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What do you call these?

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veritablequandary
09-28-2012 at 07:21 PM.
09-28-2012 at 07:21 PM.
I wouldn't be surprised if nobody got this one.

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09-28-2012 at 07:25 PM.
09-28-2012 at 07:25 PM.
Or this

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calistyle
09-28-2012 at 07:30 PM.
09-28-2012 at 07:30 PM.
Quote from veritableqndry :
I call them "appetizers."

Last edited by veritableqndry; ... Reason: they should come with dipping sauce
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Frogstar
09-28-2012 at 07:31 PM.
09-28-2012 at 07:31 PM.
Quote from veritableqndry :
Or this
Would it be an oubliette?
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09-28-2012 at 07:32 PM.
09-28-2012 at 07:32 PM.
Quote from Frogstar :
Would it be an oubliette?
WINRAR! High Five

How 'bout the other one?
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09-28-2012 at 07:34 PM.
09-28-2012 at 07:34 PM.
So we did

aglets
eyelets
egrets
eaglets
islet
eyelid
outlets
then we went a little sideways with
platelets and
booblets
then we have
______
and
oubliette

man I love English!
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Frogstar
09-28-2012 at 07:39 PM.
09-28-2012 at 07:39 PM.
Quote from veritableqndry :
WINRAR! High Five

How 'bout the other one?
I was sneaky and tried to look it up, but what I came up with didn't really fit.
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09-28-2012 at 07:41 PM.
09-28-2012 at 07:41 PM.
Quote from Frogstar :
I was sneaky and tried to look it up, but what I came up with didn't really fit.
Secret but meter-wise it fits. I'm enjoying the way these sound together - read that list out loud! But put "oubliette" right after "booblet" 'cause it's better.

We're writing a poem!

More reasons I love wordplay:

A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.

That sentence contains all 9 pronunciations of "ough" available in English.

edit: just realized I tried to wedge "eyelid" in there too (the pic of the chick with her pinky in her eye) - editing the list!
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09-28-2012 at 07:57 PM.
09-28-2012 at 07:57 PM.
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Kesseler189
09-28-2012 at 11:28 PM.
09-28-2012 at 11:28 PM.
There are lots of names. i call this bird.
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calistyle
09-28-2012 at 11:48 PM.
09-28-2012 at 11:48 PM.
Quote from Kesseler189 :
There are lots of names. i call this bird.
There are lots of names. I call this "spam".
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Justawannabe
09-29-2012 at 10:55 AM.
09-29-2012 at 10:55 AM.
Quote from veritableqndry :
I wouldn't be surprised if nobody got this one.
I read this really cool book called The Archer...after that i added to my bucket list " I want to be the person who yells ARCHERS! And watch the arrows fly..."

Closest I've come to that is "put on Netflix! We are gonna watch ARCHER!"
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LoveSweepstakes
09-29-2012 at 06:15 PM.
09-29-2012 at 06:15 PM.
Quote from veritableqndry :
I wouldn't be surprised if nobody got this one.
Ok - I give up let's here it!
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Iaaaiws
09-29-2012 at 06:19 PM.
09-29-2012 at 06:19 PM.
Arbalest
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09-29-2012 at 06:20 PM.
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Arbalest
Shoot. I knew that. Wink
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