<!MageKing17> I think we should play a word game intentionally, now. <+kario> bat <!Grim_Reaper> Wot kinda wyrd gyme? <!MageKing17> Perhaps a transformation game; you can change one letter at a time, in an attempt to turn one word into another word, but all the intermediate steps have to also be words, and you can't repeat. <!MageKing17> Like, BILL into DEBT. <!Grim_Reaper> Nigger nigger nigger my nigger? <!MageKing17> For bonus points, return to the original word, still without repeating. <!MageKing17> I'll start: <!MageKing17> BILL <+kario> bat <!Grim_Reaper> BELL <+kario> hell <!MageKing17> HILL <+kario> mill <!Grim_Reaper> WILL <!MageKing17> DILL <!Grim_Reaper> Dill? <!MageKing17> It's a spice. <!Grim_Reaper> @dict dill <+Hambot2> Grim_Reaper: wn and gcide responded: gcide: Dill \Dill\, v. t. [OE. dillen, fr. dul dull, a.] To still; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]; wn: dill n 1: aromatic Old World herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning [syn: {Anethum graveolens}] 2: aromatic threadlike foliage of the dill plant used as seasoning [syn: {dill weed}]; gcide: (2 more messages) <!MageKing17> As in "dill pickles". <+kario> dill pickles <!MageKing17> Now CONTINUE THE GAME! <+kario> diss <!MageKing17> That's two letters. <!MageKing17> kario is disqualified. <!Grim_Reaper> DOLL <+kario> damn <!MageKing17> @dict doll <+Hambot2> MageKing17: wn, gcide, and moby-thes responded: wn: doll n 1: a small replica of a person; used as a toy [syn: {dolly}] 2: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: {dame}, {wench}, {skirt}, {chick}, {bird}]; gcide: doll \doll\ (d[o^]l), n. [A contraction of Dorothy; or less prob. an abbreviation of idol; or cf. OD. dol a whipping top, D. dollen to rave, and E. dull.] 1. a small, usually (5 more messages) <!MageKing17> Oh, wait. * MageKing17 facepalms <!Grim_Reaper> <!MageKing17> DOLT <!Grim_Reaper> How appropriate. <!Grim_Reaper> BOLT <!MageKing17> Why did you get rid of the D? <!MageKing17> Oh well... <!MageKing17> BOLD <!Grim_Reaper> BALD <!MageKing17> BAND <!Grim_Reaper> BIND <!MageKing17> BINT <!Grim_Reaper> BENT <!MageKing17> WENT <!Grim_Reaper> DENT <!MageKing17> DEBT <!MageKing17> Hooray! <!Grim_Reaper> <!MageKing17> Now we go backwards. <!MageKing17> Without repeating, still. <+Joozey> DEPT? <!MageKing17> I'm not sure abbreviations should count. <!MageKing17> @dict dept <+Hambot2> MageKing17: No definition for "dept" could be found. <+Joozey> k <!Grim_Reaper> DEFT? <!MageKing17> Joozey is also disqualified. <!Grim_Reaper> @dict DEFT <+Hambot2> Grim_Reaper: wn, gcide, and moby-thes responded: wn: deft adj 1: quick and skillful in movement 2: skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands; "a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face"; "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind" [syn: {dexterous}, {dextrous}]; moby-thes: 56 Moby Thesaurus words for "deft": Daedalian, adept, adroit, agile, apt, artistic, (3 more messages) <!MageKing17> Yeah, that's a word. <!Grim_Reaper> \o/ <!MageKing17> DAFT <!Grim_Reaper> RAFT <+Joozey> Why we hadnt decided yet that abbreviations dont count <!MageKing17> I said "has to be a word", not "has to be a word or abbreviation". <!MageKing17> RAPT <!Grim_Reaper> @dict rapt <+Hambot2> Grim_Reaper: wn, foldoc, gcide, and moby-thes responded: gcide: Rapt \Rapt\ (r[a^]pt), imp. & p. p. of {Rap}, to snatch away. [1913 Webster]; foldoc: RAPT ["An Interpreter for a Language for Describing Assemblies", R.J. Popplestone et al, Artif Intell 14:79-107 (1980)]. (1995-05-10); gcide: Rapt \Rapt\, v. t. 1. To transport or ravish. [Obs.] --Drayton. [1913 Webster] 2. To carry (13 more messages) <!Grim_Reaper> RAPE <!MageKing17> GAPE <!Grim_Reaper> CAPE * E_net4 has quit (*.net *.split) <!Grim_Reaper> ...shall I? <!MageKing17> I'm thinking. <!MageKing17> I don't think going twice in a row should be allowed. <!MageKing17> COPE <!Grim_Reaper> There you go. <!Grim_Reaper> ROPE <!MageKing17> RIPE <!Grim_Reaper> hmm <!Grim_Reaper> RILE? <!MageKing17> That's a word. <!MageKing17> MILE <!Grim_Reaper> BILE <!MageKing17> BILL <!MageKing17> HOORAY! <!Grim_Reaper> <!MageKing17> To go from BILL to DEBT (counting BILL and DEBT themselves) took: 19 steps. <!MageKing17> To go from DEBT to BILL (still counting DEBT and BILL) took: 14 steps. <!MageKing17> I think that means we're awesome. <!MageKing17> This is a fun game. <+kario> so you win <!MageKing17> Yes, we won. <+kario> let's go again <+Joozey> I think it might be a fun game <!Grim_Reaper> (insert motivational picture containing a puppy with texts "Who's awesome? You're awesome!" <!Grim_Reaper> ) <!MageKing17> All right, since I got the final transition both times, someone else can choose the two words. <!MageKing17> Remember, the number of letters has to be the same. <!Grim_Reaper> <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.humorhound.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/whos-awesome-puppy.jpg">http://www.humorhound.com/wp-content/up ... -puppy.jpg</a><!-- m --> <!Grim_Reaper> How long words? <!MageKing17> Has to be more than 2 letters. <!MageKing17> I'd recommend less than 6. <+kario> cat bat <!MageKing17> CAT <!MageKing17> (The game's afoot!) <+Joozey> BAT <+kario> sat <!MageKing17> CAT <!MageKing17> That was easy. <+kario> HAT <!MageKing17> Kario doesn't get to pick the next one. <+kario> no i'm a loser <+Joozey> @dict kario <+Hambot2> Joozey: No definition for "kario" could be found. <+Joozey> too bad <!MageKing17> Joozey: How about you pick the words. <+Joozey> (those weren't words for the game) <!MageKing17> I dunno, TOO -> BAD -> TOO could be fun. <!MageKing17> For ideal fun, though, there shouldn't be any shared letters. <+Joozey> GRAPE <-> VOMIT <!MageKing17> Come on, anyone? <!MageKing17> Ah. <!MageKing17> Sounds fun. <+Joozey> GRAPE <!Grim_Reaper> GROPE <!MageKing17> GRIPE <!Grim_Reaper> GRIPS <!MageKing17> TRIPS <!Grim_Reaper> TRAPS <+kario> craps <+Joozey> @dict craps <+Hambot2> Joozey: wn, gcide, and moby-thes responded: gcide: Craps \Craps\ (kr[a^]ps), n. A gambling game with dice. It is one of the more popular games in casinos. [Local, U.S.] [1913 Webster +PJC]; wn: craps n 1: when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot the results is called `craps' or `snake eyes' [syn: {snake eyes}] 2: a gambling game using two dice [syn: {crap shooting}, (3 more messages) <!MageKing17> It's a word. <+Joozey> So it seems <+Joozey> crabs <+Joozey> CRABS <!MageKing17> CRIBS <+kario> CRIPS <!MageKing17> CLIPS <+kario> SLIPS <!MageKing17> @dict crips <+Hambot2> MageKing17: gcide: Gang \Gang\, n. [Icel. gangr a going, gang, akin to AS., D., G., & Dan. gang a going, Goth. gaggs street, way. See {Gang}, v. i.] 1. A going; a course. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of sailors; a chain gang; a gang of (7 more messages) <!MageKing17> Fair enough. <!Grim_Reaper> SLAPS <!MageKing17> FLAPS <+kario> CLAPS <!Grim_Reaper> CLAMS <!MageKing17> SLAMS <!Grim_Reaper> SLAYS <+Joozey> can we add/remove letters <!MageKing17> No. <!MageKing17> That's why the start and end have to have the same number of letters. <+kario> BLAYS <!MageKing17> @dict blays <+Hambot2> MageKing17: No definition for "blays" could be found. <!MageKing17> @dict blay <+Hambot2> MageKing17: gcide: Blay \Blay\, n. [AS. bl?ge, fr. bl?c, bleak, white; akin to Icel. bleikja, OHG. bleicha, G. bleihe. See {Bleak}, n. & a.] (Zool.) A fish. See {Bleak}, n. [1913 Webster] <!MageKing17> I think that counts. <+kario> FROM the show blay-blay <!MageKing17> Continue the game! <!MageKing17> PLAYS <+Joozey> PLANS <!MageKing17> PLANE <!Grim_Reaper> PLANT <+kario> slant <+kario> SLANT <!Grim_Reaper> @dict slant <+Hambot2> Grim_Reaper: wn, gcide, and moby-thes responded: gcide: Slant \Slant\, v. t. To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line. [1913 Webster]; gcide: Slant \Slant\, a. [Cf. dial. Sw. slant. See {Slant}, v. i.] Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique. "The slant lightning." --Milton. [1913 Webster]; (13 more messages) <!MageKing17> Really, Grim? <!MageKing17> SCANT <!Grim_Reaper> My memory is like cheese. <+Joozey> I think this one gets close to impossible <+kario> @dict scant <+Hambot2> kario: wn, gcide, and moby-thes responded: gcide: Scant \Scant\, n. Scantness; scarcity. [R.] --T. Carew. [1913 Webster]; gcide: Scant \Scant\, v. i. To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants. [1913 Webster]; gcide: Scant \Scant\, adv. In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster] So weak that he was scant able to go down the (9 more messages) <!MageKing17> I went last, I can't go twice in a row, you guys. <+kario> i went before you <!Grim_Reaper> So? <!MageKing17> kario: If you can go, you should. <+kario> no <+Joozey> SLANT <+Joozey> crap <+Joozey> scrap that <!MageKing17> Joozey is disqualified. <!Grim_Reaper> <+Joozey> <!MageKing17> (Sorry, you went all-caps with it.) <+Joozey> well have fun, tried going back with vomit, there aint much options <!MageKing17> Grim? <!MageKing17> Any ideas? <!Grim_Reaper> None, sadly <!MageKing17> kario? <+kario> no i don't even know what scant means <!MageKing17> What it means is irrelevant to the game, beyond the fact that it is a word. <+Joozey> to fail <!MageKing17> And that's not what it means. <!MageKing17> Although it's certainly winding up that way... <!Grim_Reaper> SCENT <!MageKing17> Hey! There we go! <!MageKing17> SCENE <!Grim_Reaper> SCONE <!Grim_Reaper> Whe need to get the CCVCV into CVCVC <!MageKing17> Yes. <!MageKing17> SHONE <+kario> SHINE >Hambot2< dict seine <!MageKing17> SEINE <!Grim_Reaper> That the river? <!MageKing17> Yup. <!MageKing17> I've given you a second-place vowel... run with it. <+kario> @dict seine <+Hambot2> kario: wn, devils, and gcide responded: wn: Seine n 1: a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel [syn: {Seine River}] 2: a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom v : fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine; gcide: Seine \Seine\, n. [F. seine, or AS. segene, b?th fr. L. sagena, Gr. (3 more messages) >Hambot2< dict veine <!Grim_Reaper> SEINA <!MageKing17> @dict seina <+Hambot2> MageKing17: No definition for "seina" could be found. <!Grim_Reaper> Marycha (Seina) is a small river that serves as the natural Polish–Lithuanian and Lithuanian–Belarusian border. It starts around Puńsk, flows through the town of Sejny, passes through Pomorze Lake. It is a tributary of Czarna Hańcza. <!Grim_Reaper> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seina <!MageKing17> Fair enough. <+kario> @dict seane <+Hambot2> kario: No definition for "seane" could be found. >Hambot2< dict sedna <!Grim_Reaper> Do names of people count as "words"? <!MageKing17> SENNA <!MageKing17> I'm not sure. <!MageKing17> I'm leaning "no". <!Grim_Reaper> @dict senna <+Hambot2> Grim_Reaper: wn and gcide responded: wn: senna n : any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally; gcide: Senna \Sen"na\, n. [Cf. It. & Sp. sena, Pg. sene, F. s['e]n['e]; all fr. Ar. san[=a].] 1. (Med.) The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus {Cassia}. ({Cassia acutifolia}, {Cassia (2 more messages) <!Grim_Reaper> Ah. <!Grim_Reaper> Name of fictional place? <+kario> mageking you went 2 times <!Grim_Reaper> No he didn't <!MageKing17> I did not. <+kario> a test <!Grim_Reaper> <MageKing17> SEINE <!MageKing17> Grim_Reaper: Fictional, so I think not. <!Grim_Reaper> <Grim_Reaper> SEINA <!Grim_Reaper> <MageKing17> SENNA <+kario> must be lagging <!MageKing17> You often are. <!Grim_Reaper> SANNA <!MageKing17> @dict sanna <+Hambot2> MageKing17: No definition for "sanna" could be found. <!Grim_Reaper> Sanna is a river in Austria formed near Tobadill by the confluence of the rivers Rosanna (35 km, from Arlberg and Stanzertal valley) and Trisanna (35 km, from Silvretta and Paznaun). <!Grim_Reaper> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanna_(Inn) <!MageKing17> SANTA <!MageKing17> Oh, crap. * MageKing17 is disqualified <!Grim_Reaper> Erm. <!MageKing17> Is kario the only other person still playing? <!Grim_Reaper> Why are you disqualified, MageBot? <!Grim_Reaper> * MageKing17 <!MageKing17> Not only is it a person's name, it's a fictional person's name. <+kario> yeah <!Grim_Reaper> Name of a mythological creature. <!MageKing17> Double-no on that one. * E_net4 (~E_net4@370af11b.25ea667f.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #monkkonenchat * VilleBot gives voice to E_net4 * +MageBot greets E_net4 with a firm handshake. <!MageKing17> Mythological creature, eh? <!MageKing17> It's not exactly MINOTAUR, is it? <+kario> so do we go from santa or sanna? <+E_net4> Meh, what just happened. <!MageKing17> kario: Depends on whether or not I'm disqualified. <!MageKing17> E_net4: Playing a word game. <+E_net4> You see, everything looked ok, but my client must've stopped working. <+kario> santa is a bit more real than minotaur <+E_net4> I was trying to say a while ago that I mistyped HAT into GAT. <!MageKing17> kario: Ha. Ha. Ha. No. <+E_net4> But I guess you didn't receive that, nor did I receive what you said in the end. <!MageKing17> Grim_Reaper: If it were, say, ZEUS I'd say "sure", but this is SANTA we're talking about. <!Grim_Reaper> Mythological figures, the lot of them <+Joozey> which santa did you mean? <+E_net4> Some people say Santa is God. * kario has quit (Quit: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.mibbit.com">http://www.mibbit.com</a><!-- m --> ajax IRC Client) <!Grim_Reaper> Santa (1932) is the first Mexican narrative sound film. It was directed by Antonio Moreno and starred Lupita Tovar, based on the novel of the same name by Federico Gamboa. ... <!Grim_Reaper> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_(film) <!MageKing17> Oh come now, that's just... just... <!MageKing17> Okay, fine, I'm not disqualified. We're going from SANTA. Happy? <!Grim_Reaper> I just wanted to keep you in the game. <!MageKing17> Now you'd better turn it into something we can use. <+Joozey> disqualification is silly <!Grim_Reaper> SENTA <!MageKing17> @dict senta <+Hambot2> MageKing17: No definition for "senta" could be found. <!Grim_Reaper> # Senta (Serbian: Сента or Senta, Hungarian: Zenta, Romanian: Zenta, German: Senta) is a town and municipality on the bank of the Tisa river in the Vojvodina province, Serbia. Although geographically located in Bačka, it is part of the North Banat District. ... <!Grim_Reaper> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senta <!Grim_Reaper> # Senta is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family. <!Grim_Reaper> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senta_(moth) <!MageKing17> Fair enough. * kario (<!-- e --><a href="mailto:4cd79b4f@d0a9903.6b45bb2.mibbit.com">4cd79b4f@d0a9903.6b45bb2.mibbit.com</a><!-- e --> has joined #monkkonenchat * VilleBot gives voice to kario * +MageBot greets kario with a firm handshake. <!MageKing17> Mind you, it's not really a step forward. <!Grim_Reaper> I have two steps to make the current word into a CVCVV <+kario> so mageking are you disqualified <!MageKing17> kario: No. <!MageKing17> Grim_Reaper: CVCVV isn't what we want. <+kario> last word <!MageKing17> The last word was from Grim, and it was SENTA. <!Grim_Reaper> But CVCVV is easier to make into CVCVC than a CVCCV <!MageKing17> I suppose. <+kario> @dict benta <+Hambot2> kario: No definition for "benta" could be found. <!MageKing17> @dict selta <+Hambot2> MageKing17: No definition for "selta" could be found. <+E_net4> @dict menta <!MageKing17> @dict septa <+Hambot2> E_net4: No definition for "menta" could be found. <+Hambot2> MageKing17: wn and gcide responded: wn: septa See {septum}; wn: septum n 1: (anatomy) a dividing partition between two tissues or cavities 2: a partition or wall especially in an ovary [also: {septa} (pl)]; gcide: Septum \Sep"tum\, n.; pl. {Septa}. [L. septum, saeptum, an inclosure, hedge, fence, fr. sepire, saepire, to hedge in, inclose.] 1. A wall separating two cavities; a partition; (2 more messages) <!MageKing17> SEPTA <+E_net4> Mint! <!Grim_Reaper> Huh. <!Grim_Reaper> SEPIA <+E_net4> THIS IS SENTAAAAAAAAAAAAAA <!Grim_Reaper> @dict sepia <+Hambot2> Grim_Reaper: wn, foldoc, gcide, and moby-thes responded: gcide: Sepia \Se"pi*a\, a. Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition; also, made of, or done in, sepia. [1913 Webster]; wn: sepia n 1: a shade of brown with a tinge of red [syn: {reddish brown}, {burnt sienna}, {Venetian red}] 2: rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes 3: type genus of the (4 more messages) <!Grim_Reaper> Thought as much. <+kario> mageking is e_net4 playing? <!MageKing17> Anyone can play as long as they're not disqualified. <+E_net4> Semi-playage IMO. <+E_net4> I didn't even understand the goal. <!MageKing17> We're trying to reach VOMIT. <+E_net4> <!MageKing17> We started from GRAPE, so it's been hard. <!MageKing17> Trying to find a CVCVC-form word. <!Grim_Reaper> Only one letter-switcheroo per turn <!MageKing17> Grim_Reaper: He saw at least part of the first game. <+kario> you can't add or subtract <!Grim_Reaper> Rightio <+kario> @dict senia <+Hambot2> kario: No definition for "senia" could be found. <+E_net4> In Soviet Russia, letter switches YOU! <!Grim_Reaper> Ah-hah! Figured out a CVCVC word from current <+kario> not me <+kario> what <!Grim_Reaper> Can't say it, not my turn <!MageKing17> Obviously. <!MageKing17> I got it. <!MageKing17> SEPIC <+E_net4> Specially Epic? <!Grim_Reaper> @dict sepic <+Hambot2> Grim_Reaper: gcide: Sepic \Se"pic\, a. Of or pertaining to sepia; done in sepia; as, a sepic drawing. [1913 Webster] <!Grim_Reaper> <!MageKing17> GO GO GO <!MageKing17> VOMIT HERE WE COME <+kario> what's the word <!MageKing17> The last word was by me, and was SEPIC. <+kario> no grim said he had a word <!MageKing17> Well, no point in it now that we've reached CVCVC... now we need to turn the letters towards VOMIT. <+kario> @dict sopic <+Hambot2> kario: No definition for "sopic" could be found. <+kario> @dict sapic <+Hambot2> kario: No definition for "sapic" could be found. <+kario> @dict supic <+Hambot2> kario: No definition for "supic" could be found. <!Grim_Reaper> We're sorry... <!Grim_Reaper> ... but your computer or network may be sending automated queries. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now. <!Grim_Reaper> <+kario> @dict sepit <+Hambot2> kario: No definition for "sepit" could be found. <!Grim_Reaper> Too many google defines <+kario> @dict sepec <+Hambot2> kario: No definition for "sepec" could be found. <+E_net4> @dict semic <+Hambot2> E_net4: No definition for "semic" could be found. <+kario> @dict selic <+Hambot2> kario: No definition for "selic" could be found. <+E_net4> Aw. <+kario> @dict repic <+Hambot2> kario: No definition for "repic" could be found. <+kario> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz that should refresh <+E_net4> Does not. <+kario> you can see the letters <+kario> @dict segic <+Hambot2> kario: No definition for "segic" could be found. <+kario> @dict sewic <+Hambot2> kario: No definition for "sewic" could be found. <+E_net4> @dict repic <+Hambot2> E_net4: No definition for "repic" could be found. <+E_net4> Uh. <+E_net4> <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/repic">http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/repic</a><!-- m --> <!MageKing17> So say it, E. <!MageKing17> In all-caps, as a move. <+E_net4> REPIC <!MageKing17> I can't do it, I went last. <+E_net4> Yarr. <!MageKing17> Okay, now we do it all over again. <+E_net4> There's an easy one. <+kario> @dict repit <+Hambot2> kario: No definition for "repit" could be found. <+E_net4> j00 serioze. <!MageKing17> REPIN <!MageKing17> "2468 Repin (1969 TO1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1969 by L. Chernykh at Nauchnyj." <+E_net4> Orite. <+E_net4> Aaaand GMT new day. <!MageKing17> MageBot, time. <+MageBot> The UTC time is Wed Jun 23 23:01:04 2010 <+E_net4> O noes I has one day to study. <+E_net4> Is UTC GMT-1? <!Grim_Reaper> No. <+kario> @dict repid <+Hambot2> kario: No definition for "repid" could be found. <+E_net4> Then I say b0rk'd-. <!MageKing17> Are you forgetting daylight savings time? <!Grim_Reaper> MB just gives UTC regardless of DST <!Grim_Reaper> bfdbdfbf <+E_net4> IC. <+E_net4> Whose turn is it?= <!Grim_Reaper> RESIN <!MageKing17> There are no turns. <!MageKing17> The only question is who went last. <+E_net4> Orite. >MageBot< dict vesin <+kario> @dict rasin <+Hambot2> kario: No definition for "rasin" could be found. >Hambot2< dict vesin <!MageKing17> ROSIN <+kario> @dict rosin <+Hambot2> kario: easton, wn, and gcide responded: gcide: Rosin \Ros"in\, v. t. To rub with rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin. [1913 Webster] Or with the rosined bow torment the string. --Gay. [1913 Webster]; wn: rosin n : any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules [syn: (2 more messages) <+E_net4> "... --Gay. " <+kario> @dict rosid <+Hambot2> kario: No definition for "rosid" could be found. <+kario> @dict rosan <+Hambot2> kario: No definition for "rosan" could be found. * Anonymous1157 (~chatzilla@35556308.d14813f.biz.rr.com) has joined #monkkonenchat * VilleBot gives voice to Anonymous1157 <+MageBot> Hey, look! It's Anonymous1157! <+Anonymous1157> O... hai? <+E_net4> Ohai 1157! <!MageKing17> We're playing a word game! <+kario> hey <+Anonymous1157> ZOMG I HAS AN INTRO MESSAGE <+E_net4> That's just MageBot. <+Anonymous1157> I know! <!MageKing17> Yeah, those aren't pre-set. <+Anonymous1157> ... Oh. <!MageKing17> He says or does one of six random things whenever anyone enters. <+Anonymous1157> Anyhow, hai. I read that I missed something. <+E_net4> Word gaem <!MageKing17> Except Hambot, whom he he'll only greet specially, if at all. <!Grim_Reaper> We're going from GRAPE to VOMIT <!MageKing17> The last word was ROSIN. <!Grim_Reaper> So far we've gotten into ROSIN <+E_net4> ROBIN <!MageKing17> Good one. <+kario> red robin yum <+kario> @dict bobin <+Hambot2> kario: No definition for "bobin" could be found. <!MageKing17> ROBIE <+E_net4> O. <+kario> @dict robie <+Hambot2> kario: No definition for "robie" could be found. <!MageKing17> "Robie Street is a north-south artery, street and provincial road that runs for 7 kilometres within the Halifax Peninsula area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, from Memorial Drive in the North End Halifax, to Gorsebrook Avenue in the South End." <!MageKing17> (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robie_Street">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robie_Street</a><!-- m --> <+E_net4> TOBIE <!MageKing17> @dict tobie <+Hambot2> MageKing17: gcide: Tobie \To"bie\, n. [Cf. {Toby}.] A kind of inferior cigar of a long slender shape, tapered at one end. [Local, U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] >Hambot2< dict tobit <!MageKing17> TOBIT <+kario> @dict tobet <+Hambot2> kario: No definition for "tobet" could be found. <+kario> @dict tibit <+Hambot2> kario: No definition for "tibit" could be found. <+E_net4> TIBIT <!MageKing17> Definition? <+E_net4> oun <+E_net4> a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibits or 2^40 <+E_net4> <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tibit">http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tibit</a><!-- m --> <!MageKing17> Fair enough. <+kario> TIBET <+E_net4> That was so expected. <+kario> yeah i was just waiting <!MageKing17> TOBET <+E_net4> ? <+E_net4> @dict tobet <+Hambot2> E_net4: No definition for "tobet" could be found. <!MageKing17> "The Tobet is a molosser of very ancient origins, originating in Kazakhstan. This dog may reach 90 kgs in weight and be over 80 cm tall at the withers. Its main function is to protect livestock." <+E_net4> Okie... <+kario> @dict vobet <+Hambot2> kario: No definition for "vobet" could be found. <!Grim_Reaper> Dangit, Nappa <!MageKing17> God damnit, nappa! <+E_net4> TOPET <+kario> nappa stop it's a trick <!MageKing17> @dict topet <+Hambot2> MageKing17: gcide: Topet \Top"et\, n. [F. toupet tuft. See {Touper}.] (Zool.) The European crested titmouse. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] <+E_net4> Yarr. <!Grim_Reaper> Titmouse <+E_net4> A mouse with a tit? <!Grim_Reaper> "Tits!" --Nick <+kario> anonymous1157 are you not playing <!Grim_Reaper> TOPER <!MageKing17> @dict toper <+Hambot2> MageKing17: wn and gcide responded: gcide: Toper \To"per\ (t[=o]"p[~e]r), n. One who topes, or drinks frequently or to excess; a drunkard; a sot. [1913 Webster]; wn: toper n : a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) [syn: {drinker}, {imbiber}, {juicer}] [ant: {abstainer}]; gcide: Tope \Tope\, n. 1. (Zool.) A small shark or dogfish ({Galeorhinus galeus} syn. (1 more message) <+E_net4> Hmm.. <+Anonymous1157> Actually, I don't know any words like these, so I've been trying to figure out what the game is called instead. <!MageKing17> I don't think it has a name. <!MageKing17> I may have invented it. <+Anonymous1157> You didn't. <+E_net4> HOPER <+kario> he did now <!MageKing17> Re-invented, then. <!MageKing17> @dict hoper <+Hambot2> MageKing17: wn and gcide responded: gcide: Hoper \Hop"er\, n. One who hopes. --Swift. [1913 Webster]; wn: hoper n : a person who hopes; "only an avid hoper could expect the team to win now" <+Anonymous1157> ROPER (Maybe?) <!MageKing17> @dict roper <+Hambot2> MageKing17: wn, gaz-place, gazetteer, and gcide responded: gazetteer: Roper, NC (town, FIPS 57740) Location: 35.87742 N, 76.61709 W Population (1990): 669 (260 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27970; gcide: Roper \Rop"er\, n. 1. A maker of ropes. --P. Plowman. [1913 Webster] 2. One who ropes goods; a packer. [1913 Webster] 3. One fit to be hanged. (2 more messages) <+Anonymous1157> Oh cool. <+E_net4> Lulz, rope goods. <!MageKing17> ROMER <+E_net4> @dict romer <+Hambot2> E_net4: No definition for "romer" could be found. <!Grim_Reaper> Def? <+kario> HOMER <+E_net4> Hey, chill. <!Grim_Reaper> MageKing17: "romer"? <+kario> TO ROME <+Anonymous1157> I think he was thinking of "roamer". <!MageKing17> "A Romer or Roamer is a device for plotting a grid reference on a map. Made from transparent plastic, they are also found on most baseplate compasses. " <+E_net4> Hax <!Grim_Reaper> k <!Grim_Reaper> So, homer * kario has quit (Quit: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.mibbit.com">http://www.mibbit.com</a><!-- m --> ajax IRC Client) <!MageKing17> *cough*V*cough <!MageKing17> Oh, wait, Kario went. <+E_net4> VOMER <+E_net4> @dict vomer <+Hambot2> E_net4: wn and gcide responded: wn: vomer n : thin trapezoidal bone of the skull forming the posterior and inferior parts of the nasal septum; gcide: Vomer \Vo"mer\, n. [L., a plowshare.] (Anat.) (a) A bone, or one of a pair of bones, beneath the ethmoid region of the skull, forming a part a part of the partition between the nostrils in man and other mammals. (b) The pygostyle. [1913 (1 more message) <+Anonymous1157> I GOT IT! Word Golf. <+E_net4> Wat <+Anonymous1157> That's what the game is called. <+E_net4> I remember playing this in Blockland with 3 letters. With no special goal. <+E_net4> We played in on a trash bin, so we called it the bin game. <+E_net4> Come on, we're almost there! <!MageKing17> The problem is that all possibilities are a step in the wrong direction. <+E_net4> Orly? <!MageKing17> We may have to get rid of the V. <+E_net4> I just found a way into the end. <!MageKing17> I can't find any words that end in "omit" besides "vomit". <+E_net4> There is one. <!MageKing17> Wait... <+E_net4> And it's a computer language. <!MageKing17> That doesn't count. <+E_net4> Wat. <!MageKing17> However, I may have a real way in. <+E_net4> It's in the computing dictionary. <!MageKing17> It doesn't count. <+Anonymous1157> It honestly wouldn't. <+E_net4> Well, MK? <!MageKing17> Have to figure out how to get there. <!Grim_Reaper> Do you know any words that start with "vomi" other than "vomit"? <!MageKing17> I looked. <!MageKing17> I didn't find any. <+E_net4> vomitted =D <!MageKing17> I did, however, find something in the "omit" direction. <!MageKing17> Now... last word was? <!Grim_Reaper> vomer <+Anonymous1157> VOMER? <+E_net4> VOMERRRR <+E_net4> *coughSeecough* <!Grim_Reaper> Gnh <!Grim_Reaper> Less than seven hours to use for sleeping <!MageKing17> GOMER <!Grim_Reaper> @dict gomer <+Hambot2> Grim_Reaper: easton, gcide, and hitchcock responded: hitchcock: Gomer, to finish; complete; gcide: Gomer \Go"mer\, n. A Hebrew measure. See {Homer}. [1913 Webster]; gcide: Gomer \Go"mer\, n. (Gun.) A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars; -- named after the inventor. [1913 Webster]; gcide: Homer \Ho"mer\, n. [Heb. kh[=o]mer.] A Hebrew (4 more messages) * Endymion has quit (Quit: ) <+E_net4> Heh, at least we made our way into gamer. <!Grim_Reaper> Now to get g--er into v--it <!MageKing17> No, get -omer into -omit <+E_net4> gomit? <+Anonymous1157> Not a word. <!MageKing17> Is a word. <!Grim_Reaper> Def? <!MageKing17> A place, anyway, which is good enough. <!MageKing17> A city. <!Grim_Reaper> Whare? <!MageKing17> Gomit, Ethiopia <!MageKing17> Site of the Battle of Gomit <!Grim_Reaper> So make it official <!MageKing17> Two letter change. <!Grim_Reaper> Ah <!MageKing17> Last word was mine, GOMER. <!MageKing17> Now run with it. <!Grim_Reaper> Current word-checking faculties limited to HB's @dict function * +Anonymous1157 observes that the run has come to a crawl <!MageKing17> Grim_Reaper: Wiki? <!Grim_Reaper> MageKing17: Closed FF already <!Grim_Reaper> Going to sleep ASAP <+E_net4> Closed Flip Flop? <!MageKing17> Come on, people, I can't go twice in a row! <!Grim_Reaper> E_net4: Firefox for crissakes <+E_net4> Ah, that. <+E_net4> COMER <!Grim_Reaper> Eedjit. <!MageKing17> COMET <+E_net4> I would go for Comit if I could. <!MageKing17> I know. <!MageKing17> I wish you could, too. <!MageKing17> I just can't justify it as a word. <+E_net4> I R board. <+E_net4> And I should be leaving now. <!MageKing17> Don't be bored, find a word! <!Grim_Reaper> I'm tired. <!Grim_Reaper> In need of sleepfsgf <+E_net4> Saem <+Anonymous1157> It's only 8PM! D: <+E_net4> Noe <!Grim_Reaper> [02:43] <Anonymous1157> It's only 8PM! D: <+Anonymous1157> Forgot a word. It's only 8PM HERE. <!Grim_Reaper> Anywho, sleep to be getting * Grim_Reaper has quit (Quit: I HAS CLOSE BUTTN) * Notify: Grim_Reaper is offline (Criten). <+Anonymous1157> WHOA! OK stands for Oll Korrect. <!MageKing17> Possibly. <!MageKing17> There are a number of potential definitions. <!MageKing17> *etymologies <+E_net4> Oh Killed. <+Anonymous1157> Nonono. It's the product of a slang fad from the 1830s. <+Anonymous1157> <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://dictionary.reference.com/etymology/o.+k.?qsrc=3086">http://dictionary.reference.com/etymolo ... ?qsrc=3086</a><!-- m --> <!MageKing17> Anonymous1157: There is no official etymology. <!MageKing17> It's merely one of multiple possibilities. Anyone claiming it as absolutely correct is an idiot. <!MageKing17> Also: I HAVE THE SOLUTION TO THE WORD GAME <!MageKing17> Unfortunately, I went last. <+E_net4> Just do it, damn it. <+E_net4> We all pass. <!MageKing17> All right. <!MageKing17> Last was COMET... <!MageKing17> LOMET <+E_net4> o_o <!MageKing17> LAMET <!MageKing17> LAMUT <!MageKing17> GAMUT <!MageKing17> GAMIT <!MageKing17> GOMIT <!MageKing17> VOMIT <!MageKing17> Ta-da. <+E_net4> O_O <+E_net4> @dict vomit <+Hambot2> E_net4: wn, gcide, and moby-thes responded: gcide: Vomit \Vom"it\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vomited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vomiting}.] [Cf. L. vomere, vomitum, and v. freq. vomitare. See {Vomit}, n.] To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to spew. [1913 Webster]; gcide: Vomit \Vom"it\, v. t. 1. To throw up; to eject from the stomach through the mouth; to disgorge; to puke; (7 more messages) <!MageKing17> Also, there is NO way to go backwards without repeating. <+Anonymous1157> @dict gomit <+Hambot2> Anonymous1157: No definition for "gomit" could be found. <+Anonymous1157> >.> <+Anonymous1157> <.< <!MageKing17> As I mentioned earlier, it's a place. <+Anonymous1157> Oh, right. <+E_net4> Aye <!MageKing17> Gomit, Ethiopia, site of the Battle of Gomit. <+E_net4> @dict lamet <+Hambot2> E_net4: No definition for "lamet" could be found. <+Anonymous1157> And the other three words that have no definition? <!MageKing17> "The Lamet people are an ethnic group in Thailand and Laos." <+Anonymous1157> You certainly did your homework. <!MageKing17> "Lamut, Ifugao, in the Philippines" <+E_net4> That's a lot of hax for the night. <!MageKing17> "The Gamits or Gavits are a small Indian tribal population residing in Surat, Bharuch and Tapi districts of south Gujarat and Dhule and Nandurbar districts of north Maharashtra[1]." <!MageKing17> "These indigenous people speak Gamit, which has no..." <!MageKing17> So you see. <!MageKing17> All valid. <!MageKing17> Took me a while to find that path, let me tell you. Moral of the story: Don't let Joozey pick your goal words.
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