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I've seen Balderdash - The Word Verification Game - 'played' on many a site, including Melissa's MY WORLD ...... IN WORDS AND PAGES (you can see her last Balderdash post entry by clicking HERE).
Now to be totally honest with you all, I'm not a fan of word verification, mainly for two reasons.
(A) I don't know if my mind works too literally as though I may see a word as one thing, my mind, if that word doesn't really register, has an 'awful' habit of converting it to what it thinks it should be. Still with me? I thought not. Let me give you an example. Take the brand of FCUK* - my mind can't seem to deal with this and always seems to rearrange the letters to spell, well, another four lettered word.
I've seen Balderdash - The Word Verification Game - 'played' on many a site, including Melissa's MY WORLD ...... IN WORDS AND PAGES (you can see her last Balderdash post entry by clicking HERE).Now to be totally honest with you all, I'm not a fan of word verification, mainly for two reasons.
(A) I don't know if my mind works too literally as though I may see a word as one thing, my mind, if that word doesn't really register, has an 'awful' habit of converting it to what it thinks it should be. Still with me? I thought not. Let me give you an example. Take the brand of FCUK* - my mind can't seem to deal with this and always seems to rearrange the letters to spell, well, another four lettered word.
(B) I very rarely get the 'verification' first time round, sometimes not even on the second attempt and, occasionally, not even on the third attempt (my personal best was six attempts) by which time I feel as if the thing is screaming at me to get a move on.
Anyway, because of the above, whilst I love reading other people's Balderdash posts, I've never been keen to play along ....... until now.
Ooh nearly forgot. For those of you who don't know how to play ....... it's easy.
If you comment on blogs you can do this too.
Write down all the word verifications you get while posting comments on other peoples blogs.
You then play Balderdash with them.
You take the made up word and come up with an authentic sounding definition for it.
Do this for a week and then post your best or favorite ones every Thursday. (Or as in this instance, Friday)
Write down all the word verifications you get while posting comments on other peoples blogs.
You then play Balderdash with them.
You take the made up word and come up with an authentic sounding definition for it.
Do this for a week and then post your best or favorite ones every Thursday. (Or as in this instance, Friday)
Ok here goes, Remember this is my first attempt so please be gentle with me.
Not unlike homicide - COMICIDE is the legal term for the unlawful killing of a clown.
We've all heard/read about the various 'apps' available on certain mobile phones etc. The INAPP is a handy application that allows you to enter your home/car when you've forgotten your house/car keys.
Not unlike homicide - COMICIDE is the legal term for the unlawful killing of a clown.
We've all heard/read about the various 'apps' available on certain mobile phones etc. The INAPP is a handy application that allows you to enter your home/car when you've forgotten your house/car keys.
NOCITI - The sound of a walking stick used over cobbles.
GINGASTAN - A country with a large population of flame headed individuals.
* FCUK = FRENCH CONNECTION UK.
* FCUK = FRENCH CONNECTION UK.
P.S HAPPY BIRTHDAY PA-IN-LAW.
12 comments:
Sounds like a fun thing to do!!! For some reason I can't access your post on you Blogorversary!! So, wishing you a very happy blogoversary!! Please may I have a slice of that cake!!!!
xxxx
I could use that inapp. Locking myself out of my car is expensive.
I write down word verification words when they really strike me as being fun or silly. (Of course I only started doing this after I saw this meme, however I always forget to participate.) The two I most recently wrote down were "frashness" and "dismor." I thought of "dismor" as a variation on "this more" - I like "dismor" than that. :) Frashness would be a combo between being fresh and brash.
I see people who write down their words but not the meanings. Sounds like it could be fun. LOL @gingastan
Had to stop by once more. Just hit a word verification for a comment a second ago and you'd never guess what it was - "jackesse" I guess that would be a female . . . donkey of some sort? :)
That sounds like so much fun! Amazing how you can make everyday things so much fun....
This is a great post. It reminds me of a book that I have called "The Uxbridge English Dictionary". It's in my room in Bangkok. I'll send yu a few quotes from it when I return there.
I do remember from it, "Cabbage: The nonsense spoken by taxi drivers", and, "Aardvark: A Swedish person informing you that it's a difficult task".
Keep on blogging!
All the best, B
Sounds like it could be fun!
I'm back!
Just passing by to wish you a great weekend!
Big Hugs!
Betty xx
what a fantastic game! I hate those silly verification codes too so at least this gives me something fun to do with them.
Have a great weekend Tracy. :o)
~Jenn
You did great! I've seen this game played before and it is always amusing. I personally hate word verification ... especially when I can't even distinguish the twisty letters!
You did a great job with the words this week! :) I really liked Comicide and Gingastan :D they are great! Unlawful killing of a clown... clowns can be rather scary looking - so I love this. :)
I have the same problem with FCUK, my mind keeps wanting to rearrange the letters thinking the word is spelled wrong. :)
I wanted to thank you as well for the link to my words. :) You are to kind. :) Thank you.
Sounds like fun. I think I shoudl a number of 'words' to arrange and define.
Nice blog.
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