# 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:** 55

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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, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1081 "2003-10-30T17:21:27Z")

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**laponic** - (1) location of cat; (2) location of exotic dancer

**exotic**

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**Author:** ![BuddyToBud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@BuddyToBud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuddyToBud)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1082 "2003-10-30T18:04:00Z")

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**futurotic** - will be different tomorrow

**evinced**

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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, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1083 "2003-10-30T18:55:06Z")

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**unVinced** - what the WWF/E needs to be.  
**resplindent**  
_Actually, I think I AM the Man from Tennessee, I’ve moved around so much in my life._

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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, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1084 "2003-10-30T19:49:54Z")

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Ah, **NCB** - did you mean _resplendent_?

Anyway, taking **resplindent** , I define it as:

A shallow depression in a cast on a broken leg, caused by too much pressure being exerted in the writing of snarky comments thereon by a friend

**snarky**

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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, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1085 "2003-10-30T21:19:06Z")

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**snarkey** - a list of nasty, acerbic comments, and their equivalents in several languages.

**missionary**

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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 31, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1086 "2003-10-31T02:51:33Z")

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\*\*pissionary[/b[ - one dedicated to the cause of establishing sidewalk lavatory facilities in public areas, especially those frequented by tourists.

**frequent**

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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 31, 2003, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1087 "2003-10-31T10:42:24Z")

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**frequentlea** - more often than not occuring in a meadow.

**nabob**

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**Author:** ![BuddyToBud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@BuddyToBud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuddyToBud)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1088 "2003-10-31T16:37:59Z")

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**Freakuent** strangely common

**Freakwent** the odd guy’s gone  
**infrastructure**

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**Author:** ![BuddyToBud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@BuddyToBud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuddyToBud)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1089 "2003-10-31T16:48:47Z")

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**nagbob** Rich Bob’s wife

**freequent** inexpensive quent

**sesquipedalian**

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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 31, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1090 "2003-10-31T20:06:18Z")

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**Sesquipedestrian** - Aperson whose feet are a foot and a half long and who talks using only really, really long words.

\*\* Parapetetic\*\*- _WARNING_ Parapathetic ahs been used by Bill Waterson

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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 31, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1091 "2003-10-31T20:39:02Z")

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Unclaimed so far: _infrastructure_:

**sinfrastructure** - a lover’s retreat for wayward monks

**Farrahpatetic** - an uncontrollable urge to stroke the head of a big-haired TV starlet.

**starlet**

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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 31, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1092 "2003-10-31T20:42:01Z")

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**starless** - we can all thank light pollution for this

**hydraulics**

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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 31, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1093 "2003-10-31T20:50:50Z")

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**shydraulics** - tears shed by a timid person forced to mingle with a crowd

**mingle**

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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 31, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1094 "2003-10-31T21:21:10Z")

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\*\*Tmingle[/]- Mingling which results in tingling

**Results**

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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:** [November 1, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1095 "2003-11-01T01:20:32Z")

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**resomersaults** - back on one’s feet again, but dizzy.

**orthopedic**

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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:** [November 1, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1096 "2003-11-01T01:28:00Z")

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**ornithopedic** – bird-footed, perhaps pigeon-toed

**scientific**

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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:** [November 1, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1097 "2003-11-01T03:59:57Z")

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**sirentific** - (1) pertaining to the study of warning devices; (2) - a skilled enchantress

**enchantress**

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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:** [November 1, 2003, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1098 "2003-11-01T10:40:53Z")

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**benchantress** - extremely seductive and alluring, but only when seated outside in the park.

**prism**

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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:** [November 1, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1099 "2003-11-01T16:18:05Z")

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\*\* Priaprism \*\*- A painful erection that turns the penis Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet (Sorry, no time for colored fonts)

\*\* Font \*\*

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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:** [November 1, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1100 "2003-11-01T19:16:50Z")

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**flont** - to make a lavish display of elaborate typefaces

**elaborate**

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