Z")

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**smotent** - past participle of **smite**.

**heterogeneous**

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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 24, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/932 "2003-10-24T04:18:15Z")

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**heterojeaneous** – fond of classic 501 Blues, Jordache designer jeans, Sears Toughskins, and numerous other denim pants

**Edsel**

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**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/933 "2003-10-24T04:23:55Z")

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**Dreadsel** : fond nickname of Ford Focus owned by 18 Rastafarians.

**Ceres**

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bonus: **[Edsel Dope](http://www.glam-metal.com/edsel_dope.html)**

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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 24, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/934 "2003-10-24T05:20:39Z")

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**Ceresbellum** - a brain shaped asteroid  
**tabernacle**

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**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/935 "2003-10-24T05:33:16Z")

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**tapernavel** : the dimple on the bottom of a dinner candle.

**glockenspiel**

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**Author:** ![Blackdragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@Blackdragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackdragon)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/936 "2003-10-24T07:55:27Z")

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**Glock and spiel** - a voluble line of often extravagant talk usually intended to persuade you to give up your money while at gunpoint

**Sluggard**

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**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/937 "2003-10-24T08:10:42Z")

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**slugbard** : a minstrel who sings the legend of bullets, **glock and spiel** -style.

**tumescence**

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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 24, 2003, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/938 "2003-10-24T11:39:52Z")

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\*\* tumscience \*\* - science of stomach swelling

\*\* upsa-daisy \*\*

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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 24, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/939 "2003-10-24T14:00:31Z")

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**Apso Daisy** - the mane around the neck of a very strange breed of dog.

**commission**

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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 24, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/940 "2003-10-24T19:28:45Z")

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**scummission** - a shelter targeted to winos.

**merciful**

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