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Route - Route 1 passes directly through my town.
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Originally Posted by Fireheart
... or Homonym, as the case may be.
I'm enjoying the other 'word games' we're playing here, so I thought I'd toss in another one. The rules, simply stated, are that a person posts a word and the next person posts either a synonym (means the same) or homonym (sounds the same) of that word. Also, there are words that are Spelled the same, but which are pronounced differently and mean different things. For example: Cattail - A plant that grows in marshy areas. Reed - Cattails are reeds. Rede - Here is my rede for the situation. (Archaic term) Read - I like to read. Read - I have already read this book. (not a necessary step in the Game, but re-iterated to show how one could procede to 'Red' as the next step.) Red - A color that sounds like read. Brick - A variant color of/meaning Red - but also a building material. And so on and so forth until the end of the Thesaurus. I hope we have fun with it! So... for the First Word, let's start with... Root Be Well! Fireheart |
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Road - The roads built by the Romans have stood the test of time.
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Originally Posted by Seschat
Route - Route 1 passes directly through my town.
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Pavement - another word for road
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Hmm, already interesting.
Cobble - Roads were previously paved with cobbles.
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Fireheart
make up* - I cobble something together; I make up something on the spot.
* And yes, "make up" is one word. Some compound words are considered one word even though the two parts are still separated by a space.
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Rouge - a kind of makeup.
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"At what point do we say, 'You're mucking with our myths'?" - Harlan Ellison
Blush - different word for the same kind of makeup
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Wine - Blush is a type of rose' wine.
Be Well!
Fireheart
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Whine - To complain or protest in a childish fashion.
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Originally Posted by Fireheart
Wine - Blush is a type of rose' wine.
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Lament - To express sorrow over a situation.
Wail
Be Well!
Fireheart
Whale - a large marine mammal
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"At what point do we say, 'You're mucking with our myths'?" - Harlan Ellison
Wale - A raised ridge in the material.
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Fireheart
Rib - One of the ridges in a knitted or woven fabric.
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Purl - a knitting stitch used in creating knit ribs
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Pearl
Be Well!
Fireheart
Margarita - Spanish for pearl
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Margherita - A light pizza with olive oil, garlic, fresh basil, fresh tomatoes, mozzarella and parmesan cheeses. Perfect with a margarita on a hot summer night.
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Daisy - Margherita is Italian for daisy.
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Fireheart
Daisy - Colloquialism for a discoloration on skin (freckle).
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Sissy - Like daisy, a term for a wimp.
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Sissy - Colloquialism for a sister.
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Originally Posted by Chris_Zuercher
Sissy - Like daisy, a term for a wimp.
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Sister - as in Nun i.e. a woman devoted to the religious life.
There is always a lot to be thankful for, if you take the time to look. For example, I'm sitting here thinking how nice it is that wrinkles don't hurt. ~Author Unknown
abbess - A woman in a religious order (i.e. a nun)
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... or Homonym, as the case may be.
I'm enjoying the other 'word games' we're playing here, so I thought I'd toss in another one.
The rules, simply stated, are that a person posts a word and the next person posts either a synonym (means the same) or homonym (sounds the same) of that word. Also, there are words that are Spelled the same, but which are pronounced differently and mean different things.
For example:
Cattail - A plant that grows in marshy areas.
Reed - Cattails are reeds.
Rede - Here is my rede for the situation. (Archaic term)
Read - I like to read.
Read - I have already read this book. (not a necessary step in the Game, but re-iterated to show how one could procede to 'Red' as the next step.)
Red - A color that sounds like read.
Brick - A variant color of/meaning Red - but also a building material.
And so on and so forth until the end of the Thesaurus. I hope we have fun with it!
So... for the First Word, let's start with...
Root
Be Well!
Fireheart