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Page 1 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 > Topic Options #2731 - 05/21/00 11:23 PM Verbal decapitation Wordsmith member Registered: 03/12/00 Posts: 121 What happens when you remove the letter a from the alphabet? You b-head it. Each of this week's words sprouts another word if you behead it. Go ahead, try it. Decollate these words. Decapitate them. You won't hurt a thing. Nor would the word-police arrest you, for in each instance you would be generating another word, a 100% dictionary word. Top #2732 - 05/23/00 09:59 AM Re: Verbal decapitation Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11582 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky lever! Top #2733 - 05/23/00 02:44 PM Re: Verbal decapitation David108 member Registered: 05/09/00 Posts: 112 Loc: Auckland, New Zealand bounce, discard, decrease, compose... do I have the idea? Top #2734 - 05/23/00 06:33 PM Re: Verbal decapitation tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10472 Loc: this too shall pass so far, the pattern has been to drop just the initial letter, in which case bounce qualifies. here's another: pregnant Top #2735 - 05/24/00 09:43 AM Re: Verbal decapitation Rubrick addict Registered: 05/18/00 Posts: 679 Loc: Somewhere outside New York That gives me an idea. What is the longest word in the English language that can be continuously decapitated to form a new word? The final word must be at most two letters long. This doesn't do it but it'll give you an idea of what I mean: Clever, lever, ever. Top #2736 - 05/25/00 04:18 PM Re: Verbal decapitation Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11582 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky _lever: Well, you figured out mine. Will cogitate for more. Top #2737 - 05/26/00 08:13 AM Re: Quakers paulb addict Registered: 03/17/00 Posts: 460 Loc: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Yesterday’s citation referring to Quakers is pretty heavy and stern stuff from Thomas Paine. Here are some lighter glimpses of Quakers, who are known for their "quiet’ meetings: - Two Quakers come doorknocking and when the front door is opened, they don’t say anything. - "I am a Quaker; in case of emergency, please be quiet." [badge popular in Quaker circles] Cheers from a ‘quakerly’ paulb. Top #2738 - 05/26/00 08:39 AM Re: Verbal decapitation tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10472 Loc: this too shall pass here's an interesting one: squash so, a new subclass; words which when beheaded give a word with a related sense Top #2739 - 05/26/00 10:53 PM Re: Verbal decapitation lusy member Registered: 03/16/00 Posts: 140 Loc: Melbourne, Australia Smashing! Top #2740 - 05/27/00 06:07 PM Re: Verbal decapitation jmh Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/22/00 Posts: 1981 Actually, taking off the 'ing, Smash works well... smash, mash, ash, sh... Top Page 1 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8453 Members 16 Forums 13691 Topics 210110 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members zhangzhen, dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad, Krysto4 8453 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 26 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 98 endymion6 71 wofahulicodoc 71 jenny jenny 66 teepee 23 Rhubarb Commando 18 Faldage 14 tsuwm 9 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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