# Words that seem meant for only one other word **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 4, 2019, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-meant-for-only-one-other-word/844380 "2019-12-04T22:33:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-meant-for-only-one-other-word/844380/42 "2021-11-01T02:13:04Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Are we addled by anything other than drugs? Old age, mostly. And beasts and hounds can also be “fell”, especially if you’re a fan of fantasy literature. (I also feel like I should mention that the fight song of one of my alma maters contains the line “We’ve got vim, we’re here to win”) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-meant-for-only-one-other-word/844380/43 "2022-02-04T03:06:46Z")
Colloquially, is there any other “right”\_\_\_\_\_\_\_than “bastard”? ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-meant-for-only-one-other-word/844380/44 "2022-02-04T04:47:25Z")
That could also go with several other common Brit terms such as ‘twit’ or ‘wanker’. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-meant-for-only-one-other-word/844380/45 "2022-02-28T22:22:05Z")
With St. Patrick’s Day coming up, is there anything other than beef that is ‘corned’? _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-meant-for-only-one-other-word/844380/46 "2022-03-01T13:29:55Z")
Yes - Oggs. (whatever they are) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-meant-for-only-one-other-word/844380/47 "2022-03-01T23:15:29Z")
I believe there’s blarney beef, potatoed beef, green beef. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-meant-for-only-one-other-word/844380/48 "2022-03-01T23:36:00Z")
Does “diametrically” go with anything besides “opposed”? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-meant-for-only-one-other-word/844380/49 "2022-03-26T02:43:26Z")
4 trillion quatloos someone **Chronos** -like might have something. diametrically halved? 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-meant-for-only-one-other-word/844380/50 "2023-05-03T11:41:32Z")
Apparently, only minds can be boggled. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-meant-for-only-one-other-word/844380/51 "2023-05-03T11:45:19Z")
All the blithering is apparently done only by idiots. ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-meant-for-only-one-other-word/844380/52 "2023-06-22T12:48:44Z")
Dribs without drabs? Drabs without dribs? Or ever a single of either, alone or in a pair? I don’t think so. Another question with asking: Has a single sud ever been seen? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-meant-for-only-one-other-word/844380/53 "2023-06-22T13:20:05Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > 4 trillion quatloos someone **Chronos** -like might have something. > > diametrically halved? 🤷‍♂️ I suppose two things could be “diametrically aligned”. Not sure if I’ve ever used the term, but I could. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-meant-for-only-one-other-word/844380/54 "2023-06-23T03:43:37Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Another question with asking: Has a single sud ever been seen? Yeah … it’s called a ‘bubble’. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-meant-for-only-one-other-word/844380/55 "2023-07-15T02:57:47Z")
Has anyone ever called dib? ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-meant-for-only-one-other-word/844380/56 "2023-07-15T12:01:28Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I suppose two things could be “diametrically aligned”. Not sure if I’ve ever used the term, but I could. I assume the use of ‘diametrically’ implies a circle to model alliances and oppositions. If you draw a line from your position on the circle to the other side through the center, you have traversed the diameter of the circle. So you are ‘diametrically’ opposed to a position at the other end of that line. Maybe, if you drew a line to the center of the circle, a position co-located with yours–completely aligned–could be described as _radially_ aligned? I dunno, that sounds clumsy and confusing. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-meant-for-only-one-other-word/844380/57 "2023-07-15T15:04:14Z")
Hm, I never parsed it as “relating to a diameter”, though that works, too. I broke it down as “two measures”. So a large black object is diametrically opposed to a small white object, being opposed on the measures of size and color. A quick Google suggests that your etymology is correct, though. So no, things couldn’t be “diametrically aligned”. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-meant-for-only-one-other-word/844380/58 "2023-07-15T15:15:01Z")
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