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| DivideByZero |
 Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:02 pm Post subject: "scientifically correct" game |
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You read the common word given from the user above then produce a scientifically sophisticated word for it. Then you give us another common word.
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word: Man |
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| DivideByZero |
| Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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scientific word: Homosapien
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new word: cat |
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| Chemboy |
| Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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Felis silvestris catus (I hope 3 words is permissible in this case)
water
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| paralith |
| Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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Dihydrogen Oxide
Potato Chips
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| +SCIENCEgirl+ |
| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:01 am Post subject: |
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would it be something like.. Solanum Tuberosum Chips? 
Chocolate
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| Selene |
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| DivideByZero |
| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:08 am Post subject: |
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| teeniewitabeenie1 |
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| goodgod3rd |
| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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alkaloid containing bevearage
contains the most widely used psychotropic substance (edit - without prescription)
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| spuriousmonkey |
| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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| DivideByZero wrote: |
scientific word: Homosapien
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The correct scientific term would be Homo sapiens. (italics required!)
And some people would even say:
Homo sapiens sapiens.
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| KALSTER |
| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Homo sapiens sapiens |
As opposed to Homo Sapiens Neanderthalis? English salt = Magnesium Sulphate.
Artificial Sweeteners = ?
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| goodgod3rd |
| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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Hydrogenated form of Carbohydrates; eg sorbitol.
(sometimes used in conjunction with above stated alkaloid)
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| Bunbury |
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| paralith wrote: |
| Potato Chips |
Edible device for transporting salt and fat to the human body.
New word:
God |
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| zinjanthropos |
| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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| marnixR |
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| spuriousmonkey wrote: |
And some people would even say:
Homo sapiens sapiens. |
make that Homo stupidens
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