# 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:** 51

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**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1001 "2003-10-26T13:41:33Z")

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sarcacissm - sarcastic narcissism

sarcasm

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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 26, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1002 "2003-10-26T13:47:23Z")

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**Czarcasm** - being really snotty to Russian royalty  
**Manhattan**

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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 26, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1003 "2003-10-26T13:54:57Z")

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**Manandboyhattan** - long-time resident of NYC/

**ameliorate**

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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 26, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1004 "2003-10-26T13:55:56Z")

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**Manasshattan** - a particularly obnoxious New Yorker

**obnoxious**

Argh! Beaten to it!

**camelliorate** - appease an enraged loved one with flowers.

**obnoxious**

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**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1005 "2003-10-26T14:01:52Z")

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cobnoxious - corn on the cob which is poisonous

poisonous

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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 26, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1006 "2003-10-26T14:16:49Z")

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**pollisonous** - a survey worded so as to generate the worst-possible findings.

**beatific**

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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 26, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1007 "2003-10-26T15:07:23Z")

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**Breatific** – descriptive of the smile frozen on the face of a long-dead animal who was unknowingly trapped in a tar pit

**excavation**

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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 26, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1008 "2003-10-26T18:48:55Z")

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**exitcavation** - egress from an archeological dig site.

**calamity**

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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 26, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1009 "2003-10-26T21:32:01Z")

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**calamidril** - an oinment for when Armeggeddon happens

**incubate**

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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 26, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1010 "2003-10-26T21:59:40Z")

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\*\* outcubate \*\* - sneezing in other people faces

\*\* soloist \*\*

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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 26, 2003, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1011 "2003-10-26T22:05:33Z")

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**soloism** - the behavior of Han Solo

**metropolis**

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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 26, 2003, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1012 "2003-10-26T22:11:26Z")

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\*\* C3POlis \*\* - imitation of famous golden robot 😃

\*\* shipwreck \*\*

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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 26, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1013 "2003-10-26T22:16:11Z")

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**shopwreck** - the aftermath of a bull’s visit to a china shop.

**aftermath**

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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 26, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1014 "2003-10-26T22:24:30Z")

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\*\* chemistry \*\* - what’s after maths… ahem, sorry…  
\*\* sternermath \*\* - what you do next after self-proclaiming ‘I’m the kinf of the world!’

\*\* sorry \*\*

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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 26, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1015 "2003-10-26T22:28:49Z")

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**sorrue** - when you’re really, _really_ sorry

**edification**

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**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1016 "2003-10-26T22:39:10Z")

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**fredification** - teh transformation into fred

**mobile**

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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 26, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1017 "2003-10-26T22:44:02Z")

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**Metropoly** - Frizt Lange’s favorite board game.

**Eddyvacation** - a cat on holiday

**nobile** - out of gas

**corpuscle**

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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 26, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1018 "2003-10-26T22:54:26Z")

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\*\* corporascle \*\* - small and not very well liked corporal

\*\* excruciating \*\*

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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 26, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1019 "2003-10-26T23:13:19Z")

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**excruxiating** - leaving one’s parent’s church  
**snit**

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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 26, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1020 "2003-10-26T23:48:55Z")

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**schnit** - a German hissy fit

**revamping**

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