# Your goofiest replacement for a word you momentarily forgot **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-goofiest-replacement-for-a-word-you-momentarily-forgot/486176 "2009-02-16T22:00:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Finally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/67e7ee/32.png) [@Finally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finally)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-goofiest-replacement-for-a-word-you-momentarily-forgot/486176/21 "2009-02-17T21:00:27Z")
“Crawling on all three and a halfs” wipes soda off keyboard My best one was hiker guy for…you know…the guy that hikes the ball in football. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-goofiest-replacement-for-a-word-you-momentarily-forgot/486176/22 "2009-02-17T21:01:48Z")
The thing that makes the things change on the thing ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-goofiest-replacement-for-a-word-you-momentarily-forgot/486176/23 "2009-02-17T21:17:39Z")
**don’t ask** is starting to move up on **lieu** and **Tuckerfan** for making me laugh and fart at the same time! 🙂 The imagery! The **IMAGERY!** Q ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-goofiest-replacement-for-a-word-you-momentarily-forgot/486176/24 "2009-02-17T21:23:24Z")
UHF UMB VCR VCO URL EDU You know, that connector thingy on a computer. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-goofiest-replacement-for-a-word-you-momentarily-forgot/486176/25 "2009-02-18T01:24:52Z")
> [@Finally](#): > > My best one was hiker guy for…you know…the guy that hikes the ball in football. Ok, settle a debate between my wife and I, please. Were you looking for “quarterback” or “center”? ---
**Author:** ![Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckler_of_Swashing)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-goofiest-replacement-for-a-word-you-momentarily-forgot/486176/26 "2009-02-18T05:49:50Z")
I know someone who forgot the name of the game Trivial Pursuit. She (like myself) is one of those who refers to the wedges as ‘pie’ pieces (not cake, like some of you heathens). So she called it Pie Race. Now we only ever call it Pie Race. The best thing was, when she first said it she went: “Ooh, wanna play, um, that… Pie Race? You know? Where we all… race for pie! With questions!” ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-goofiest-replacement-for-a-word-you-momentarily-forgot/486176/27 "2009-02-18T09:19:44Z")
I like to smurf words in at random just to smurf it up. While this isn’t exactly a goofy replacement, my girlfriend once said the word “articulate” like “ar tick uh let”. It was highly amusing 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-goofiest-replacement-for-a-word-you-momentarily-forgot/486176/28 "2009-02-18T15:39:09Z")
I don’t recall exactly word it was I lost, but I do remember referring to _something_ as the slidey-uppy thing. :smack: And I’ve also used “swingy bit” and other descriptors. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-goofiest-replacement-for-a-word-you-momentarily-forgot/486176/29 "2009-02-18T15:44:03Z")
It’s in the the cold food box closet. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-goofiest-replacement-for-a-word-you-momentarily-forgot/486176/30 "2009-02-18T21:13:19Z")
My daughter called the alarm clock “The Beep Machine.” Of course she was about 5 at the time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-goofiest-replacement-for-a-word-you-momentarily-forgot/486176/31 "2009-02-18T21:38:50Z")
This all reminds me of this classic “Not Always Right” story: [DE TING!](http://notalwaysright.com/de-ting-de-ting/308) ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-goofiest-replacement-for-a-word-you-momentarily-forgot/486176/32 "2009-02-18T21:39:13Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > I like to smurf words in at random just to smurf it up. > > While this isn’t exactly a goofy replacement, my girlfriend once said the word “articulate” like “ar tick uh let”. It was highly amusing 😃 My family has never stopped laughing over my stated intention, when I was about 10, to go down in the “anals” of literature. ---
**Author:** ![Incensed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Incensed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incensed)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-goofiest-replacement-for-a-word-you-momentarily-forgot/486176/33 "2009-02-18T21:54:55Z")
Ssskkkkkiiiiiiirrrrrrrtttttttt. Which, when fairly shrieked from the passenger’s seat, means roughly, “That truck is coming into our lane, hit the fucking brakes or we’re going to make the newspaper.” Yes, the driver ssssskkkkiiiirrrrrttttt’ed in time. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-goofiest-replacement-for-a-word-you-momentarily-forgot/486176/34 "2009-02-18T22:16:03Z")
I always use “hoosimawingus” as a general purpose noun substitute. I have no idea where I picked it up… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-goofiest-replacement-for-a-word-you-momentarily-forgot/486176.md?page=1)