# 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:** ![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 20, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1641 "2003-12-20T13:02:57Z")

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\*\* adollarescent \*\* - the way you see your kids when you think about college fundin’

\*\* college \*\*

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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:** [December 20, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1642 "2003-12-20T15:51:59Z")

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**colleg** - along with an arm, that’s what a university education will cost you.

**peppermint**

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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:** [December 20, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1643 "2003-12-20T17:46:16Z")

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**pipermint** - an edible mint specifically designed for those fortunate few who play the bagpipes. Helps keep the piper’s breath minty fresh all day long as they pipe away the hours.

**velvet**

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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 20, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1644 "2003-12-20T17:54:53Z")

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**veldtvet** – **1** somebody who fought in the Boer War (although the last one must have died by now)

**2** a South African doctor who operates on horses, goats, etc. (“_Veldtvet_, coming soon to Animal Planet!”)

**Pretoria**

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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 20, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1645 "2003-12-20T19:08:00Z")

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\*\* Pretendoria \*\* - New South Africa Michael Jackson’s secret Never-Never Land location, awaiting his escape from US law.

\*\* Indictment \*\*

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\*\* Frenchfrog \*\*, begotten of Roastpan and Garlic. She is tasty, lo! Behold her bones and breath aftereffects  
😃

- hey, \*\* SanguineSpider \*\* how did you get the spider in? 😕 \*

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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:** [December 20, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1646 "2003-12-20T19:20:46Z")

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**indopement** - acceptance into the SDMB community.

**sanguine**  
Brought to you as a public service by **EddyTeddyFreddy Megacorp. Inc.,** purveyors of wit, irony, badinage, and run-on sentences since 1949.

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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 20, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1647 "2003-12-20T20:42:01Z")

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**sansguine** - the absence of the color red.

**eggnog**

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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:** [December 20, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1648 "2003-12-20T21:12:58Z")

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**eggnoggin** - Where you feel the after effects of too much of an egg-cream-sugar-BOOZE-BOOZE-BOOZE-and a little nutmeg concoction.

**quintillion**

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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 21, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1649 "2003-12-21T13:46:02Z")

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\*\* Killtillion \*\* - Mass murder

\*\* Murder \*\*

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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:** [December 21, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1650 "2003-12-21T17:03:46Z")

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**merder** - to deprive someone of their life by drowning them in a septic tank.

**republican**

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**Author:** ![0rbytal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/65b543/32.png) [@0rbytal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/0rbytal)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1651 "2003-12-21T22:33:39Z")

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**Re_dubya_can** — Those who will vote for G.W. Bush to be reelected.

**Masticate**

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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 22, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1652 "2003-12-22T13:44:43Z")

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\*\* Boasticate \*\* - Showing off by biting off more than you can chew

\*\* Disreputable \*\*

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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 22, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1653 "2003-12-22T14:33:44Z")

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\*\*Disreputetable \*\* - where the “Ladies of the Night” sit to eat their dinner

**festivities**

_BTW: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all Morphing Dopers_

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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 22, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1654 "2003-12-22T14:52:40Z")

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**festivititties** - breasts with pasties and tassels, usually found at bachelor parties, etc.

mistletoe

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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 22, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1655 "2003-12-22T17:44:41Z")

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**whistletoe** - Seasonal plant which (when suspended above you) induces you to produce a clear musical sound by forcing air through an aperture formed by pursing the lips, prior to amorous pursuits at the office Xmas party

**jingle**

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**Author:** ![The\_Immortal\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/da6949/32.png) [@The\_Immortal\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Immortal_Mango)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1656 "2003-12-22T19:46:34Z")

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JONGLE - the sound made by dented bells

Sleigh

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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 22, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1657 "2003-12-22T19:49:04Z")

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**jingirl** - girl who puts bells on her festivititties for Christmas parties

**platypus**

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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:** [December 22, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1658 "2003-12-22T21:52:32Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Horseflesh \*  
> \*\ ***sansguine** - the absence of the color red.
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> **eggnog** \*\*

😃 Get your butticus over 'ere! I _love_ your brain!!

**french frog** , **cityboy916** gave me a code to copy… ask him if he’s got a icon for you.

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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 22, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1659 "2003-12-22T22:39:50Z")

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_puff, puff_ I’m here. What, did you run out of chocolate?

I love my brain too, it keeps my head from imploding. How YOU doin?

**platypussy** - a duck-billed cat

**chocolate**

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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:** [December 22, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/1660 "2003-12-22T23:51:22Z")

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**hawk-alot** - someone who abuses the local pawn shops by selling off all their crap… ALL THE DAMN TIME. (see picture of my ex-husband)

**gravitate**

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