Game 2 (Lexichain)

[Deep Black]

We start with a word - "Iain"

I'll think of another word that starts with the last letter (or letters of "Iain)

I'm gonna use the last (2) & give you a clue as to what it is:

"Mad"

Then who ever post next puts what the new word is & a clue to the next word stating how many letters at the end of it you are using to start the next word with

Clear?

eg:

"Iain" (2) mad

Answer:
Insane

Next clue

"Insane" (3) a short interesting story...

[scooterman]

Anecdote.

(2) everything stops for this

[Deep Black]

Tea (3)

Instructor

[armchairanarchist]

Teacher (4)

Old name for a cigar

[scooterman]

Cheroot (4)

another name for gingerbeer

[Deep Black]

Rootbeer (2)

Artificial.

[scooterman]

Ersatz (2)

Judy will show you a sunset if you stay with her till dawn

[Deep Black]

(total guess) Tzar?

[edash]

Tzuke

(3)

stringed instrument

[BeckyH]

ukulele

(2)
"My name is..."

[Champagne Socialist]

LeBeckyH?

Liz?

the real slim shady?

[Deep Black]

Leia
Leah
Lemmy

[BeckyH]

Legion, fer chrissakes!
(2) a member of the lily family

[scooterman]

onion

not covalent(3)

[Champagne Socialist]

ionic (I do like a bit of bonding)

Bithynian Roman city

[BeckyH]

Nicaea? you gave us no number to work from.

[Champagne Socialist]

oops, sorry, blame the drugs :-) (I'm getting away with so much with that one at the moment)

3

and you are, of course, correct.

[BeckyH]

Oops, forgot the follow on-
listen in (2)

[Deep Black]

eavesdrop
(2)
ocular

[jag]

Optical.

(3)West Indian folk song.

[Champagne Socialist]

Calypso?

[Champagne Socialist]

Calypso?

I'll assume that's right as there's been no refutation.

Calypso

3

muscles in the abdomen and pelvis

[Deep Black]

Psoas (I cheated a bit finding that one)

(2)

Classic arcade game, 1 screen, with very few graphics

[198505]

asteroids

1

a meeting of great minds

[Champagne Socialist]

summit

3

fingerless glove/white paws on kittens

[BeckyH]

mittens-
c'mon, guys, lets try a bit harder, shall we?
It freely waves over the waves
(3)

[Halmyre]

ensign

2

Satie

[jag]

Gymnopédies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnop%C3%A9die)


2



Banks novel.

[Halmyre]

Good try, but it was Gnossiennes!

[Champagne Socialist]

Espedair street

2

basque bombers

[BeckyH]

the ETA.
token of power
(2)

[Halmyre]

Talisman ?

(3)

Surname of English screenwriter; his son is a famous rock music photographer.

[BeckyH]

no idea, and Google was no help.

I call it Manashevitz!

Envelope
(3)
a cutting event

[Halmyre]

It was Mankowitz - Wolf Mankowitz was the playwright/screenwriter and his son Gered Mankowitz was a rock music photographer. You were nearly there!

[198505]

open.

1
3 flavored ice cream

[BeckyH]

neopolitan
(3)
skinny place

[Champagne Socialist]

Clue please Becky

[BeckyH]

And I'm sure I can't remember!
Here's a new one-Neapolitan
(3)
built for two

[198505]

tandem
(2)

Next step up from a queen, Victoria was this of India

[Deep Black]

Empress
(3)
must have

[BeckyH]

There's an English word that starts with ss? MY OED goes from sq to st with no stops.

[Deep Black]

Ahh you spotted my deliberate red herring, ok now you can have the correct clue, look again...

[disrepdog]

essential

(2)

protected

[Champagne Socialist]

allotted?

[disrepdog]

no, think when you leave your car, or house maybe, it's locked and .....

[198505]

alarmed

(2)

what you are between 5 and 16 (UK)

[Champagne Socialist]

knickers, really wouldn't have thought of that.

education

2

the study of being, the reality of existing

[BeckyH]

ontogeny?

[Champagne Socialist]

yup, well done.

[BeckyH]

right then, you left me with a bugger. But I'll do my best to keep up the standards:
(2)
the sun rises, the sun sets. The moon rises, the moon sets. Name that time period. It often takes 24 hours.

[Champagne Socialist]

I am well and truly stuck trying to think of (or admittedly cheat and find anything) beginning with Ny that concerns a day cycle

[BeckyH]

Try nychthemeron.
It's odd but it's real!

[Champagne Socialist]

had to be nyct something or other, Greek goddess of night and all that.
Go on then, give us another to have a go at.

[BeckyH]

Ok, starting from nychthemeron-
(2)
fun to do, but some consider it a waste.

[Deep Black]

onanism?

[RedKing]

Onanism?

EDIT: - great minds think alike, etc.

[Deep Black]

Beat you ;)

[RedKing]

Beating yourself, surely? ;)

[Deep Black]

Well I am sitting here on my own yes

[BeckyH]

So give us a link to the next word!

[Deep Black]

Ahh, we're correct then;

Onanism
(2)
Diziet

[Champagne Socialist]

sma?

oh please, Deep, you get a try harder next time.
tut tut.

Sma

2

Bornean crab eater monkey

[Deep Black]

Not hard I grant you, but one of the few Banks related ones in the chain

[edash]

Macaque

(3)

Aztec god-dude

[jag]

Quezezcquechieudeghxxzh?


:)

[jag]

<BIG>Quetzalcoatl</BIG>
<BIG></BIG>
<BIG></BIG>
<BIG>;)</BIG>
<BIG>The titan who bore the heavens on his shoulders.</BIG>

[RedKing]

Atlas.

>(3) a condition of indolent indifference

[BeckyH]

lassitude
(2)
what we do to words here

[RedKing]

Destroy? Deconstruct? Deacon Blue?

[Deep Black]

Deduce?
Deduct?
Decipher?

[BeckyH]

Choose one and send us on. It seems there are no words in English that start with ude, alas.

[haddonsman]

Is it not deduce?

[Champagne Socialist]

This seems to have tailed off... so I'll hijack it :D

Deduce

2

what this thread seems to have done.

[Deep Black]

Ceased?

[Champagne Socialist]

correct

[Deep Black]

Ceased
(2)
To revise

[Tangendentalism]

Edit
(2)
To make Italian at an angle

[BeckyH]

Italicize
why do you keep leaving the hard endings for me and then complaining when I find a word that fits? And when I give you an easy one no one goes on.
(2)
what hoofbeats may sometimes be, Ocam nothwithstanding

[Champagne Socialist]

Try spelling proper English (italicise), might be easier :p ;)

Zebra?

[Tangendentalism]

Try spelling proper English (italicise), might be easier :p ;)

Zebra?

Actually, it isn't British English to use 's' instead of 'z'. The 's' is an accepted variant, but 'z' (for most, but not all, words ending ize/ise) is the standard. I was surprised too, but I'm assured that it is the case: OED (http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/italic?view=uk)

[Champagne Socialist]

oooh, that puts me in my place :-)
but is it Zebra?

[Tangendentalism]

Sorry, wasn't meant to be a put down. I'm a bit geeky about these things, but I guess I forget that not everyone finds them as interesting as I do. :(

My money's on zebra, but I don't know for sure.

[BeckyH]

Hey guys, there is no right answer. Any word that fits the definition and the letters can be used. If it's not the one the originator was thinking of they will come by and be amazed at your genius.
So you think it's Zebra. Now give us a new word to find using part of that word.

[Champagne Socialist]

Sorry, wasn't meant to be a put down. I'm a bit geeky about these things, but I guess I forget that not everyone finds them as interesting as I do. :(

My money's on zebra, but I don't know for sure.

don't fret, I didn't take your remark disparagingly, I was trying to make a quip in return, hence the smiley.

Is that right? Well then. I've always been trying to find the word the previous commenter was thinking of. However.

Zebra

3

often lacy, underwired, sometimes burnt

[Deep Black]

Brassiere 
(3)
Up

[Halmyre]

erect

(2)
An old one.

[Tangendentalism]

Cthulu!

(2)
Sumptuous

[Halmyre]

<cough>Cthulhu<cough>

[Champagne Socialist]

luxurious or Luscious

2

the antonym for what the collective forum posters of this particular board are un-of

[BeckyH]

censorious is my guess.
(3) to get rid of, as a politician

[Champagne Socialist]

I meant usual, as in we're all un-usual, otherwise a bit odd.
I like your guess though.

Oust.

2: to make firm or steadfast

[Flashman]

Strenghthen

(3) Hitlers mates

[cabbo]

Henchmen.
2 - seal-able paper

[Solipsist Mercenary]

Envelope

3 - walker

-sm

[Flashman]

Opera.. (sneaky)

(4) traverse

[Champagne Socialist]

perambulate (show off)

4 - Not on time :-P

[Solipsist Mercenary]

delayed!

(3) brewery supply

-sm

[Champagne Socialist]

I'm not entirely sure you quite understand the concept of this game.
perambulate is the initial word.
4 = the number of letters at the end of the initial word which for the beginning of the following word
not on time = the clue to the following word.

i.e.

Perambulate

4 - not on time

late

I'll try another

perambulate

3 - third

[Flashman]

Nahh I think SM was joshing... after your brain teaser.

[Champagne Socialist]

Nahh I think SM was joshing... after your brain teaser.

do'h *dull thud*

its been a looooooong day

[Champagne Socialist]

no wonder I can't think of a brewery with yed in the title

[Solipsist Mercenary]

Oops, I must have mistunderstood. Didn't catch that it was the LAST three letters, I thought that it was using ANY three letters. Apologies to all and sundry

[Flashman]

'ate as in third 'ate?.... with a silent non existent r.

[BeckyH]

late
2) to move without going

[Flashman]

late
2) to move without going

Teleport?

Given there may be a break in existential continuity before reassembly?

[BeckyH]

good. now what's your follow-on?

[Flashman]

Teleport (Mmmmh I find that concept very disturbing )
1) Tip

[Champagne Socialist]

top?

[Flashman]

top?

Nope.

Clue: It's a pushover....

[Champagne Socialist]

tipple?