# 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:** 54

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**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1061 "2003-10-29T03:18:31Z")

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**hortified** - When one is mortified and horrified all at once.  
**amber**

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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 29, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1062 "2003-10-29T04:06:28Z")

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**caramber** - Bostonian pronunciation of Mexican exclamation (it’s what we do with all those dropped R’s from words like “park” and “car”)

**pronunciation**

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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 29, 2003, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1063 "2003-10-29T12:57:45Z")

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\*\* conunciation \*\* - just say no.

\*\* anaesthetist \*\*

- hey \*\* EddyTeddyFreddy \*\*, you’re from bean town? \*

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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 29, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1064 "2003-10-29T13:14:37Z")

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**anaestheist** feeling numb about religious matters.

**jackdaw**

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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 29, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1065 "2003-10-29T13:53:46Z")

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**lackdaw** - the decimated state of the crow population since the West Nile virus arrived.

**decimated**

_Hey, there, **french frog** , fellow Masshole (as my NH friend puts it)! 😉 Born in Stoneham; raised in Melrose; lived in the North End for 17 years after college; now resident in Ipswich. Can’t get much more Bay Stately than that , eh?_

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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 29, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1066 "2003-10-29T14:09:07Z")

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\*\* johndaw \*\* - craw, omen of death

\*\* fitness \*\* \* …what I need… 😉 \*

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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 29, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1067 "2003-10-29T14:11:10Z")

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**fibness** - a state of habitual untruthfulness

Still up for grabs: **decimated**

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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 29, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1068 "2003-10-29T23:37:22Z")

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**deci-mated** - married ten times  
**Anglican**

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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 29, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1069 "2003-10-29T23:40:13Z")

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**anglecan** - a container for fishing worms

**residential**

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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 29, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1070 "2003-10-29T23:48:35Z")

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**restidential** - asleep at home.

**kitchen**

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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 30, 2003, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1071 "2003-10-30T01:31:54Z")

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\*\* chen \*\* - when you buy an already built kitchen  
\*\* kitechen \*\* - Flying Dutchman’s canteen

\*\* soundless \*\*

- hello, hello \*\* EddyTeddyFreddy \*\* ! Sorry about leaving just after the simulpost but I had to go to work… in Wakefield, just between Melrose and Stoneham 🙂 \*

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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 30, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1072 "2003-10-30T02:22:21Z")

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**astoundless** - so blase, nothing can amaze one

**blase**

_Good grief, **french frog**! By any chance, do you work in that office building on the shores of Lake Quannapowitt???_

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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 30, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1073 "2003-10-30T02:42:57Z")

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**blousé** – apathetic about which of her 163 tops your girlfriend will finally decide to wear to the restaurant/game/party/whatever (“Just pick one and throw it on, honey, we’re already twenty minutes behind schedule”)

**chemise**

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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 30, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1074 "2003-10-30T03:13:59Z")

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\*\* chemisetry \*\* - industrial fabrics and new materials

\*\* pharmacy \*\*

- No Lake Quannapowitt offices ☹ but I drive along it every day … up to Walgreens where I work. Maybe you’re one of my customers! \*

- good work on the “é” \*\* Sternvogel \*\* 😉 \*

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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 30, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1075 "2003-10-30T03:29:42Z")

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**pharmasty** - a drugstore you’d better not buy your medicine at unless you want to be even sicker

**medicine**

_I don’t get over to Wakefield much any more, **french frog**. Do you ever go to Crane’s Beach?_

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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 30, 2003, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1076 "2003-10-30T07:59:50Z")

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**maidicine** - magical pills taken when your too lazy to clean the house

**high-performance**

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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 30, 2003, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1077 "2003-10-30T11:01:35Z")

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\*\*thigh-performance \*\* - Position #117J in the newest sex manual: You, Your Car and Assorted Nasty Things You Can Do in It.

**luck**

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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 30, 2003, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1078 "2003-10-30T12:35:16Z")

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\*\* Butterluck \*\* - Fat chance  
\*\* Dame-luck \*\* - woman who has chosen to no be reelected, but still lucky.  
\*\* Searsandroebluck \*\* - at last you found that drill you wanted, and it’s on sale !

\*\* Disbar \*\*

- I don’t go north, just went to Ipswich once… I’m much a RI guy 🙂 and anyway, I work in retail, so forget it : I’m working ! Can’t go to the beach !! 😃 \*

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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 30, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1079 "2003-10-30T14:33:22Z")

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**disbar** - not dat bar  
**digital audio tape**

_Please come to Boston, she said no, won’t you come back home to me_

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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 30, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1080 "2003-10-30T17:16:33Z")

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\*\* digiggle gizmaudio horrortape \*\* - amusing and facetious halloween product…

- hey ! that was 3 words! please be more laconic ! like in… \*

\*\* laconic \*\*

- Noclueboy, are you the number one fan of the man from Tennessee? 🙂 \*

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