# Yet Another Word Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 5, 2001, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-word-game/91525 "2001-11-05T02:58:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Palve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-word-game/91525/1 "2001-11-05T02:58:25Z")
This game is quite simple. As the first poster, I will post a word of my choosing. The next poster posts the first word that comes into his/her mind upon reading the word I typed. The poster after that posts the first word that comes into his/her mind upon reading the second poster’s word, etc. etc. etc. The object of this game, of course, is to kill time and waste bandwidth. Okay, here is the first word: **shampoo** ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-word-game/91525/2 "2001-11-05T03:00:04Z")
**beer** ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-word-game/91525/3 "2001-11-05T03:01:43Z")
**grasshopper** ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-word-game/91525/4 "2001-11-05T03:02:38Z")
\*\*cricket ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-word-game/91525/5 "2001-11-05T03:05:55Z")
**Tennis** ---
**Author:** ![Palve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-word-game/91525/6 "2001-11-05T03:13:52Z")
**net** ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-word-game/91525/7 "2001-11-05T03:16:33Z")
**profit** ---
**Author:** ![Thunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a8b319/32.png) [@Thunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thunder)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-word-game/91525/8 "2001-11-05T03:17:25Z")
Profit ---
**Author:** ![Thunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a8b319/32.png) [@Thunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thunder)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-word-game/91525/9 "2001-11-05T03:17:42Z")
Loss ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-word-game/91525/10 "2001-11-05T03:19:08Z")
Loss ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-word-game/91525/11 "2001-11-05T03:19:56Z")
**Grief** ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-word-game/91525/12 "2001-11-05T03:21:32Z")
Good ---
**Author:** ![Searching\_For\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-word-game/91525/13 "2001-11-05T03:27:04Z")
God ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-word-game/91525/14 "2001-11-05T03:33:43Z")
Bless ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-word-game/91525/15 "2001-11-05T03:37:07Z")
Sacred ---
**Author:** ![someone\_else](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@someone\_else](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/someone_else)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-word-game/91525/16 "2001-11-05T03:39:45Z")
profane ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-word-game/91525/17 "2001-11-05T03:41:36Z")
propane ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-word-game/91525/18 "2001-11-05T03:42:43Z")
barbecue ---
**Author:** ![ferrisgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e5b9ba/32.png) [@ferrisgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ferrisgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-word-game/91525/19 "2001-11-05T03:44:37Z")
ribs ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-word-game/91525/20 "2001-11-05T03:44:44Z")
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