Wordie: Sweet tooth fairy: Comments

Comment by fbharjo, 2 months ago

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:52:06 +0000

gangerh- look at false teeth faries also!

Comment by gangerh, 2 months ago

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:20:47 +0000

Wow, fbharjo! You're away with the sweet tooth fairies at the moment. Some really cute ones lately. Ta!

Comment by mollusque, 4 months ago

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:27:05 +0000

It's the biggest open list. The biggest closed list is stpeter's words, with 3,510 items (stpeter has listed only 3,446 words, which suggest the list has some duplicates or that there's a bug in John's counting algorithm).

Among Wordies with more than one list, the record is The Sog Collection, with 3,287.

Comment by bilby, 4 months ago

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:15:28 +0000

I wonder if this is the biggest list on Wordie? Must be one of them.

Comment by gangerh, 7 months ago

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:19:22 +0000

Wow, people, you just took this list through it's millenary! Huge thanks for a fun ride!

Comment by gangerh, 7 months ago

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:05:54 +0000

fbharjo, am hugely enjoying all your contributions here. Just wanted you to know that.

Comment by gangerh, 7 months ago

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:18:10 +0000

Outstanding. Truly wonderful verse, sionnach, and thanks for sharing. Sound of music to my ears. Greetings from gangerh to 'mschmidt' who brings a whole new dimension to sweet tooth fairyland.

Comment by chained_bear, 7 months ago

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:31:02 +0000

sionnach, that is pure genius! Please PLEASE make it a Tunie so I can favorite it and sing it whenever I'm Once with Feeling Sad!

Comment by reesetee, 7 months ago

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:13:08 +0000

Oh! *smiles brightly* Well, in that case, I have nothing to worry about!

Comment by skipvia, 7 months ago

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:08:55 +0000

Reesetee, I'm shocked. Butting in on conversations is a cherished tradition here. The more you butt in, the better... :)

Comment by reesetee, 7 months ago

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:50:43 +0000

That's hilarious, sionnach! Get that mschmidt over here to Wordie!

Comment by sionnach, 7 months ago

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:36:26 +0000

So, I have a confession to make. Yesterday I introduced the 'sweet tooth fairy' game to my fellow subscribers to Salon.com's Table Talk discussion forum (they have a folder for word games and such like). So, those Table Talk folks are smart as all get out. I would like to share the following, in particular:

I had introduced the thread as "Hemorrhoid Cream Puffs and Tanning Bed Wetters", to grab their attention - one of the posters complained that this was giving him an earworm to the tune of "My Favorite Things". It took the brilliant mschmidt only a couple of hours to come up with this inspired composition -

Hemorrhoid Cream Puffs and Tanning Bed Wetters,
Power Down Parkas and Cadmium Red Letters,
Short two-word phrases that melt into three
This is the puzzle that fills me with glee!

When Hot Dog Bites! Quilting Bee Stings! Once With Feeling Sad!
I simply remember my Blues Guitar Strings, and then I don't Has Been Had!

(sung, obviously, to the tune of "My Favorite Things").

Comment by reesetee, 7 months ago

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:02:24 +0000

Speaking of intrusive....Yeah. I definitely butted in. Sorry 'bout that.

Comment by skipvia, 7 months ago

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:11:23 +0000

Sionnach, that conversation started with me but eventually involved chained_bear and reesetee, probably to no one's surprise.

Comment by sionnach, 7 months ago

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:19:32 +0000

Skipvia! You grew up in Chapel Hill? Where I went to graduate school!!! (A former Moosehead Fellow)

Maybe I'm being forgetful. Was the 'Southern Season' conversation with you? For some reason I thought it was someone else.

Comment by reesetee, 7 months ago

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:24:29 +0000

Sweet, skipvia. I'm impressed. :-)

Comment by skipvia, 7 months ago

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:18:44 +0000

Gangerh, I'll trade you stories. Here's mine. I grew up with the Taylors in Chapel Hill (where papa Ike was the dean of the med school) and played in bands with most of them. Livvy and I were in the same grade. A few of us were over at their house during Christmas holidays and decided to go Christmas caroling. Word was that James and his "girlfriend" were around somewhere and might join us. They did. It was a fun evening...

So...tell me about Brian Jones.

Comment by sionnach, 7 months ago

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:47:00 +0000

gangerh: I am going to try to move some of my more dubious entries on this list to the 'false tooth fairy' list, so don't be alarmed if the total count dips a little in the process.

On edit: oops! I guess I can't do that - the destination for a move can only be one of my private lists. (I'm too lazy to delete and re-add).

Comment by SonofGroucho, 7 months ago

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:25:52 +0000

That is intriguing. Two of my all-time favourites! Do tell us more...

Comment by reesetee, 7 months ago

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:05:52 +0000

You went Christmas caroling with James Taylor and Joni Mitchell? Skipvia, you are full of surprises. :-)

Comment by skipvia, 7 months ago

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:41:17 +0000

Gangerh...THE Brian Jones? With the teardrop Vox? He was my ultimate hero back in the day.

I once went Christmas caroling with James Taylor and Joannie Mitchell, but I'd trade it for a day with Brian Jones. (Or would have, when he was alive...)

Comment by John, 7 months ago

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:09:05 +0000

Tremendous! Noted and done.

Comment by gangerh, 7 months ago

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:57:00 +0000

John, there's a home for your excellent 'The Brian Jonestown Massacre' on 'false teeth fairies'. Btw Brian Jones came round to my flat once.

Comment by Treeseed, 7 months ago

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:44:28 +0000

Some guy killed his wife with a cinder block in their driveway in a town near to me and said that a stranger came and attacked her. Police didn't buy it.
I immediately thought that cinder block head would be a good sweet tooth fairy but, alas, blockhead is one word. Goes to show how Wordie has corrupted my sense of compassion. First thing I thought, was wow...great sweet tooth fairy.

Comment by mollusque, 8 months ago

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:40:46 +0000

As are many of our Wordie user names.

Comment by gangerh, 8 months ago

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:37:19 +0000

And 'false teeth fairies' is #1 too!

Comment by gangerh, 8 months ago

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:25:28 +0000

Maybe not so good! Just tested a random list and 'Delightful Ejaculations' is #1!

Comment by gangerh, 8 months ago

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:18:48 +0000

Hey - this page is #4 on google already! Google 'sweet tooth fairy'. Well done all!

Comment by gangerh, 8 months ago

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:32:04 +0000

Treeseed. About 'haunted house boat' 9 days ago - heavens! is that all it was when this list started?
I've studied some papers on the compounding or not of words, and, indeed, hyphenating or not. I can only deduce from what I read that compounding/hyphenating is somewhat arbitrary.
So, please, add this gem to the list.

Comment by gangerh, 8 months ago

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:09:29 +0000

A lovely aberration, sionnach, and there is a home waiting for 'rum raisin d'etre' on the list 'false teeth fairies'.

Comment by skipvia, 8 months ago

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:44:59 +0000

Either way, sionnach, that's wonderful...

Comment by sionnach, 8 months ago

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:07:55 +0000

I so want to enter rum raisin d'etre on the list, but I'll just put it here instead. To qualify for inclusion, one would need to meld with the 'change one letter' rule.

Comment by gangerh, 8 months ago

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:46:23 +0000

Inspired by a list entry on 'cringeworthy corporate buzzwords' - 'soft launch'. Many thanks tagyoureit.

Comment by mollusque, 8 months ago

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:21:22 +0000

Congratulations, gangerh, on creating a new and more virulent form of triadomania! Takes me back to the heady days of Triads.

Comment by John, 8 months ago

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:00:25 +0000

This just gets better. Best example yet of a collaborative list. And, btw, the list with the most contributors--an even dozen at the moment.

Comment by gangerh, 8 months ago

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:28:37 +0000

Also, of course, family pet rocks - as opposed to family pet sucks, which, of course, is not a 'sweet tooth fairy'.

Comment by rolig, 8 months ago

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:27:55 +0000

what a wonderful list!

Comment by John, 8 months ago

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:40:08 +0000

I love love love this list. I don't think it's a proper sweet tooth fairy, but there's the sometimes-brilliant band The Brian Jonestown Massacre

Comment by mollusque, 8 months ago

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:07:08 +0000

Might I suggest, gangerh, that you make comments on the contributions here rather than on people's profiles? Nothing wrong with making them on the profiles, but then the conversations get scattered.

Comment by goldieluvr, 8 months ago

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:01:35 +0000

Flower garden party? Green thumb wrestling?

Comment by SonofGroucho, 8 months ago

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:52:38 +0000

Brilliant idea for a list. Must try to think of some!

Comment by sionnach, 8 months ago

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:20:37 +0000

Spark plug ugly? Or does the last word have to be a noun?

Comment by gangerh, 8 months ago

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:13:54 +0000

magnetic personality - personality disorder = magnetic personality disorder = a 'sweet tooth fairy'

Comment by sionnach, 8 months ago

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:59:50 +0000

Buffalo wings are spicy chicken wings, often served as a light snack in sports bars (sometimes with a sauce to dip them in); so-called, I believe, because they originated in a bar in Buffalo, New York.

Vegetarian (not vegetable) buffalo wings, which I first encountered last Thanksgiving, are some kind of tofu version developed for people who don't eat chicken. (The same kind of people who enjoy tofurkey).

I find the phrase funny because it conjures up the image of flying buffalos who are vegetarians. There's also the same confusion as in the phrase 'purple people eater', because it's not clear which noun the adjective modifies.

Comment by gangerh, 8 months ago

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:05:54 +0000

magic carpet - carpet slippers

Comment by sionnach, 8 months ago

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:41:45 +0000

vegetarian buffalo wings?

Comment by Asativum, 8 months ago

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:46:30 +0000

Neat list.

Comment by gangerh, 8 months ago

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:03:07 +0000

game boy wonder stays - its official website has it as two words

Comment by gangerh, 8 months ago

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:56:10 +0000

I'm concerned that houseboat is really one word so it doesn't meet the three word rule.

And now you've got me researching game boy! Or is it gameboy?

Oh dear.

Comment by Treeseed, 8 months ago

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:50:13 +0000

haunted house boat
(Like this?)