Crambo's new word rhymes with ballcock
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1jpyvr
(Since I, for want, would hate to see the Crambo group waste away for lack of "product", I've taken the initiative of starting a new round. I hope no one objects due to the fact that I didn't win the last round, but I think if no one starts a new round, Crambo is doomed.)
I was playing amateur plumber yesterday, working with a pesky ballcock in my toilet's tank. It got me thinking of words that sound obscene but which, in fact, are perfectly innocuous. And perfectly suited to Crambo.
I was playing amateur plumber yesterday, working with a pesky ballcock in my toilet's tank. It got me thinking of words that sound obscene but which, in fact, are perfectly innocuous. And perfectly suited to Crambo.
2buckjohnson
//James, thanks for starting a new round. I was going to propose one on Monday because the weekends tend to be slow, but I'm glad you started one first. And good luck with your plumbing project.//
The best I can do for a double rhyme, this hyphenated verb means to engage in light exercise that's suitable for inclement weather and offers a chance for window-shopping.
The best I can do for a double rhyme, this hyphenated verb means to engage in light exercise that's suitable for inclement weather and offers a chance for window-shopping.
3jpyvr
Clever guess, Buck, with its double rhyme, but Crambo's word only rhymes the last syllable, so mall-walk can't be the word he's looking for.
NOT - mall-walk
NOT - mall-walk
4Jim53
Thanks for stepping up, James! I haven't come up with an innocuous but obscene-sounding word yet.
This oryx is widely hunted for its spectacular horns, which can be fashioned into natural trumpets, maybe even used as a shofar.
This oryx is widely hunted for its spectacular horns, which can be fashioned into natural trumpets, maybe even used as a shofar.
5Jenni_Canuck
Yay James!!!
Could it be a small chamber with two doors in series which do not open simultaneously?
Could it be a small chamber with two doors in series which do not open simultaneously?
6jpyvr
RE #4: It turns out after looking at some images on the internet, that the gemsbok is a spectacularly beautiful animal. Thanks for the introduction, Jim53! But it's not what Crambo was looking for.
RE #5 - This guess makes me think of movies like the original Alien and 2001, A Space Odyssey, but the word isn't airlock.
NOT - mall-walk, gemsbok, airlock
ALPHA-NOT - airlock, gemsbock, mall-walk
RE #5 - This guess makes me think of movies like the original Alien and 2001, A Space Odyssey, but the word isn't airlock.
NOT - mall-walk, gemsbok, airlock
ALPHA-NOT - airlock, gemsbock, mall-walk
7Jim53
When the sheep wandered into the wrong pasture, the shepherd was ordered to "get the ________ out of here!"
8Jenni_Canuck
I'm just sittin' here resting my bones
9HoneyBooBoo
Where is Jenny from?
10rolandperkins
If, oceanically over-fished,
They would be a sad "flock",
With not a single one left to catch,
No, not a single __ __ __ __ __ __ __
They would be a sad "flock",
With not a single one left to catch,
No, not a single __ __ __ __ __ __ __
11jpyvr
RE:
#7 - Hadn't heard that one before, but it's obviously flock which isn't the word we need this round. By the way, along similar lines, do you know what a Scottish shepherd and Mick Jagger have in common?
#8 - From what I've been reading on the Internet about current weather conditions in Toronto, I hope that lying in your hammock helps you to stay at least a bit cool. Not the word.
#9 - Why, she's a Canuck of course. Not the word.
#10 - Let's hope that the pollock doesn't suffer the fate of the Atlantic Cod or the Chilean Sea Bass. Long live wild fish stocks! Not the word.
NOT - mall-walk, gemsbok, airlock, flock, hammock, Canuck, pollock
ALPHA-NOT - airlock, Canuck, flock, gemsbock, hammock, mall-walk, pollock
#7 - Hadn't heard that one before, but it's obviously flock which isn't the word we need this round. By the way, along similar lines, do you know what a Scottish shepherd and Mick Jagger have in common?
#8 - From what I've been reading on the Internet about current weather conditions in Toronto, I hope that lying in your hammock helps you to stay at least a bit cool. Not the word.
#9 - Why, she's a Canuck of course. Not the word.
#10 - Let's hope that the pollock doesn't suffer the fate of the Atlantic Cod or the Chilean Sea Bass. Long live wild fish stocks! Not the word.
NOT - mall-walk, gemsbok, airlock, flock, hammock, Canuck, pollock
ALPHA-NOT - airlock, Canuck, flock, gemsbock, hammock, mall-walk, pollock
12Jenni_Canuck
Hammock wasn't my word, although it is indeed a lovely one.
No, I’m here at Ashbridges Bay,
Watching the ti-ide roll away ...
// I was a clue! How cool is that! //
No, I’m here at Ashbridges Bay,
Watching the ti-ide roll away ...
// I was a clue! How cool is that! //
13rolandperkins
"pollock" (10-11) wasnʻt my guess
though itʻs now a "Luck-
-y 7th" on the List. Youʻd better chuck
that, or --what the heck -- leave it where it is---
No harm done, but my guess was, in the Fish Biz,
A more substantial factor, and is seen on plates
More oft. Excuse me while I placate Yeats
And that persistent Nash, whose spirits both think
Iʻm trying to emulate them --(Who am
I to do that!?) End of the round in this slam.
though itʻs now a "Luck-
-y 7th" on the List. Youʻd better chuck
that, or --what the heck -- leave it where it is---
No harm done, but my guess was, in the Fish Biz,
A more substantial factor, and is seen on plates
More oft. Excuse me while I placate Yeats
And that persistent Nash, whose spirits both think
Iʻm trying to emulate them --(Who am
I to do that!?) End of the round in this slam.
14Jim53
I am a wading bird but also a loyal employee of Mr. E.H. Harriman of the Union Pacific Railroad.
//Jenn, congrats on being a clue! Very cool! How long do you think you'll be sitting there?//
//Jenn, congrats on being a clue! Very cool! How long do you think you'll be sitting there?//
15Jenni_Canuck
// It's pretty darn hot here! At the very least,
I'll be sittin til the evening comes... ;D //
I'll be sittin til the evening comes... ;D //
16HoneyBooBoo
#11: This Jenny famously said, "Some go stealing. Everyone's got to make a living"
17jpyvr
RE:
#12 (with additional help from #15)... Thanks for the Otis Redding reminder, but Crambo's not sitting on the dock of the bay.
#13 ... Leave this one with me for a bit.
#14 ... Thanks for the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid reminder... but it's not Mr. Wadingbird aka Mr. Woodcock.
#16... This Jenny seems to be quite good at making a living. She was Jenny from the block but now she's just JLo.
NOT - mall-walk, gemsbok, airlock, flock, hammock, Canuck, pollock, dock, woodcock, block
ALPHA-NOT - airlock, block, Canuck, dock, flock, gemsbock, hammock, mall-walk, pollock, woodcock
#12 (with additional help from #15)... Thanks for the Otis Redding reminder, but Crambo's not sitting on the dock of the bay.
#13 ... Leave this one with me for a bit.
#14 ... Thanks for the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid reminder... but it's not Mr. Wadingbird aka Mr. Woodcock.
#16... This Jenny seems to be quite good at making a living. She was Jenny from the block but now she's just JLo.
NOT - mall-walk, gemsbok, airlock, flock, hammock, Canuck, pollock, dock, woodcock, block
ALPHA-NOT - airlock, block, Canuck, dock, flock, gemsbock, hammock, mall-walk, pollock, woodcock
18rolandperkins
An artist might wear it;
Itʻs ok if you tear it,
For __ __ __ __ __ s arenʻt thought
To be "cool" or "hot" --
Mostly worn by art-
-ists who are smart
Enough to care about essEN-
Tials, not clothing. Then,
Do you have a good idear
What it is? Is it clear?
Itʻs ok if you tear it,
For __ __ __ __ __ s arenʻt thought
To be "cool" or "hot" --
Mostly worn by art-
-ists who are smart
Enough to care about essEN-
Tials, not clothing. Then,
Do you have a good idear
What it is? Is it clear?
20rolandperkins
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __, the little aging man who wondered if he "dare(d) to eat a peach", made famous by a T. S. Eliot poem?
21jpyvr
RE:
#18 and 20 - Should Mr. Prufrock dare to eat a peach, I'm sure he would don a smock to avoid staining his cravat, fussy thing that he is. Not winners.
#19 - For once, a shamrock declined to bring luck and this one's not a winner either.
NOT - mall-walk, gemsbok, airlock, flock, hammock, Canuck, pollock, dock, woodcock, block, smock, shamrock, Prufrock
ALPHA-NOT - airlock, block, Canuck, dock, flock, gemsbock, hammock, mall-walk, pollock, Prufrock, shamrock, smock, woodcock
NOTE: Crambo's word is a common noun, not a proper one.
#18 and 20 - Should Mr. Prufrock dare to eat a peach, I'm sure he would don a smock to avoid staining his cravat, fussy thing that he is. Not winners.
#19 - For once, a shamrock declined to bring luck and this one's not a winner either.
NOT - mall-walk, gemsbok, airlock, flock, hammock, Canuck, pollock, dock, woodcock, block, smock, shamrock, Prufrock
ALPHA-NOT - airlock, block, Canuck, dock, flock, gemsbock, hammock, mall-walk, pollock, Prufrock, shamrock, smock, woodcock
NOTE: Crambo's word is a common noun, not a proper one.
23jpyvr
re: # 22 - Had the woolly adelgids destroyed all the hemlock in Attic Greece, maybe Socrates might have lived to a ripe old age. Not the word...
NOT - mall-walk, gemsbok, airlock, flock, hammock, Canuck, pollock, dock, woodcock, block, smock, shamrock, Prufrock, hemlock
ALPHA-NOT - airlock, block, Canuck, dock, flock, gemsbock, hammock, hemlock, mall-walk, pollock, Prufrock, shamrock, smock, woodcock
NOT - mall-walk, gemsbok, airlock, flock, hammock, Canuck, pollock, dock, woodcock, block, smock, shamrock, Prufrock, hemlock
ALPHA-NOT - airlock, block, Canuck, dock, flock, gemsbock, hammock, hemlock, mall-walk, pollock, Prufrock, shamrock, smock, woodcock
24buckjohnson
The sudden disorientation felt by a hermit crab upon moving into a new domicile?
25Jim53
// #24 I like it (the clue, not the experience). //
new guess: a gown worn by a girl, or an outer garment worn by a peasant?
new guess: a gown worn by a girl, or an outer garment worn by a peasant?
26jpyvr
RE:
#24 - I agree with Jim, great clue. However, Herman the Hermit's shellshock doesn't win him this round.
#25 - Jim's frock does, though! It's a winner. And thanks to Jim for the vocabulary expansions - I knew the gown definition, but didn't know about the peasant fashion.
NOT - mall-walk, gemsbok, airlock, flock, hammock, Canuck, pollock, dock, woodcock, block, smock, shamrock, Prufrock, hemlock, shellshock
ALPHA-NOT - airlock, block, Canuck, dock, flock, gemsbock, hammock, hemlock, mall-walk, pollock, Prufrock, shamrock, shellshock, smock, woodcock
CORRECT ANSWER - frock
#24 - I agree with Jim, great clue. However, Herman the Hermit's shellshock doesn't win him this round.
#25 - Jim's frock does, though! It's a winner. And thanks to Jim for the vocabulary expansions - I knew the gown definition, but didn't know about the peasant fashion.
NOT - mall-walk, gemsbok, airlock, flock, hammock, Canuck, pollock, dock, woodcock, block, smock, shamrock, Prufrock, hemlock, shellshock
ALPHA-NOT - airlock, block, Canuck, dock, flock, gemsbock, hammock, hemlock, mall-walk, pollock, Prufrock, shamrock, shellshock, smock, woodcock
CORRECT ANSWER - frock
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