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Alternate Definitions III
The following are alternate definitions for words, based on how the words sound. For example, "To drive by the docks: P _ _ _ _ _ _ _." would result in "PASSPORT (Pass Port)". Can you guess the words described below?
1. What white bears see with: P _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
2. A car's memoirs: A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
3. How judges get to a small island: C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
4. To live long: D _ _ _ _ _.
5. How good a fibber one is: L _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
6. In favor of young men and women: P _ _ _ _ _ _.
1. What white bears see with: P _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
2. A car's memoirs: A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
3. How judges get to a small island: C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
4. To live long: D _ _ _ _ _.
5. How good a fibber one is: L _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
6. In favor of young men and women: P _ _ _ _ _ _.
Answer
1. Polarize (polar eyes)2. Autobiography (auto biography)
3. Courtship (court ship)
4. Dilate (die late)
5. Liability (lie ability)
6. Protein (pro-teen)
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clever
nice one..........ha,ha,ha,ha
Great one!!!!
Good one! I only got half of them right Clever
I never get anything right on this website except logic problems ! I have fun trying though .
Wow, that was pretty good. I didn't get any of them, but it was cool anyway.
I got them all. A shock, but I had fun while working it. Very well written and a job well done. Nice Teaser
Dec 14, 2007
Good one, although number four could also be Dialed (Die Old).
Really good teaser. Very well thought out. Thanks for posting Bobbrt. I'd like to see more like this one.
Well done
i didn't pay attention to the directions and was looking for compound words rather than just sounds.
Not too hard, but not too easy. I enjoyed working on this one. Thanks.....
Excellent teaser! Fun and rewarding!
I didn't get them all, but it was great trying...very unusual teaser, and well thought out.
Number of blanks did not fit number of letters in some of them.
Very confusing when I was trying to fit answers into proper length. Good idea though.
Very confusing when I was trying to fit answers into proper length. Good idea though.
My that was tough for me! I only solved Polarize and Liability.
I misread #2 as a Cat's memoirs!
Very unique and creative teaser.
I misread #2 as a Cat's memoirs!
Very unique and creative teaser.
Awesome teaser! Adding it to my favorites.
I think #4 could also be Die Old or dialed.
That was a very good teaser. I got a couple right but that's okay. When I saw the answers I went doh . Thanks for the teaser.
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that was awesome!! i only got liability right though...
anyways, keep up the good work!
anyways, keep up the good work!
Ummm...got a little confused w/ the directions...maybe someone could fix them? Please? For the future users of Braingle?
I thought the answer had to be a compound word, using the EXACT SAME spellings as the two words it was made up of...instead, they just need to be the same phonetically...
But I really liked trying to solve it. I've never seen a teaser like this before. Keep creating great teasers like this one.
I thought the answer had to be a compound word, using the EXACT SAME spellings as the two words it was made up of...instead, they just need to be the same phonetically...
But I really liked trying to solve it. I've never seen a teaser like this before. Keep creating great teasers like this one.
Whoops, sorry...I was like tommysmo and didn't read the directions carefully... I feel dumb...
Maybe if I had read them correctly, I would have gotten the answers...
Maybe if I had read them correctly, I would have gotten the answers...
Groan...
Cool teaser though. Liked it even though I couldn't get it. The last one should be "in favor of adolescents", because "young men and women" wasn't so obvious. Anyway, it was funny.
Cool teaser though. Liked it even though I couldn't get it. The last one should be "in favor of adolescents", because "young men and women" wasn't so obvious. Anyway, it was funny.
enjoyed this teaser...think i'd like more.
Good one, thanks. I surprised myself ... got all but liability.
surprisingly enough, i got them all with ease... love the teaser, and i'd like to see more of them
really fun!!!!!!!
Good one...couldn't get die late for the life of me Thanks!
Loved this one! Brilliant
Nice teaser and fun even though I only got a couple.
Got the first three, then hit the skids.
Lots of fun! I did miss Dilate but got the rest with relative ease. Going to have to look up the others in the series.
Number 6 could also be progeny (Pro Gen Y)....I guess, if you go by spelling instead of pronunciation. Good brain teaser!
Fun quiz! I got 1, 2, and 6 which came easily to me. The rest didn't and I was in a hurry. Thanks for posting!
Very hard, but very good!
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