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Hidden Phrases
Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2019 11:36 am
by tabby
Inside each set of words there is a pair of smaller words that become a familiar phrase when you put an "&" between them.
Thighbone / Swallowtail = High & Low
Skyrocket / Trolleyman = Rock & Roll
Try this one & then add another for the next person:
Delaware / Bordering
Hidden Phrases
Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2019 1:53 pm
by Ahso!
Law & Order.
battlefield / ballrooms (best I can do right now)
Hidden Phrases
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 11:11 am
by tabby
Ahso!;1528951 wrote: Law & Order.
battlefield / ballrooms (best I can do right now)
Bat & Ball?
lol ... it's harder than I thought to come up with a new one ~~ I'll have to think about it a while!
Hidden Phrases
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 1:14 pm
by tabby
Okay, I have one now ...
Allspice / Hispanic
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Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 7:30 pm
by spot
tabby;1528988 wrote: Okay, I have one now ...
Allspice / Hispanic
Blimey. Talk about US/UK spelling differences. Over here in the UK that has to be "spick and span", any alternative for the first word is extremely derogatory.
Artillery Sidewinder.
Hidden Phrases
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 6:23 am
by tabby
I think it's "spick & span" here too but I couldn't think of a word with "spick" in it!
We have a household cleaner that's been around for ages that's called "Spic & Span" so I went with that because I could make it fit! The K had to go.
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Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 6:34 am
by spot
Mispickel, the original name for the mineral arsenopyrite, should have immediately sprung to mind!
We do not have that cleaning product. Cillit Bang, we have that one, which is some form of polish. I expect the makers have a little laugh at that one because they're Polish too. For chaps who frequent Hampstead Heath after dark we have either Flash or Fairy depending on preference.
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Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 12:16 pm
by Louise-Rene
spot;1528992 wrote: Blimey. Talk about US/UK spelling differences. Over here in the UK that has to be "spick and span", any alternative for the first word is extremely derogatory.
Artillery Sidewinder.
Instill Ideals
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Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 12:18 pm
by Louise-Rene
spot;1528992 wrote: Blimey. Talk about US/UK spelling differences. Over here in the UK that has to be "spick and span", any alternative for the first word is extremely derogatory.
Artillery Sidewinder.
Ill Wind
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Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2019 8:48 am
by tabby
spot;1529004 wrote: Mispickel, the original name for the mineral arsenopyrite, should have immediately sprung to mind!
What was I thinking?? It seems so obvious now!
crybaby / overstepped