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Re: The Semantic Drift Thread
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 9:29 am
by Risla
spinning > dizzy > perplexed > stupid > irrational > happy
next: prostrate oneself
Re: The Semantic Drift Thread
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:35 pm
by Eyowa
greeting > bow > prostrate oneself > bring tribute > give > give up, go without > forsake > treason
Next: background
Re: The Semantic Drift Thread
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 7:14 pm
by Lyhoko Leaci
background > background radiation > radiation > radioactive > glowing > glow (n) > light (n) > sun > star
Next: star
Re: The Semantic Drift Thread
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 9:12 pm
by Pogostick Man
Lyhoko Leaci wrote:background > background radiation > radiation > radioactive > glowing > glow (n) > light (n) > sun > star
Next: star
spark > fire > that which gives off light or glows >
star > object in the sky > bird > that which goes aloft > kite
Next:
yellow
Re: The Semantic Drift Thread
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 9:26 pm
by Rui
yellow > lemon (or equiv.) > tang > sour > spoiled
Next word: map
Re: The Semantic Drift Thread
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 10:12 pm
by Soap
map > smaller version of something > doll > a type of dress that is all one piece
next: fingernail
Re: The Semantic Drift Thread
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 11:13 pm
by maıráí
claw > fingernail > hook > leech > to drain or empty
next: frown
Re: The Semantic Drift Thread
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:00 am
by Jashan
red > infection/wound > pain > grimace > frown > twist, contort > change, alter
next: adulterous spouse
Re: The Semantic Drift Thread
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:24 am
by Christopher Schröder
dishonest > cheater > adulterous spouse > spouse (pej.) > spouse > lover > close friend > acquaintance
Next: pinecone
Re: The Semantic Drift Thread
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 11:54 am
by Kvan
Christopher Schröder wrote:dishonest > cheater > adulterous spouse > spouse (pej.) > spouse > lover > close friend > acquaintance
Next: pinecone
pinecone > seed > phallus > cylinder/cylindrical > tesselation > spiral > natural pattern > pinecone
next word: acerbic
Re: The Semantic Drift Thread
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:20 pm
by Daistallia
Kvan wrote:Christopher Schröder wrote:dishonest > cheater > adulterous spouse > spouse (pej.) > spouse > lover > close friend > acquaintance
Next: pinecone
pinecone > seed > phallus > cylinder/cylindrical > tesselation > spiral > natural pattern > pinecone
next word: acerbic
acerbic > caustic > alkali > lye/caustic soda
Next: monkey
Re: The Semantic Drift Thread
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:25 pm
by Kvan
Daistallia wrote:
acerbic > caustic > alkali > lye/caustic soda
Next: monkey
Monkey > simple but emotive person > quixotic > naive
Next word: arching
Re: The Semantic Drift Thread
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 4:27 pm
by Bristel
tree in wind > bow > arching > pissing > relaxed > dead
next word: mitosis
Re: The Semantic Drift Thread
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 4:56 pm
by Herr Dunkel
Bristel wrote:tree in wind > bow > arching > pissing > relaxed > dead
next word: mitosis
mitosis > division > multiplication > reproduction > sex
Re: The Semantic Drift Thread
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 5:32 pm
by Lyhoko Leaci
Oops? No word for me?
sex > to determine the sex of something > examine > search > find > something that is found > gift > poison > poisonous animal > snake
Next: snake
Re: The Semantic Drift Thread
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 5:49 pm
by Izambri
snake > sinuous > curved > crooked > hook > finger > digit(al) > number
- curved > arch(ing) > bridge > transition > crisis > change > evolution
Next word:
beast
Re: The Semantic Drift Thread
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:01 pm
by Pogostick Man
Izambri wrote:snake > sinuous > curved > crooked > hook > finger > digit(al) > number
- curved > arch(ing) > bridge > transition > crisis > change > evolution
Next word:
beast
beast > violent, ferocious animal > violent, ferocious thing > public danger > something for which the risk is overstated > triviality, thing of little or no importance
Next word:
smoke bomb
Re: The Semantic Drift Thread
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:06 pm
by Ouagadougou
cloud > fog > smoke > volcano > smoke bomb > hot-headed individual > sarcastic or ill-humoured person > teenager
next word - giraffe
Re: The Semantic Drift Thread
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:47 pm
by Rodlox
Ouagadougou wrote:cloud > fog > smoke > volcano > smoke bomb > hot-headed individual > sarcastic or ill-humoured person > teenager
next word - giraffe
tall antelope >
giraffe > anything tall that's quiet and deadly > anyone tall who's quiet and deadly > assassin > bodyguard
next word:
feathered
Re: The Semantic Drift Thread
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 11:09 pm
by Pogostick Man
Rodlox wrote:next word: feathered
feathered > covered up, concealed > protected > fortified, beefed up > strong, resilient
Next word:
roller skates
Re: The Semantic Drift Thread
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:06 pm
by Ouagadougou
circle > Rai > wheel > vehicle > car > Smart Car > clown car > awkward vehicle > roller skate[s] > bicycle[s] > unicycle > something tricky to balance on > Bongo Board
Next Word: flagellum
Re: The Semantic Drift Thread
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 10:21 am
by Ollock
Ouagadougou wrote:Next Word: flagellum
wheel > wheel + blade "fan" > propeller >
flagellum > bacterium
Next word:
murder
Re: The Semantic Drift Thread
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:08 am
by Kvan
Murder
slavery > brutality > murder > extreme difficulty > inconvenience > common/quotidian struggle > banality
Next word: meta-
Re: The Semantic Drift Thread
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:32 am
by Gojera
meta- (changed/altered) "metaphysics" > meta- (abstract conception of) "metaphysics" > essential nature > spirit of > ghost > undead creature > zombie.
Next word: zombie.
Re: The Semantic Drift Thread
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:35 pm
by Thry
Gojera wrote:meta- (changed/altered) "metaphysics" > meta- (abstract conception of) "metaphysics" > essential nature > spirit of > ghost > undead creature > zombie.
Next word: zombie.
zombie > mindless > careless > determined > heroic
Next word:
energy