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(It's been a busy week, and not over yet - I'm still working on it)
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PYRIDINE
Y -> S
INSPIRED
(and so I was... ;0)
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INSPIRED
D --> T
PRISTINE
(but I have a distinct feeling of déjà vu...)
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Am I iolating-vay oo-tay any-many if I
change R --> A and ake-may
PIG-LATIN ?
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Am I iolating-vay oo-tay any-many if I
change R --> A and ake-may
PIG-LATIN ? I don't know about that, but ou-yay iolated-vay uh-thay ules-ray of-ay ig-pay atin-lay! It-ay ould-shay ead-ray: "Am-ay I-ay iolating-vay oo-tay any-may if-ay I-ay ange-chay R-ay --> A-ay and-ay ake-may..." At-ay east-lay at's-thay uh-thay ay-way ee-way oke-spay it-ay ere-whay I-ay ived-lay. eesh-shay! at's-thay ough-tay! ol-lay ;0)
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I know that, but I also know we're part of an international community here and some might find it difficult to decipher without a few extra clues.
I leave it to the assembled multitudes - if too much whimsy is disqualifying we should go back to TRIPLING, and if we can allow a smile here and there (in particular, here) then I offer PIG-LATIN, as above.
(...And if everyone is going to tear their hair out over it, or at least twist it into braids, we can use PLAITING instead. But I'd rather take the opportunity to ile-smay.)
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PIGTAILS
A-->U
PUGILIST
(same root as "pugnacious" and "impugn")
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Speaking of pugnacious -
PUGILIST
P-->O
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48 hours, and I give up.
My word was LITIGOUS
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48 hours, and I give up.
My word was LITIGOUS
I hate to interrupt your conversation with yourself, but I don't believe that's actually a word. I always thought it was LITIGIOUS. If you can tear yourself away from yourself, please let me know what you think! ;0)
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Yes, I thought it looked funny too, so I checked around and found that that's also what Onelook.com says.
Then I looked for excuses and rationalizations and found that Google has 92,000 ghits for "litigous" (carefully overlooking the fact that it also has 687,000 ghits for -ious) which gives it some dubious validity.
But really I have to admit that I posted it anyway so as to have the opportunity to use the comeback to your question:
"You're right. I'm wrong. So sue me!"
[/trying-to-sneak-unnoticed-out-the-door emoticon]
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Since you have admitted your Guilt I Solemnly sentence you to find a different word.
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Taken from PUGILIST P to N LINGUIST
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(...could have come from LITIGOUS, too, if there was such a word...) ;-)
LINGUIST
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HUSTLING
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Then I looked for excuses and rationalizations and found that Google has 92,000 ghits for "litigous" (carefully overlooking the fact that it also has 687,000 ghits for -ious) which gives it some dubious validity.
But really I have to admit that I posted it anyway so as to have the opportunity to use the comeback to your question:
"You're right. I'm wrong. So sue me!"
[/trying-to-sneak-unnoticed-out-the-door emoticon] Well, first off, the reason it has hits is because people can't spell! I got 1,610,000 for "commitee", and it has no dubious validity; it's just a misspelling! As to your "comeback": ha ha ha At least you're better at being clever than you are at spelling! ;0)
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HUSTLING
(presto, chango...)
SUNLIGHT
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Sometimes there's a place for
L --> O
SHOUTING
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but it's been three days, and if I don't do it, it looks like
T --> A
CURTAINS for this thread
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Well, we certainly don't want to CONSTRAIN you.
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I think there's room to throw in another E
CONTAINERS
(Do we allow French? CONNAÎTRE ?
No, I didn't think so.)
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containers
add R
CONSTRAINER
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No way out of contrariness as far as I can see. A doomed word.
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With help from I, Rearrangement Servant:
RECONSTRAINS
Let's not give up before wofa gets back from vacation, next week.
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Wish I'd'a seen that. Quite a word.
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Rearrangement Servant? Is that you?
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Lord have mercy, no. Go here and watch the moving letters.
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I have that site bookmarked, but thought it might be
'cheating', roolz, you know?
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Lord have mercy! I don't believe it. It's done by a machine! All that tossing and toiling... what a bummer. Jackie! Think of all the prime time intelligence I've put into this! 
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