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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: 11579 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: 10464 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: 11579 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: 10464 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 8426 Members 16 Forums 13689 Topics 209793 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members sylviasuper, continent2, a2teacher, teepee, smoothcriminal86 8426 Registered Users Who's Online 2 registered (sylviasuper, continent2), 39 Guests and 3 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 86 jenny jenny 56 wofahulicodoc 56 endymion6 48 Rhubarb Commando 37 BranShea 34 Buffalo Shrdlu 15 zmjezhd 13 Faldage 13 tsuwm 11 May 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 31

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