# 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:** 61

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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:** [November 8, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1201 "2003-11-08T17:01:10Z")

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**nuppie** - a cute way of saying no, nope, uh huh, no way, “NO means NO!”, and “STOP! I said NO, you mother fu… !!”  
**extraordinary**

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**Author:** ![GuinnessGuzzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@GuinnessGuzzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuinnessGuzzler)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1202 "2003-11-08T17:33:42Z")

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**exextraordinary** - back to normal

**abnormal**

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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 8, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1203 "2003-11-08T17:37:47Z")

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**crabnormal** - just boiled, no seasonings.

**zeal**

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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:** [November 8, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1204 "2003-11-08T19:02:42Z")

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**zee-ale** - the passionate cry of a French, ale-loving person such as, “There is zee-ale! Whoo HOO!” Do French people cry out “whoo hoo”? I am not really sure, I am not French but damn do I love french fries!

\*\* toil\*\*

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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 8, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1205 "2003-11-08T19:58:35Z")

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**troil** - to work very hard at inciting angry responses on a board

**vigorous**

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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 8, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1206 "2003-11-08T21:58:40Z")

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**viagragorous** - really, really extra super-duper formula.

**ambivalent**

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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 8, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1207 "2003-11-08T23:18:06Z")

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**amphibalent** - unsure whether to evolve out of the sea onto land

**Darwinism**

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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 8, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1208 "2003-11-08T23:20:19Z")

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**Darlostism** - latest neologism from the anti-evolution folk.

**behemoth**

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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 8, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1209 "2003-11-08T23:27:54Z")

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**shehemoth** - a hermaphrodite butterfly

**hermaphrodite**

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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 9, 2003, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1210 "2003-11-09T00:29:18Z")

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**rathermaphrodite** - oh so close, but not quite, having male and female sex organs.

**culinary**

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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 9, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1211 "2003-11-09T13:45:58Z")

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**Culinhairy** Relating to food that is so good that you keep eating even after you find a hair in it.

**Relating**

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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 9, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1212 "2003-11-09T20:00:30Z")

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**Brielating** - talking incessantly about French cheese.

**cheese**

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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 9, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1213 "2003-11-09T22:07:31Z")

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**chesse** - a game wherein, one by one, the playing pieces get eaten. Comes from the ancient Persian phrase,translated as “The king is dead, and on my ham sandwich.”

**duck**

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**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1214 "2003-11-09T22:29:36Z")

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**djuck** _n_. In Muslim legend, a spirit which assumes a rather specific animal form and exercises supernatural influence over people as they walk in the park.

**Muslim**

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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 10, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1215 "2003-11-10T03:03:05Z")

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**Imuslim** - a diet drink created by a radio host.

**radio**

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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:** [November 10, 2003, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1216 "2003-11-10T07:21:55Z")

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**’fraidio** - a radio that plays hip hop polka and salsa-banjo music all day and all night! (lame… shut up)  
**pottery**

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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 10, 2003, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1217 "2003-11-10T10:52:27Z")

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**prepottery** - adult Play-Do

**epistle**

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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:** [November 10, 2003, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1218 "2003-11-10T11:01:12Z")

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**epistols** - letters written about handguns  
**cannonball**

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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:** [November 10, 2003, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1219 "2003-11-10T11:01:59Z")

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**epostulate** - the Bible

**rectify**

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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:** [November 10, 2003, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1220 "2003-11-10T11:10:13Z")

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**rectorify** - correct a clerical error

**inculcate**

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