2008/02/06

Word Documentary

Doublets

Suggestive words appearing during a transformation are strictly unintentional.

Alchemy
LEAD -> HEAD -> HELD -> HOLD -> GOLD

Testosterone

BOY -> BAY -> BAD -> LAD -> MAD -> MAN

Estrogen
GIRL -> GILL -> BILL -> BALL -> BASS -> LASS -> LADS -> LADY

Options. In Life and Noodles
MUG -> PUG -> PUP -> CUP

Silver screen
SLAP -> SOAP -> SOAR -> BOAR -> BOAS -> BOSS -> MOSS -> MISS -> KISS

Δ
SIN -> SON -> CON -> COS -> COT -> CAT -> CAN -> TAN

Insp.
BEAN -> BEAD -> BEND -> BOND

Watt ho!

HEAT
-> HEAD -> LEAD -> LOAD -> LORD -> WORD -> WORK

Transparence
GATES -> SATES -> SITES -> SINES -> SINUS -> LINUS

Shorter routes are welcome.

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Anagrams

Himalaya

Pick those gobi manchurians
HAS! Am I burping chickens too?!

Point of extras?
Profit + no taxes


Idled in mess grub
Insides grumbled


Vegetarianism
Grains vie meat

Press

Reflections
Oft reclines


Filter Copy
Fret policy

The Fourth Estate
Ethos that refute

The cartoon comics in Reflections issue
Use chic creations from cool sites in Net


Saarang

Gameshows of Saarang
"Shame! A saga of wrongs!"


Hospitality Desk
Do I ask pettishly?


Informals
Formal sin

Coy, misty, cute babes
Beauty by cosmetics


9 comments:

Anonymous said...

"WORD" -> WORE -> WARE -> GARE -> "GAME"

Mohan K.V said...

Transparency, nice :-)

And misty and Coy reminds me, you should read this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_His_Coy_Mistress

and this brilliant retort:

http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/1568.html

unni krishnan said...

"Hospitality Desk
Do I ask pettishly?

Informals
Formal sin

Coy, misty, cute babes
Beauty by cosmetics"

'Lolax'
You outdo yourself each time...
Time well spent, I must remark.

Marlin Jar said...

@P,
That's a comment?
@Mohan,
The retort is one of the finest poems I've read!
@Unni,
Thank you! One is flattered :-)
@myself,
'GIRL -> GILL -> BILL -> BALL -> BASS -> LASS -> LADS -> LADY'
has an error in it, you jackass!

Poornima said...

The best of them all is "Beauty by cosmetics" :D

Anonymous said...

Should this work?

SIN -> TIN -> TAN

(Sorry if I misunderstood any implicit rules)

Cheers,
Arunn

Mountainebony said...

How about this?
Jar - Jam - Jim - Jig - Jug - Tug - Tad - Mad
:)

Mountainebony said...

Oops! There should be a tag between tug and tad.

Marlin Jar said...

Arunn sir,
That is not wrong, but my intention there was to take it through COS and COT.

So Long,
JAR - MAR - MAD.