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Words that end in DDY

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 6:30 am
by spot
The "Words That End In" franchise

proudly presents

the most successful game thread of all history,

back on ForumGarden by POPULAR DEMAND!

We tried a while ago to post only words which ended in INTH. It was all too brief.

This was followed by INCH. It was an overnight success!

A third outing, of words ending in ONCH, brought out intense rivalry!

We then moved into high gear with words ending in ONCK, the most hard-fought contest to date.

The search for words ending in ANK, was reviewed in Time Magazine as "reminiscent of Mrs Thrale's gatherings".

The subsequent investigation into words ending in ARK induced rule revisions.

The hunt for words ending in ARB was mercifully brief.

An exciting contest for words ending in ERB, saw an avalanche of submissions from an international array of players.

Players struggled for words ending in ERO, several tripping on the rule revisions regarding dictionary searches and context displays.

Odie then pipped a field of contestants producing words ending in EDO in a nailbiting finish worthy of Takeshi's Castle.

Most recently AussiePam startled the world by claiming to be "coffeedy" while producing words ending in EDY. AussiePam is docked two points on this game's scoresheet, for cheek.



In the interests of fair adjudication in this round

every entry must have a sample sentence attached which shows the word employed in a natural English setting

Entries score double if the sample sentence is a legitimate quotation from a published work

Players are courteously reminded that dictionary searches are forbidden




Good luck to all our contestants!

Once a name or word has been offered in the thread it may not be offered again. Proper nouns, acronyms and abbreviations, where they lack alternate non-derivative meanings which are neither proper, acronymic or abbreviated, are excluded. Submissions must use current English spelling adjudicated from the Oxford English Dictionary. Consecutive posts within the game thread must not contain submissions from the same player. The use of computer software to generate submissions is forbidden. Relatives and employees of the game's management may not enter. The competition is governed by English Law. The winner of this competition will be entered in the annual ForumGarden Competition Winners' Knock-out Photo Contest. No prize carries financial value exceeding the lowest denomination coin of the realm, for which it may be exchanged at the request of the winner. This is a game of skill without payment of money or money’s worth or the provision of goods or services and does not constitute a lottery, pool, prize game or chain-gift scheme.

Words that end in DDY

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 6:58 am
by CARLA
"Buddy" I have a buddy who lives on the island of Kauai. :)

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 7:16 am
by spot
A perfect entry sees Carla take the lead in this exciting contest. If nobody else posts that's quite enough for her to win the round.

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 7:21 am
by Ahso!
"granddaddy" "The granddaddy of them all."

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 7:44 am
by spot
Good lord. A new contestant to word gaming! Bravo!

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 7:51 am
by Ahso!
spot;1342366 wrote: Good lord. A new contestant to word gaming! Bravo!Ha! You obviously do not recall me winning the previous game hands down. Look it up!

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 7:56 am
by kazalala
Caddy.......... I have a caddy to carry my golf bag around for me and hand me the right club when needed:)

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 7:58 am
by flopstock
Damn that Kaz! Took my word!:yh_rotfl

paddy

I went out and harvested rice from my hydroponic paddy is morning!

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 8:07 am
by Betty Boop
DADDY. Who's the Daddy around here then?

(I should be disqualified for such a crappy sentence, can't think of anything else lol)

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 8:24 am
by ZAP
Eddy. The eddy of water washed out my flower bed.

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 8:30 am
by ZAP
Are there rules on how often one may make an entry? If not will you beat me with a waddy if I put this one up here?

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 11:29 am
by spot
Good lord yes - have you not read the small print? "Consecutive posts within the game thread must not contain submissions from the same player". I do like waddy though, you could slip it in when the going gets tough.

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 12:29 pm
by tabby
Giddy

Tabby was giddy with excitement at the opportunity to post to yet another thread on Forum Garden.

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 12:35 pm
by spot
Blimey they're crawling out from the undergrowth tonight. Welcome to FG, tabby.

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 12:56 pm
by ZAP
Waddy. Going back to read the fine print after that lashing with a waddy!

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 1:29 pm
by kazalala
i quite like Giddy..:) also i was going to use eddy but didnt know if i was spelling it right:wah:

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 1:33 pm
by kazalala
Shoddy.... due to shoddy workmanship my kitchen cupboard doors fell off within a week!

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 1:59 pm
by tabby
Thank you for the welcome, spot!

Biddy

The elderly woman was offended when she heard herself referred to as an old biddy.

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 2:05 pm
by ZAP
Muddy. I don't like to muddy the waters but . . .I wonder if Muddy Waters did?

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 2:29 pm
by spot
There's more of them than I thought, evidently.

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 3:15 pm
by flopstock
Widdy

The judge thought it would be witty to hang him from a widdy.

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 3:21 pm
by Betty Boop
Teddy, I'm off to bed now in my yummie tummie control teddy :wah: (didn't know such a thing existed)

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 3:22 pm
by ZAP
Baddy: Sometimes a person isn't really a baddy, he/she's simply misunderstood.

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 3:30 pm
by spot
Betty Boop;1342439 wrote: Teddy, I'm off to bed now in my yummie tummie control teddy :wah: (didn't know such a thing existed)


I think we'll need a confirmatory photo for that one.

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 4:46 pm
by tabby
Cruddy

After working outside all day, she felt cruddy and wanted to take a bath.

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 4:55 pm
by ZAP
Soddy. I saw a sod house (soddy) when I was in Minden, Nebraska.

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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 5:30 pm
by tabby
Fuddy Duddy

As he got older, he became an old fuddy duddy.

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Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 8:58 am
by ZAP
Toddy. I don't think I've ever had a toddy.

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Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:12 am
by tabby
Ruddy

His complexion was ruddy.

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Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:35 am
by ZAP
Kiddy. They have kiddy rides for tots at amusement parks.

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Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 1:41 am
by sparkey
If real names are allowed - P Diddy. Does anyone really like P Diddy's music?

What a fantastic idea for a game!!

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Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 10:07 am
by ZAP
Faddy. I wonder how many pants have actually fallen down since this low-slung faddy began.

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Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 1:37 pm
by tabby
Since we can add names, how about G. Gordon Liddy?

The Watergate scandal ended the career of G. Gordon Liddy.

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Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 3:32 pm
by ZAP
tabby;1342628 wrote: Since we can add names, how about G. Gordon Liddy?

The Watergate scandal ended the career of G. Gordon Liddy.


Uh. I don't think we're allowed to use Proper nouns.

From the rules:

" Proper nouns, acronyms and abbreviations, where they lack alternate non-derivative meanings which are neither proper, acronymic or abbreviated, are excluded." Submissions must use current English spelling adjudicated from the Oxford English Dictionary.

Words that end in DDY

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 4:24 pm
by tabby
Okay, well I just tossed it in there because sparkey added P Diddy so I thought it was allowed. No harm intended!

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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 1:55 pm
by sparkey
ZAP;1342638 wrote: Uh. I don't think we're allowed to use Proper nouns.

From the rules:

" Proper nouns, acronyms and abbreviations, where they lack alternate non-derivative meanings which are neither proper, acronymic or abbreviated, are excluded." Submissions must use current English spelling adjudicated from the Oxford English Dictionary.


Thanks ZAP, didn't mean to rock the boat - just new here. Out of curiosity, where are the rules posted?

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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 3:13 pm
by ZAP
sparkey;1342893 wrote: Thanks ZAP, didn't mean to rock the boat - just new here. Out of curiosity, where are the rules posted?


Yeah, I missed them too. :wah:

In Post #1, but some of them are in pretty small print, as I found out when I tried to post 2 words in a row.

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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:56 pm
by ZAP
Is this game closed?

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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:58 pm
by spot
I'd not have thought so, no. It closes when nobody can think of any more entries.

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Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 6:24 am
by Rapunzel
Fuddy-duddy. Has this been used yet?

Do you need a sentence?

How about:

Spot can be a bit of an old fuddy-duddy when he wants to be. *snigger, wink and grin*

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Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 9:25 am
by spot
Rapunzel;1343416 wrote: Fuddy-duddy. Has this been used yet?That's one of tabby's and it didn't involve the word "spot" which gets it a bonus mark.

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Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 1:15 pm
by Rapunzel
spot;1343427 wrote: That's one of tabby's and it didn't involve the word "spot" which gets it a bonus mark.


:p :wah:

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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 7:11 am
by Littlelou
Muddy

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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 8:21 am
by spot
Littlelou;1362989 wrote: MuddyThe management draws our patrons' attention to the game rules, in particular "Once a name or word has been offered in the thread it may not be offered again", and observes in this instance an inadvertent repetition from Post #19

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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:58 am
by theia
Betty stole my "teddy." Jaghire!

I'm tempted to google but I won't, will just have to mull for a while...

is "moddy" a word?

or "bleddy?"

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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 12:13 pm
by Littlelou
:o Ooops!...*makes mental note to read the rooooles* :)

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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 3:43 pm
by Odie
spot;1362994 wrote: The management draws our patrons' attention to the game rules, in particular "Once a name or word has been offered in the thread it may not be offered again", and observes in this instance an inadvertent repetition from Post #19


since when did this start in word games?:yh_rotfl

so your supposed to go back and see each word?:lips:

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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 3:44 pm
by Odie
faddy

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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:22 pm
by spot
Odie;1363039 wrote: [quote=spot]The management draws our patrons' attention to the game rules, in particular "Once a name or word has been offered in the thread it may not be offered again", and observes in this instance an inadvertent repetition from Post #19since when did this start in word games?:yh_rotfl

so your supposed to go back and see each word?:lips:[/QUOTE]Were I to find you'd never read the small print at the end of the opening post to these word game threads I started I'd not be surprised - the opening post of this thread, for example, is at http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/word- ... ost1342353 and the "Once a word has been offered in the thread it may not be offered again" clause started around October 2008, ten games ago.

So yes, you're supposed to go back and see each word. Otherwise there's no way for each game round to end, is there. Other word game threads may be never-ending but this series isn't, this series is a parody of the very notion of word gaming, it exists to make mock of the idea while amusing those who join in. The rule, together with the obscurity of the ending, is designed to limit the number of posts a participant can make into the thread, with a view to frustrating post-count whores.

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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:38 pm
by Odie
so it's in your threads only.......hmmmmmmmm

people who post in word games are not post count whores as you call us, we just enjoy the games.

lots of us use to play them including mods and still do.....do you consider mods post count whores?

doubtful.