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evolution > change > ability to change > energy > energy drink > disgusting drink > pee > waste > useless item

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European person > bourgeoisie (adj.) > unwanted > useless > useless [thing] > shameful object > taboo item > buddha statue > Buddha

Nekt word: Buddha or wise (wo)man

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Buddha > an enlightened man > (through sarcastic usage) a knuckledragger/moron > idiocy > a dumb accident > children from teenagers

next word bloated
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Kvan wrote:next word bloated
blank > empty > spacious > wide > round > bloated > expanded > unabridged > complete > finite > closed (of integrals)

Next word: synthesizer
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maker > synthesizer > assembler > player > child

Next word: crap
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Darkgamma wrote:maker > synthesizer > assembler > player > child

Next word: crap
Crap > awful stuff > cheesy music > synthesizer

Haha, just kidding, I like myself some cheesy prog on occasion.

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bifurcating > branching > an offshoot (from the main trunk) > a small waterway that feeds into a large river > a small creek or stream > a lick or ephemeral stream > a wadi, arroyo, or gulch > a valley > a terraced valley > agricultural terraces > cultivated field.

Next word: cultivated field.

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two > together > meeting > crossroads > grid > cultivated field > civilization > the world

Next: axe (n.)

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axe (n) > crazy > mad > annoyed > annoyance > small insect > mosquito > bloodsucker > leech > a clingy person > affectionate

Next: bikini
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Bikini Atoll > bikini (swimwear) > bikini bottom > underwear > granny panties > thermal underwear > layered clothing (for cold weather) > heavy clothing > a parka > a creature that moves awkwardly > a walrus

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name of a fat character in a popular play > fattie (insult) > blubber > walrus > tusk > ivory > white (color) > snow > meltwater > what makes crops grow > fertilizer > dung

Next: primary/important crop (corn in UK usage)

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Bob Johnson wrote:Next: primary/important crop (corn in UK usage)
You sure about that?

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Astraios wrote:
Bob Johnson wrote:Next: primary/important crop (corn in UK usage)
You sure about that?
Merriam-Webster Online wrote:corn1 3: British : the grain of a cereal grass that is the primary crop of a region (as wheat in Britain and oats in Scotland and Ireland); also : a plant that produces corn
grass > wheat > primary/important crop > cash crop > money > a unit of currency > finance

Next word: occupy (in the military sense)
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Ollock wrote:
Merriam-Webster Online wrote:corn1 3: British : the grain of a cereal grass that is the primary crop of a region (as wheat in Britain and oats in Scotland and Ireland); also : a plant that produces corn
Well, MWO, it seems you and I disagree, because to me that just sounds stupid.

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Astraios wrote:
Bob Johnson wrote:Next: primary/important crop (corn in UK usage)
You sure about that?
Have you guys stopped calling it maize?

sleep > go indoors (as that's where the beds are) > be in > occupy (in the military sense) > rule > mismanage > sleep instead of working

Next: be perched on a long narrow object such as a branch

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Bob Johnson wrote:Have you guys stopped calling it maize?
I'm quite sure I've never heard anybody use "corn" to mean "primary crop of a place". And no, maize is the plant, the little yellow grains are sweetcorn, but corn is the grain that makes breakfast cereal.

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Astraios wrote:
Bob Johnson wrote:Have you guys stopped calling it maize?
I'm quite sure I've never heard anybody use "corn" to mean "primary crop of a place". And no, maize is the plant, the little yellow grains are sweetcorn, but corn is the grain that makes breakfast cereal.
Actually IMD (Appalachian English), it's all just "corn". "Maize" is never heard headr, except in the odd technical usage.
Bob Johnson wrote:Next: be perched on a long narrow object such as a branch
be perched on a long narrow object such as a branch > land on a long narrow object > land > fall down > fall > decline
be perched on a long narrow object such as a branch > a long narrow object > {nominal classifier for long, narrow things}
be perched on a long narrow object such as a branch > a long narrow object > twig > penis

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enlarged grain > maize > variegated, particolored > gaudy > worthless > gift (humble) > religious sacrifice

Next: be balanced on something

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be balanced on something > move across a narrow surface (such as a branch) > cross a rope or log bridge > cross a bridge or boundary > make a transition > become an adult > an adult > a person

Next word: a person.

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person > relative > friend > helpful person > (+ NEG) annoying person > harmful person > enemy > enemy troops > troops > military force > police force > police (v.) > control (v.)

next: control (v.)
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be in love > marry > be henpecked > control (v.) > control the movement of > drive a horse/etc > carriage/wagon

and now that song is in my head, argh

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purple > grape > wine > drunkenness > vomit > orange

Next word: horse-shoe

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sheath > metal reinforcement for tigers' claws > horse-shoe > reinforcing object (construction etc) > rebar (in concrete) > I-beam > metal rail > launch rail for Gauss gun

Gladiators vs tigers, maybe? But the tech levels...

Next: thunder

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launch rail for Gauss gun > railgun > powerful weapon > thunder > lightning > flash > light > lightbulb > burned out bulb > junk

next: railgun
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railgun > standard weaponry for spaceships > basis of authority > government > authority figures > older family member > big brother

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