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Rationality Donating Member (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 02:30 AM
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A Game
Edited on Fri May-28-04 03:07 AM by Rationality
If this has alreay been done here, I'm out to do it again, but otherwise....

I'm borrowing this from another forum I post on and I forgot the name of it, but we start off with a word, and the next person responds with another word that uses the last three letters of the previous word, and we keep that up until we can't think of any other word, with the last answer being the winner.

The rules (I'll try to keep it short):
1) The answer provided must be found in an English dictionary. Words from non-English languages and proper nouns (city names and people's names, for example) are not acceptable.
2) The answer provided must utilize the last three or more letters of the previous word (word of record) in the order found within the word of record (Ex: if WoR is "word," "order," "ordinary," and "worded" are acceptable, but "drove" isn't.)
3) First sucessful answer becomes the new WoR. Any subsequent answers are to be disregarded.
4) (thanks to Wonk for exposing this) the first three or more letters of your answer must be the last three (or more) letters of the WoR.

Oh, and since the DU is pretty big, I don't know if I can moderate this on my own if it gets too big, but who cares?

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First word: lexicon
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 02:32 AM
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1. CONcrete
??
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neverborn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 02:33 AM
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2. eternal
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Rationality Donating Member (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 02:42 AM
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3. ...you won.
Edited on Fri May-28-04 02:51 AM by Rationality
Next word: exoskeleton
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neverborn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 02:53 AM
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4. tonsil
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CTLawGuy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 02:53 AM
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5. ok
Edited on Fri May-28-04 02:53 AM by darboy
SILVER
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Wonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 02:54 AM
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6. orthogonal
2) The answer provided must utilize the last three or more letters of the previous word (word of record) in the order found within the word of record (Ex: if WoR is "word," "order," "ordinary," and "worded" are acceptable, but "drove" isn't.)
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Rationality Donating Member (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 02:59 AM
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8. 1) neverborn beat you to it with "tonsil;"
Edited on Fri May-28-04 03:03 AM by Rationality
Crap. I see I made a mistake in the rules... the first three + letters must be the last three + letters of the previous word. I forgot to add that.

But as I said, Tonsil was already entered, so bwhah!
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Wonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 03:04 AM
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10. re: Before you edited and ended the first round. nt
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Rationality Donating Member (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 03:08 AM
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11. I'm fucking this up, am I? Shouldn't try this 4am... ((n/t))
Edited on Fri May-28-04 03:09 AM by Rationality
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Wonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 02:55 AM
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7. That wasn't an hour :P
:P
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Rationality Donating Member (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 02:59 AM
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9. I know, but I went through the entire dictionary. On the rules set,
you can't answer "eternal."
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MichaelUK Donating Member (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 05:58 AM
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12. Yeah you can
Nalorphine - a narcotic antagonist (trade name Nalline) that counteracts the effects of narcotics (especially the effects of poisoning by morphine)

(thanks go out to a med student sitting next to me)

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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 06:06 AM
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13. Inertia then?
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 06:09 AM
Response to Reply #12
14. Tiara
Edited on Fri May-28-04 06:14 AM by Misunderestimator
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 06:15 AM
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17. Arabian
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 06:10 AM
Response to Reply #9
15. Deleted
Edited on Fri May-28-04 06:15 AM by Misunderestimator
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 06:13 AM
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16. Oh wait... I missed the last rule.... that it must start with the last 3
Am I playing by myself?
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MichaelUK Donating Member (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 06:15 AM
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18. Inertia - Tiara
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 06:17 AM
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19. Whew... I beat you by a minute (above)... :)
Edited on Fri May-28-04 06:18 AM by Misunderestimator
And then I killed it with Arabian.
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MichaelUK Donating Member (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 06:19 AM
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20. Ianfu
Edited on Fri May-28-04 06:21 AM by MichaelUK
a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II

On edit - now THAT'S a killer!
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 06:22 AM
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21. Now you killed it. No way is there a word that starts NFU :)
Edited on Fri May-28-04 06:22 AM by Misunderestimator
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MichaelUK Donating Member (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 06:24 AM
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22. There's one...used quite commonly by my folks
NFUw*nk*rs.

(NFU stands for National Farmer's Union, an insurance company in the UK, who have recently push my parent's insurance up through the roof).

Otherwise, it's a killer.
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MichaelUK Donating Member (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 06:24 AM
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23. New word - Game
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 06:26 AM
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24. Easy.... Amen
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MichaelUK Donating Member (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 06:28 AM
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25. Menarche
being the first occurrence of menstruation in a woman, as everybody knows

(damn, having a medic sit next to you is really helpful!!)
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 06:29 AM
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26. LOL.... Chemical
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MichaelUK Donating Member (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 06:30 AM
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27. Callous
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 06:33 AM
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28. Ousting
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MichaelUK Donating Member (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 06:35 AM
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29. Ingenue
Edited on Fri May-28-04 06:35 AM by MichaelUK
(an actress who specialises in playing the part of an artless innocent young girl)
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 06:36 AM
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30. I KNEW you'd use that. You killed it again!
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MichaelUK Donating Member (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 06:38 AM
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31. Apologies
Right, best be off.
Got to put money into the bank, then book a flight to Italy
(MichaelUK, International Man of Mystery!!)
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 06:40 AM
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32. Have fun.... Happy Trails...
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Rationality Donating Member (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 09:34 AM
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33. New round... WoR==metric
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 09:37 AM
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34. Richer
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 09:38 AM
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36. hermetic
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 09:39 AM
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37. Ticker
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 09:43 AM
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38. Kerosine
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 09:45 AM
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39. Inebriation
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 09:48 AM
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40. Ionic
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 09:48 AM
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41. Nickname
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 09:48 AM
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42. American
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 09:49 AM
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43. Canadian.... but I don't think either one is allowed, being proper and all
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 09:51 AM
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45. I would think those are adjectives, and therefore valid
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 09:53 AM
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46. A proper adjective.... would you use it without Capitalizing it?
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 09:55 AM
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47. Ah. English has a different grammar ideology. Let's go with nickname then.
Edited on Fri May-28-04 09:56 AM by JCCyC
Ladies first. Oops, got it wrong the first time.
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 09:49 AM
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44. Canvas
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 10:01 AM
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49. Amelioration
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 10:04 AM
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50. Ionized
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 10:06 AM
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51. Zed is the only one starting with that that I can think of..
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 10:17 AM
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52. Ionic was the only non-killer starting with ion
I guess this tombstones this turn.

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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 10:18 AM
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53. LOL
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 09:38 AM
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35. Ricin
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 09:59 AM
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48. cinquain
(a five-line stanza or poem)
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Rationality Donating Member (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 12:52 PM
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54. quaint
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 01:00 PM
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55. interpolated
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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 01:21 PM
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56. tedious
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tjwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 01:24 PM
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57. ousted
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Rationality Donating Member (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 07:37 PM
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58. tedium
n: the quality or state of being tedious
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