The Dictionary Game

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Person 1 chooses any word and lets person 2 describe it. Person 2 chooses a word and lets Person 3 describe it. And so on.

Person 1: Beginner.

Person 2: One who has just started to learn or do something.

Okapi.

Person 3: An African mammal closely related to the giraffe but has a short neck, a solid reddish chestnut coat, and purplish-black and cream rings on the upper parts of the legs.

Carefree.

(You can look in the dictionary if you have to :))

[[deleted user]]

Okay, I'll start.

Old-school.

[Jennah]

So I have to describe that word and if I want I can use a dictionary i can? And then I have to say a word?

[[deleted user]]

Jennah wrote: "So I have to describe that word and if I want I can use a dictionary i can? And then I have to say a word?"

Yep :)

[[deleted user]]

Old-school: an adjective to describe something that is considered out of style or something people did in the last generation.

[[deleted user]]

Now you have to choose a word for someone to describe.

[[deleted user]]

I have an idea for this game. Mind if I change the rules little bit? :)

[[deleted user]]

Sure, that'd be fine.

[[deleted user]]

Each person uses the dictionary in turn to look up a word (one unknown to most people) and writes down the real definition (in simplified form) and then makes up two or three others. The word and the definitions are posted and each of the players have to guess which definition they believe is the correct one. Example:

Somnambulist

a. a person who practices rituals

b. a person who likes to be alone

c. a person who sleep walks

d. a person who is solemn and serious

(answer is c)

The person who guesses the correct definition gets to go next. If the first two guesses were wrong, then the player gets to go again.

[[deleted user]]

That sounds a lot better!

Do you want me to go first?

[[deleted user]]

Go ahead!

[[deleted user]]

Agraffe:

a. An animal that is related to the giraffe
b. The wire that holds the cork in a champagne bottle
c. A long, boring story told by elderly strangers

[[deleted user]]

My guess is b.

[[deleted user]]

Correct! Your turn.

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Physiognomy

a. Of or relating to, physiotherapy.
b. The study of gnomes.
c. Facial expression and features.
d. The branch of botany that treats of the geographical distribution of plants.

[[deleted user]]

C?

[[deleted user]]

Yup. :P

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Zenzizenzizenzic:

A. A number raised to the eighth power

B. A young girl who has been traumatized by a scene of murder

C. A word that has been made up by none other than myself

[Grace]

A? No clue

[[deleted user]]

Yes! Your turn, Grace.

[Grace]

Really???? Ok

[[deleted user]]

I'll just go ahead then. :) Remember, no looking up the word in a dictionary.

Pteridophyta
a. A flowerless green plant, relative of ferns.
b. A species of winged dinosaurs.
c. The state of one's spirit being separated from one's body.
d. A health official who analyzes food.

[Rachel]

(this is basically like Balderdash now :) )

A?

[[deleted user]]

C?

[[deleted user]]

Rachel got it! :)

[Rachel]

jeremiad

A. a coming-of-age ceremony in Ethiopia

B. a long lamentation or complaint

C. a political disaster in Bosnia

[[deleted user]]

Um... B?

[[deleted user]]

A?

[Ashley]

Hey guys! Wanna know what the longest word in the English dictionary is? Sure yah do! Okay here it is:

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.

So it may or may not be the longest..... :P

[[deleted user]]

there are medical terms that could go on forever so there are longer words out there. :)

[Rachel]

Cristal is right.

[[deleted user]]

Cool! Okay...

Floccinaucinihilipilification:

A. Records of fossils gathered from a certain place
B. The gathering of evidence from a scene of suicide
C. The categorising of something useless or trivial

[Rachel]

(yeah, the second part of the definition was "based on the Biblical prophet Jeremiah"..obviously left that part out)

A?

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C.

[Ashley]

Cari wrote: "there are medical terms that could go on forever so there are longer words out there. :)"

Aw! And here I was all excited and then *POP* you popped my bubble! I liked my bubblie! :'(

Oh and I guess B cause no one else did

[[deleted user]]

Cari's answer is right!

[[deleted user]]

Ashley wrote: "Cari wrote: "there are medical terms that could go on forever so there are longer words out there. :)"

Aw! And here I was all excited and then *POP* you popped my bubble! I liked my bubblie! :'(

..."

Awww, people are always popping my bubbles too. :(

[[deleted user]]

Ashley wrote: "Cari wrote: "there are medical terms that could go on forever so there are longer words out there. :)"

Aw! And here I was all excited and then *POP* you popped my bubble! I liked my bubblie! :'(

..."

Aww, I'm sorry for popping your bubble. You should memorize that word and impress people. ;) I like doing that with Dociousaliepilisticfragicalirupus.

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Dysmorphophobia

A. fear of physical deformities
B. fear of sourness
C. fear of accidents

[Rachel]

A?

[[deleted user]]

Yup.

[Rachel]

Consanguineous

A. a connected series of events
B. having a common boundary
C. having the same ancestor

[[deleted user]]

B?

[Rachel]

Nope :)

[[deleted user]]

C then.

[Rachel]

yep, that's it :)

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Insouciance

A.Unutterable, inexpressible
B.Blithe nonchalance
C.An art work combining materials from various sources

[Rachel]

B?

[[deleted user]]

Yup. :)

[Rachel]

apotheosis

A. the deifying of a person, thing, or ideal
B. a sealed container for one dose of a hypodermic medicine
C. a plant of the pea family used for fodder