# 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:** ![xayoz306](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xayoz306](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xayoz306)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1601 "2003-12-14T11:21:41Z")

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**lightmouse** - A small rodent that inhabits said light house.  
**Nunavut**

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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:** [December 14, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1602 "2003-12-14T12:34:24Z")

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\*\* Noonavut \*\* - The opposite of midnight sun

\*\* Midnight \*\*

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**Author:** ![xayoz306](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xayoz306](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xayoz306)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1603 "2003-12-14T13:07:15Z")

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MidRight - When that asshole in front of you remembers to turn on the blinkers  
Iowa

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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:** [December 14, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1604 "2003-12-14T13:27:52Z")

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\*\* Iowacky \*\* - Johnny Carson

\*\* Lancer \*\*

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**Author:** ![Ex\_Machina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ex_Machina)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1605 "2003-12-14T17:50:34Z")

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**flancer** - a cavalryman armed with a baked custard. (Made famous in ‘Custard’s Last Stand’)

**slapstick**

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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:** [December 14, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1606 "2003-12-14T20:21:50Z")

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**slapsticket** - the action which a traffic warden performs with delight upon your car.

**warden**

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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:** [December 15, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1607 "2003-12-15T04:07:04Z")

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**worden** _n. sl._ Slang term for either a librarian or a ‘grammar Nazi’.

**asparagus**

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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:** [December 15, 2003, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1608 "2003-12-15T06:16:38Z")

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**wasparagus** – those spears that have decayed into inedible eyesores (and nosesores) after sitting in your crisper drawer for a month or so

**Hollandaise**

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**Author:** ![Standup\_Karmic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1609 "2003-12-15T07:30:46Z")

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**Hollandaisywheel** - Noisy, antiquated printers made out of old windmill parts.

**Bearnaise**

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**Author:** ![xayoz306](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xayoz306](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xayoz306)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1610 "2003-12-15T07:44:45Z")

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**Bernice** - My annoying aunt.

**Quirky**

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**Author:** ![Standup\_Karmic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1611 "2003-12-15T08:01:32Z")

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**QUIRTY** - The mistake that got a keyboard designer with poor spelling skills blacklisted from the industry.

**pencil**

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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:** [December 15, 2003, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1612 "2003-12-15T12:03:06Z")

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\*\* Pencilcilline \*\* - Insuline-pens derived system to administrate a painless shot of antibiotic

\*\* Antibiotic \*\*

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**Author:** ![Ex\_Machina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ex_Machina)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1613 "2003-12-15T13:36:16Z")

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**antibiopic** - opposed to a made-for-tv biography such as the recent one about Ronald and Nancy Reagan.

graduate (v.)

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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:** [December 15, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1614 "2003-12-15T14:00:31Z")

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\*\* Graduet \*\* - To succeed in your conservatory studies with your co-player

\*\* Conservatory \*\*

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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:** [December 15, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1615 "2003-12-15T15:46:20Z")

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\*\*Coinservatory \*\* - That which preserves from loss of money

**frugal**

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**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1616 "2003-12-15T16:04:40Z")

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**fugal** - a fucked up female.

**semaphore**

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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:** [December 15, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1617 "2003-12-15T18:02:53Z")

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**semafore** - Warning given by a mute golfer to warn those ahead that a ball is headed in their direction

**mute**

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**Author:** ![Standup\_Karmic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1618 "2003-12-15T18:06:01Z")

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**mewt** - the name for the affiliction in kittens that cannot make sounds.

**calculator**

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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:** [December 15, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1619 "2003-12-15T18:23:56Z")

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**coolculater** - device on which average snowfall in computed

**departure**

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**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1620 "2003-12-15T18:35:15Z")

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**DuPonture** - the act of being taken over by the DuPont corporation.

**derelict**

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