| Title: | The Joy of Lex |
| Notice: | A Notes File even your grammar could love |
| Moderator: | THEBAY::SYSTEM |
| Created: | Fri Feb 28 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1192 |
| Total number of notes: | 42769 |
Back when my uncles were chasing the wolly mammoths away from the
cave opening, in school we had a game we used to play called "stinky
pinkies." I presume it had neither political nor scatalogical
significance; rather, it seemed to have to do with structure.
A stinky pinkie is a definition with rhyming words. The player
supplies a definition that must be answered by the stinky pinkie.
Example --
Definition: stale sandwich material.
Answer: dead bread.
Obviously, it's easier to come up with the answers than the
questions/definitions.
I'll list a few of my favorites, and if anyone wishes to add some
...
Definition: Petite patella.
Answer: Wee knee.
Definition: A worldly-wise resident of a major Italian city.
Answer: A cosmopolitan neopolitan.
Definition: a nearsighted aboriginie.
Answer: a rotten-shot Hottentot.
Anyone want to add to these?
Steve Kallis, Jr.
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| 358.1 | An a pinkie to you too! | APTECH::RSTONE | Roy | Wed May 13 1987 15:51 | 50 |
Definition: A pimp.
Answer: A Nookie Bookie.
Definition: A pimp who is new at the trade.
Answer: A Rookie Nookie Bookie.
Definition: The same guy after a couple of weeks of lousy business.
Answer: A Schnookie Rookie Nookie Bookie!
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| 358.2 | BAEDEV::RECKARD | Fri May 15 1987 09:16 | 4 | ||
See DYO780::BRAIN_BOGGLERS Notes 280, 295 (maybe others).
Also, to "hide" a subsequent comment in your note, instead of 15 or so
line feeds, try a "Control L" for a form feed.
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| 358.3 | stink pink, stinky pinky, stinkity pinkity stinkierity | VIDEO::OSMAN | type video::user$7:[osman]eric.six | Fri May 15 1987 10:42 | 34 |
Well, the I learned the game "Stinky Pinky" was that you give a hint, using a variation on "Stinky Pinky" that indicates syllabication. For example, suppose we're in a car on a drive to New York. We haven't even reached Hartford, and we're bored, hungry, tired, have to pee, and irritated. So conversation goes like this: Me: O.K. I've got a stinky pinky. What's a drunk wanderer ? It's a "stinky pinky". You: Ummm. You: Ummm. You: Oh, I got it. A "tipsy gypsy". Me: Right. hey, you're smart! You: O.K. Here's one for you. What's a overweight international peacemaker. It's "stinkity pinkity". Me: Hmmm. Ummm. I give up, what. You: You gave up too fast, you'll get it. Me: Ummm. Oh yeah! How about "very fat dimplomat". You: All right ! So, as you see, the hint is to give the form, such as "stink pink" or "stinky pinky" or "stinkity pinkity" etc. /Eric | |||||
| 358.4 | not to be confused with the AC/DC song sink the pink? | DEBIT::RANDALL | Bonnie Randall Schutzman | Fri May 15 1987 17:16 | 17 |
I learned it the same way as .3, except as "Ink" rather than "stink".
So I suspect he thought "stink" had scatalogical and/or sexual
connotations. My family spent hours in stiches because my father was
very creative at thinking these up. (Yes, Virginia, I learned my
sense of humor from a master.)
My all-time favorite: (Inkety pinkety): What's a Dutch sieve?
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A Hollander collander
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| 358.5 | HBO::KELLIHER | Ed Kelliher | Mon May 18 1987 10:29 | 4 | |
Using .4's description, I guess this would be a D.I.P:
Suggest unrest...mention tension
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| 358.6 | TOPDOC::SLOANE | Bruce is on the loose | Fri May 22 1987 09:29 | 13 | |
What do you call a faulty reference book?
A fictionary dictionary
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| 358.7 | avian sanctuary | RANGER::BRADLEY | Chuck Bradley | Mon May 22 1995 12:57 | 8 |
years later, a rinky dinky hinky pinkie for a safe place for a cowardly beardless black bird shaven craven raven haven | |||||