# 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:** 52

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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, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1021 "2003-10-26T23:55:36Z")

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**revlamping** - What the lightbulb changing service does.

**dumpling**

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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, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1022 "2003-10-26T23:57:53Z")

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**stumpling** - the young offspring displayed by a campaigning politician in a bid to win the “family values” vote

**cynical**

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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 27, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1023 "2003-10-27T00:14:15Z")

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**cynickelal** - sarcastic and cheap

**empire**

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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 27, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1024 "2003-10-27T00:20:25Z")

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**swampire** - realm of the Creature From The Black Lagoon

**lagoon**

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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 27, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1025 "2003-10-27T00:40:21Z")

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**Lagoonies** - a bunch of swashbuckling kids harrass the Creature

**transubstantiation**

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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 27, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1026 "2003-10-27T02:05:22Z")

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\*\* transbigmacstantiation \*\* - Mc Donalds taking over Subway

\*\* perplex \*\*

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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 27, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1027 "2003-10-27T02:28:46Z")

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**purplex** - the color of an ex-spouse who discovers just how many assets got hidden from the divorce settlement.

**adversarial**

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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 27, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1028 "2003-10-27T02:37:31Z")

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**adverbsorial** - really nasty use of verb modifiers  
**apostrophe**

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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 27, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1029 "2003-10-27T03:12:33Z")

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\*\* apostletrophe \*\* - trophy for the best disciple attendance.

\*\* night \*\* … as in “good night people, I’m going to bed.”

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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 27, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1030 "2003-10-27T03:36:23Z")

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**nighat** - rural dialect for “in the vicinity of”

**vicinity**

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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 27, 2003, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1031 "2003-10-27T07:48:03Z")

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**Vinniecinity** : describing the apparent nadir of a promising feature actor, 20 years hence to bring modern pulp to life.

**gimlet**

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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 27, 2003, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1032 "2003-10-27T10:15:41Z")

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**grimlet** - A nasty-tasting drink

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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 27, 2003, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1033 "2003-10-27T10:17:22Z")

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…and the next word is:

**funny**

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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 27, 2003, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1034 "2003-10-27T11:47:08Z")

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\*\* funanny \*\* - Mrs Doubtfire

\*\* morning \*\* - as in "good morning, I just woke up… 😉 "

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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 27, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1035 "2003-10-27T12:08:09Z")

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**manuring** - as in “Why the hell are you manuring right under my open window, you hapless excuse for a gerdener?!”  
**rampage**

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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 27, 2003, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1036 "2003-10-27T12:17:51Z")

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\*\* rampbook \*\* - a lot of rampage put together  
\*\* ramperage \*\* - electrical mayhem  
\*\* rampostage \*\* - what happens to the postman when he gets upset on your lack of stamps.  
\*\* isobar \*\*

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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 27, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1037 "2003-10-27T12:36:18Z")

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**Risabar** - a place every Trek Doper dreams about

**coverage**

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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 27, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1038 "2003-10-27T13:15:15Z")

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**smotherage** - a little too much coverage  
**microphone**

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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 27, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1039 "2003-10-27T13:39:36Z")

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\*\* vasectomicrophone \*\* - intrument for sterelization by sound  
\*\* microtchphone \*\* - and it dances too… ahem…  
\*\* ashamed \*\*

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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 27, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1040 "2003-10-27T14:09:27Z")

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**ashaled** - the state of being fossilized in a riverbed deposit

**fossilize**

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