January-27th-2009, 09:36 AM
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Wordplay
Let's start a thread where we play games with words. With little effort, I just came up with a list of 10 VERBS that are the NAMES OF ANIMALS. for example, ape. I'm sure there are many more. See how many you can name. I'll reveal any from my list that are not mentioned by day's end.
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January-27th-2009, 10:07 AM
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For starters:
Parrot
Dog
Fish
Chicken (as in chicken out)
Bug
Fly
Pig (as in pig out)
Worm
Weasel
Rat
Ferret
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January-27th-2009, 10:07 AM
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Quit monkeying around.
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January-27th-2009, 10:21 AM
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hocus pocus rationalizer
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Monte Smith
Quit monkeying around.
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Don't hound him.
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January-27th-2009, 11:05 AM
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Reevaluating @ 500k
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It snakes around the corner.
"But what if Hamas cannot be cowed into submission? Then what?"
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January-27th-2009, 11:17 AM
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The mouldiest of all figs
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A very cool cat.
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January-27th-2009, 11:25 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by clinthopson
A very cool cat.
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The verb (implied) in that phrase is "is," not cat.
However:
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January-27th-2009, 11:45 AM
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De harder dey come...
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Cat can be used as a verb, no need for pussyfootin' around it.
Last edited by groover; January-27th-2009 at 11:46 AM.
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January-27th-2009, 12:12 PM
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Maundering Yokel
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I just got back. I was out cattin'.
hog
hawk
crow
duck
swan
crab
badger
fox
chow (down)
wolf (one's food)
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January-27th-2009, 12:15 PM
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hocus pocus rationalizer
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a couple more
Turtle
Goose
Cock
Horse
Cod
Slug
Leapfrog
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January-27th-2009, 12:19 PM
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Unflappable
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Buffalo
Should be used as verbs:
Wallaby
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January-27th-2009, 12:22 PM
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De harder dey come...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Douglas
Cod
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I thought about challenging your use of cod, Douglas, but it's not worth carping about.
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January-27th-2009, 12:24 PM
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Maundering Yokel
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flounder
skate
clam (up)
whale
pike
perch
seal
crane
gull
bird-dog
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January-27th-2009, 12:37 PM
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Maundering Yokel
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sponge
skunk
bear
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January-27th-2009, 12:51 PM
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Unflappable
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New question: Is there any animal whose name is not capable of being verbed?
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January-27th-2009, 12:59 PM
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De harder dey come...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Olewnick
New question: Is there any animal whose name is not capable of being verbed?
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You've wallabied me with that one, Brian!
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January-27th-2009, 01:04 PM
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The mouldiest of all figs
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Anyone feel gerbilish?
And stop cattin' around.
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January-27th-2009, 01:17 PM
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What heart?!
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I could start bitching, but who'd listen.
Brian, stop cockroaching around, buddy, you're buggin'out.
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January-27th-2009, 01:25 PM
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De harder dey come...
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No response, Brian? Are you armadilloing?
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January-27th-2009, 01:32 PM
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hocus pocus rationalizer
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And some more
man
game
worm
fawn
swallow
hawk
shag
ram
For Brian: husky; it is an adjective.
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January-27th-2009, 01:40 PM
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I'm feeling kinda platypusy, neither here nor there.
It's an oldie but there are more than you might think:
Words that are their own opposites, classics being "cleave" and "ravel".
Without googling, find some more.
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January-27th-2009, 01:56 PM
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Maundering Yokel
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"dust" is a well known one.
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January-27th-2009, 01:57 PM
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Maundering Yokel
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Another example of the original category: squirrel (away)
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January-27th-2009, 02:10 PM
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I might have mange
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porking
Aardvarking
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January-27th-2009, 02:36 PM
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Columnated ruins domino
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Some of these seem more like nouns and adjectives than verbs, but I'm impressed with how many hadn't occurred to me. "Squirrel" was in fact the one I thought of that inspired the thread.
Brian, one of my favorites is prenatal and parental.
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January-27th-2009, 02:49 PM
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hocus pocus rationalizer
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Curio for Brian's variation.
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January-27th-2009, 03:18 PM
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The mouldiest of all figs
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I'm feeling condor happy.
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January-27th-2009, 03:58 PM
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Maundering Yokel
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grouse
quail
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January-27th-2009, 04:08 PM
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What heart?!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Olewnick
I'm feeling kinda platypusy, neither here nor there.
It's an oldie but there are more than you might think:
Words that are their own opposites, classics being "cleave" and "ravel".
Without googling, find some more.
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bone?
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January-27th-2009, 04:16 PM
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Unflappable
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cem
bone?
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Boned, more aptly? (having bones, having been deboned)
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