# 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\
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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 12, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1261 "2003-11-12T20:19:06Z")

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**caprobation** - out on parole for the offense of wearing a shocking bad hat

**shocking**

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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 12, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1262 "2003-11-12T21:01:18Z")

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**approhibition** - agree to disagree

**ssshhocking** - a silent surprise

**tenet**

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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 12, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1263 "2003-11-12T23:59:49Z")

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**teanet** - A nice cup of tea should always be served with lemon, never milk.

**manicotti**

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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 13, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1264 "2003-11-13T00:37:43Z")

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**manicutie** - slang term for a visually appealing member of the opposite sex if the speaker is female.

**Autumn**

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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 13, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1265 "2003-11-13T01:42:28Z")

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**Authorumn** - He wrote “Legends of the Fall.”

**nutrition**

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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 13, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1266 "2003-11-13T03:10:45Z")

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**spewtrition** - food that’s really, really bad

**elongate**

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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 13, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1267 "2003-11-13T04:14:50Z")

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**felongate** – where the new arrivals enter the prison grounds

**incarcerated**

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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 13, 2003, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1268 "2003-11-13T11:11:36Z")

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**incarcerealated** - the condition of some automobiles when said conveyance is populated with toddlers.

**ounce**

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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 13, 2003, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1269 "2003-11-13T11:33:45Z")

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**unc** - an ounce that’s been on a diet

**craft**

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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 13, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1270 "2003-11-13T12:16:37Z")

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**carafet** - A glass or metal bottle that you can sail in

**principle**

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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:** [November 13, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1271 "2003-11-13T13:02:36Z")

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\*\* Principurple \*\* - The love color  
\*\* Princicecil \*\* - standards of a straigthdoper

\*\* Slumgullion \*\*

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**Author:** ![Second\_Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Second\_Guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Guest)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1272 "2003-11-13T18:34:37Z")

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**glumsullyin’** - depressed denigration

**abattoir**

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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 13, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1273 "2003-11-13T21:01:30Z")

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**abattortoise** - a butchering establishments that deals with amphibians.

**parsley**

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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 13, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1274 "2003-11-13T21:21:14Z")

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**pursley** _n_. Any object put in a wallet for the purpose of making it more attractive to rumage through. E.g. small photos, fondly remembered post-its®, old concert tickets, etc.

**wallet**

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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:** [November 13, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1275 "2003-11-13T21:25:04Z")

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\*\* parsimoniousley \*\* - frugal in seasonning

\*\* maiden \*\*

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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:** [November 13, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1276 "2003-11-13T21:41:26Z")

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\*\* Wagllet \*\* - Famous tricky pocketbook with a Jack-in-the-box in it.

\*\* Maiden \*\*

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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 13, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1277 "2003-11-13T22:19:28Z")

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**Maidenother** - getting good at it now !

**virtuous**

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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 13, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1278 "2003-11-13T23:29:53Z")

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**covertuous** – having a “bad boy” or “bad girl” image, but actually given to anonymous charitable donations, helping out incognito at the homeless shelter, etc.

**raconteur**

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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:** [November 14, 2003, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1279 "2003-11-14T01:09:26Z")

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- Sternvogel from Lafayette using French word, uh? 😉 \*

\*\* Racoonteur \*\* - Old west hunting stories teller

\*\* Independance \*\*

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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 14, 2003, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1280 "2003-11-14T12:30:05Z")

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**indeependance** - winning a solo disco dance competition at the first attempt

**honour**

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