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Switch the Root!

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 4:46 pm
by Sleet
Or: Fun with Linguistics!

In this game, we list words that share common roots, one at a time. The easiest way to explain this is to give an example:

Chloroform
Chloroplast
Amyloplast
Amylase
DNA helicase
Helicopter
Ornithopter
Ornithology
Psychology
Psychopath
Telepath
Telephone
Xylophone
Xylophage
Anthropophage
...And so forth.

If you say a word that does not have a common root, but only sounds like it (example: dinosaur -> dinoflagellate: "dino-" comes from the Greek "deinos", meaning terrifying for dinosaur, and "dino" meaning rotation for dinoflagellate), you will receive a strike. All strikes are listed on this first post for all to see and laugh at.

We all got that? Alright! I'll start where that last one left off:

Anthropophage

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Strikes:
yehoshua
Tattorack
Seth
Seth
Seth

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:57 pm
by CaptainPea
Anthropometry
if I understand correctly

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:07 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
Anthropomorhism.

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:23 pm
by CaptainPea
Polymorphism

Are we meant to volley between beginning and ending roots (probably are better words for these but I'm not a linguist) as per the example, or is that not necessarily a rule?

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:28 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
polygon

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:36 pm
by CaptainPea
Pentagon

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:37 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
Pentagram
(I like that we mods are the only ones playing this game so far.)

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:43 pm
by CaptainPea
Come on guys don't you like etymology
We should get Ebly here for this

Is Telegram the same sense of gram?

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 8:05 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
not sure.
Telephone

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:03 pm
by yehoshua
Telegraph. (non mod combo-breaker!)

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:09 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
photograph

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:26 pm
by yehoshua
Photoelectric

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:32 am
by Sleet
CaptainPea wrote:Come on guys don't you like etymology
We should get Ebly here for this

Is Telegram the same sense of gram?
Yes it is.
CaptainPea wrote:Are we meant to volley between beginning and ending roots (probably are better words for these but I'm not a linguist) as per the example, or is that not necessarily a rule?
It's more fun that way, but it's not required. For some instances, it's pretty much impossible to do it that way. Like with my next word.

Piezoelectric

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:37 am
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
but it is possible: Piezometer.

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:53 am
by Dissension
Sphygmomanometer.

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:58 am
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
Sphygmochronograph. Google is my friend.

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:00 am
by Sleet
Mimeograph.

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:32 am
by ctcmjh
Mimeoscope

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:51 am
by Sleet
Endoscope

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 3:06 am
by Kitela
Endocrinology

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:38 am
by Sleet
Mammalogy.

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:35 pm
by IJustWantLove
Astrology

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:07 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
Astrophysicist.

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:11 pm
by CaptainPea
Astronaut

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:12 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
Cosmonaut

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:18 pm
by CaptainPea
Cosmological

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:51 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
physiological

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:11 pm
by Psykeout
Physiotherapy

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:15 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
Aromatherapy

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:41 pm
by Sleet
Aromaticity

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:49 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
Aromatic

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:07 am
by IJustWantLove
Romantic (I think that works... -tic)

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:12 am
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
Romance

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:13 am
by Sleet
Romanticism

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:14 am
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
Cynicism

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:32 am
by Psykeout
Cynical

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:34 am
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
cyclical

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:38 am
by IJustWantLove
cycle

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:38 am
by Psykeout
unicycle

hey guys

this game is more fun when your root is at least four letters long

we can say "tic" and "al" and "ness" all day long.

Re: Switch the Root!

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:48 am
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
unicorn