Alphabet Game

[Locke09]

Last post on the old forum started with "U", so

Very cold glass of sweet tea

[Maof]

Winging it with the kids.

[jcole]

Xtra hours of sunshing

[eriedearie]

Yard Work - YAY

[redvetred]

Zzzzz

Have we had "A Favorite Beverage"?

Absolute and cranberry juice

[eriedearie]

Beer Margaritas

[Maof]

I agree Erie...

Cranberry juice and Absolute:D

[Locke09]

Diet Pepsi (no, I'm not a teetotaler) :)

[Alley]

Extra dirty martini

[wanderinglady]

Fuzzy navel (I drank a lot of those in the '80's!)

[eriedearie]

Ginger Ale - Vernors of course!

[Maof]

Harvey Wallbanger

[14509glenfield]

Ice cold longneck

[Island]

Jamesons, rocks

[wanderinglady]

Kool-aid (when I was a kid, of course!)

[Alley]

Leinenkugel

[Maof]

milk, a good cold glass

[Kelton]

Nehi soda! Is that still available anywhere?

[eriedearie]

Kelton - Nehi grape and orange soda pop! I was so surprised to find it once when were passing though the outskirts of Corbin, KY. Nothing like an ice cold glass bottle of that stuff to glug down ;) - along with a Moon Pie!

Orange Nehi soda pop!

[Maof]

pomegranate juice

[jcole]

Quarts of iced tea

[Maof]

rum and coke

[14509glenfield]

strawberry marquerita

[Alley]

Tequila, in Mexico!

[Locke09]

Umbrella Drinks with coconut or pineapple

[Kelton]

Eriedearie,

Been through the outskirts of Corbin KY too. Stayed at the Acorn and Fox B&B in Bronston. I always thought Nehi was an east coast thing. We're from PA way back.

Vernor's Ginger Ale

[wanderinglady]

Water (because sometimes, nothing else will do)

[eriedearie]

X-tra frosty mug of A&W Root Beer

Kelton - we always got Nehi in VA, KY, TN too! Love - Grape Nehi!! :o

[14509glenfield]

Yuengling longneck

[eriedearie]

Zinfandel - Red ... next person pick a category please! :)

[14509glenfield]

Ok...simple and quick.
Common words with a "Z" in context

A
azure

[Maof]

^^good one^^

bazaar

[redvetred]

Must have ten characters ? bizarre

[redvetred]

Sorry Ma we were on at the same time.

citizen

[Kelton]

Denizen.....

[14509glenfield]

eczema.....

[eriedearie]

freezing......

[wanderinglady]

gazelle....

[eriedearie]

Hazy.......

[Maof]

immortalize

[eriedearie]

jazz....and all that

[jiminnm]

kazoo .....

[Maof]

lazy......

[eriedearie]

Mazel tov......!

[14509glenfield]

nozzle....

[alsodave]

ozone.....

[Maof]

ozone.....

[Maof]

try again

pzazz

[Kelton]

paparazzi..

[Kelton]

oops, posted at the same time

quiz

[alsodave]

razzle dazzle (after eriedearie's post, I couldn't resist :D)

[Locke09]

stanza.......

[redvetred]

Tazmania . . .

[Maof]

uzi.......

[grumpyoldlady]

razz.......

[14509glenfield]

vizier....

[Kelton]

woozy.....

[redvetred]

Xuzhou, China

[eriedearie]

Yzerman - only one I could come up with! :D

[jiminnm]

Zuzax (NM)

[Maof]

types of clothing/things you wear

argyle sweater

[eriedearie]

Boots!!!!!! Lol

[Kelton]

culottes (back in the 60s!)

[Maof]

wow, culottes, haven't heard that term in a long time...

dress

[crosswordgirl]

earrings earrings

[eriedearie]

Fedora Hat

[jcole]

Gaucho pants

(If you guys can do culottes....)

[Maof]

huaraches

remember those?

[crosswordgirl]

ice (diamond ring)

[jcole]

johdpurs..

[eriedearie]

knickers - LOL I don't remember those!

[Maof]

lingerie....

[Locke09]

Mohair sweater

[eriedearie]

Nehru jacket - those I remember!

[jcole]

Overcoat..

[Maxine1958]

peacoat - Navy style

[wanderinglady]

quilted down coat

[Maof]

raincoat......

[eriedearie]

sneakers...

[14509glenfield]

tank tops...

[jiminnm]

undies....

[Kelton]

vest......

[crosswordgirl]

wranglers.........

[Maof]

ok skipping x, can't find nothin'

yamika

[jcole]

Zoot Suit

Next...

[crosswordgirl]

XXL Tee Shirts

[eriedearie]

Okay - I'll pick this thread up -

All I can come up with is how about really long words - might take some research...so let's use our google skills! They have to be real words - not something you make up. :p

Antidisestablishmentarianism

[crosswordgirl]

what qualifies as a "really long word"? is there a minimum number of letters?

[Maof]

ballistocardiograph

some type of instrument that has to do with body movement and your hearbeat:confused:

[crosswordgirl]

Chargogagogmanchargogagogcharbunagungamog

[eriedearie]

Huhhh! Easy for you to say Crosswordgirl!:D - but you got the idea - that, my dear, is a really long word! Good job! LOL - now I'm off to search for something....

[jcole]

Disestablishmentarianist

[eriedearie]

eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious - means good

[crosswordgirl]

Huhhh! Easy for you to say Crosswordgirl!:D - but you got the idea - that, my dear, is a really long word! Good job! LOL - now I'm off to search for something....

yes, through the magic of "Google", I once again look semi-literate.

[Maof]

Floccinaucinihiliplification - estimatation of something worthless. yeah, like this long word:eek:

[eriedearie]

gynotikolobomassophile - one who nibbles on women's earlobes!

Who knew there was a name for that!!! :D

[jiminnm]

hypoalphalipoproteinemia

(low level of HDL cholesterol)

[eriedearie]

isopropylthiogalactoside


ī′sō-pro′pil-thī′ō-gă-lak′tō-sīd

An artificial galactoside capable of inducing β-galactosidase in Escherichia coli without being split, as are the natural substrates such as lactose.

Clear as mud, eh?

[jcole]

juglandaceous
of, like or pertaining to walnuts

[Maxine1958]

kakorrhaphiophobia - feal of failure

[Locke09]

latitudinarianism - doctrine of broad liberality in religious belief or conduct.

[eriedearie]

morphinomania - habitual craving or desire for morphine

ummmm, I'll have a 6-pack to go please!

[wanderinglady]

Nitrophenylenediamine - a dye of an intense red color

[eriedearie]

omphalopsychite - one who meditates by gazing at the navel

Memo to self: Cross post to Gannon's belly button thread ;)

[redvetred]

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
A lung disease gotten from inhalation of very small particles of silica or quartz.
Supposedly the longest word in the English language.

[jcole]

quasquicentennial - one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary

[Maof]

rachycentridae - something to do with some type of fish:confused:

[eriedearie]

Salpingo-oophorectomy - is the surgical removal of a fallopian tube and an ovary.

[wanderinglady]

tetrakishexahedron - a cube with a pyramid erected on each face

[Locke09]

ultracentrifugation - the sedimentation of viruses in blood plasma, produced via rotation in a high-speed centrifuge, or something to that effect.

[Locke09]

verisimilitudinous - appearing to be true or real

[Maxine1958]

worsification - the composition of bad poetry

[eriedearie]

xenodocheionology - love of hotels

[jcole]

yogibogeybox - materials used by a spiritualist

[Locke09]

zenzizenzizenzic - the eighth power of a number

next category...

[redvetred]

Words or names that start and end with the same letter for example:

Asia

[eriedearie]

Bob.......

[Maof]

cardiac.....

[Kelton]

dunderhead

[Locke09]

equine....

[Maof]

fluff.....

[jcole]

going.....

[14509glenfield]

high......

[jcole]

illuminati

[eriedearie]

JURIJ - Slovak form of GEORGE

[jcole]

klink.....

[Maof]

'lil.........

[Maof]

beat ya to it glenfield

mom:)

[14509glenfield]

non...yup!

[jcole]

onto......

[14509glenfield]

pop.......

[redvetred]

qepiq - term for currency in Azerbaijan

[jcole]

Very nice, Red

Rotor

[wanderinglady]

states

S is easy!

[jcole]

Treat.....

We're going to run out of periods soon if they don't lower the character requirement

[eriedearie]

urubu - A black tropical New World vulture

[Maof]

Viv (Vivien)

[jcole]

willow....

[Maof]

xerox.......

[jiminnm]

yummy.....

[eriedearie]

zuz - ancient Hebrew coin

next up can pick - my brain is fried right now! :eek:

[14509glenfield]

Words with "qu"............but NOT the first letters.

A = aqua

[jcole]

barque-a type of boat

[14509glenfield]

croquet....

[jcole]

discotheque

[wanderinglady]

equate....

[jcole]

frequent..

[14509glenfield]

grotesque...

[Maof]

Harlequin.....

[jcole]

Inquest...

[eriedearie]

jacquard.....

[grumpyoldlady]

my scrabble word generator says there are no words that have k, qu in them. So I guess it is on to "L"...

Liquor

[redvetred]

maquette - a small model

[Kelton]

going back to K -

kumquat

back to N next

[Maof]

nastaliq - an arabic script

[Locke09]

opaque.......

[wanderinglady]

parquet....

[eriedearie]

quicken.....

[Kelton]

risque....

[Maof]

sequin.........

[jiminnm]

toque.....

[14509glenfield]

unique.....

[eriedearie]

vaquita - small porpoise living in the Gulf of California

[Locke09]

wuquf - Arabic word meaning "Standing". The Wuquf is a rite that is part of the Hajj or Pilgrimage to Mecca.

[redvetred]

xyloquinone - chemistry definition is way over my head.

[Maof]

yaqona - a Fijan intoxicating beverage, hmmmm:)

[eriedearie]

zappaesque - Something that is beyond weird, yet also very witty and satirically biting at the same time. Named after the musician Frank Zappa.

Hey, I searched high & low for this - next one up gets to go for the next category!

[Maof]

ok, ill try.

hmmmm, how 'bout words that have the letter "S" in it at least twice.

ass

[jcole]

bassoonist

[eriedearie]

casserole......

[jiminnm]

disservice..

[jcole]

essence...

[eriedearie]

fossil.......

[wanderinglady]

glissade.....

[jcole]

Hyssop- an herb

[Maof]

issue.......

[eriedearie]

jackass....

[Locke09]

kiss.......

[jcole]

Lasso.....

[LodgeDodger]

razzle dazzle

[Maof]

Hey LD, we're on the alaphabet game:)

mission

[LodgeDodger]

Hey LD, we're on the alaphabet game:)

mission

Yessss...along with difficulty posting pics within a thread, I forget to look at the number of pages associated with a link. I hate being old. :o:o:o

[LodgeDodger]

passion

...better? :o

[jcole]

passion

...better? :o
No, you forgot N and O

[jcole]

Necessary.

[jcole]

Ossify....

[eriedearie]

piss.......

[Kelton]

quintessence

[Maof]

renissance(sp)

[eriedearie]

scissors.......

[Maof]

Yessss...along with difficulty posting pics within a thread, I forget to look at the number of pages associated with a link. I hate being old. :o:o:o

can't figure that out either

[14509glenfield]

Tennessee..

[redvetred]

useless . .

[14509glenfield]

vessel....

[eriedearie]

worthless.......

[Locke09]

Xena Warrior Princess

[14509glenfield]

Yasser Arafat

[Maof]

zestless

someone else can start the next one:D

[eriedearie]

Okay gang - don't know if this has been done B4 or not....but it's the only thing I can think of right now.

Let's do names of famous trademarks or logos.


A&W

[Maof]

Byers......

[redvetred]

Coke . . . .

[galloway.v@gmail.com]

cobo convention center

[galloway.v@gmail.com]

detroit tiger stadium

[wanderinglady]

Exxon......

[galloway.v@gmail.com]

faygo soft drink

[galloway.v@gmail.com]

faygo soft drink

[galloway.v@gmail.com]

great lakes

[galloway.v@gmail.com]

henry the hatter

[galloway.v@gmail.com]

where'd everybody go?

[eriedearie]

Imax..........

[Maof]

Joe Boxer......

[jcole]

KMart.....

[14509glenfield]

Little Caesar's

[Locke09]

Macy's .......

[eriedearie]

N B C --- with the sounds!

[redvetred]

Ovaltine . . .

[Maof]

pampers....

[jcole]

Qantas....

[14509glenfield]

Red Bull....

[Maof]

Sanders!:)

[eriedearie]

TWA Airlines

[jcole]

Underoos..

[wanderinglady]

Vernors....

[eriedearie]

Westinghouse

[Maof]

xerox.......

[eriedearie]

Yahoo! .......

[galloway.v@gmail.com]

woodward avenue

[galloway.v@gmail.com]

detroit zoo

[Locke09]

I don't know if this one has been done before, but how about Hit Songs

"ABC" - Jackson Five

[galloway.v@gmail.com]

raz a ma taz

[Kelton]

B - "Beechwood 4-5789" - Marvelettes

[Maof]

Call Me............

[eriedearie]

Do You Love Me? - by the Contours

[14509glenfield]

Everlasting Love...Robert Knight

[eriedearie]

Fun, Fun, Fun - The Beach Boys

[redvetred]

Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles

[eriedearie]

Hound Dog.....

[14509glenfield]

Innagodadivida

[eriedearie]

Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Stones

[jcole]

Killer Queen

[14509glenfield]

Let It Rain--Clapton

[eriedearie]

Mickey's Monkey

[Kelton]

Night Train - James Brown

[jiminnm]

Oh, What a Nite - The Dells

[wanderinglady]

Popcorn - Hot Butter

[14509glenfield]

Quarter to Three----Gary U.S. Bonds

[Locke09]

Rainy Night in Georgia - Brooke Benton

[Maof]

Satisfaction...you know who:)

[Maxine1958]

Time Is On My Side - Rolling Stones

[14509glenfield]

Under the Boardwalk