Little-known Opposites

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Re: Little-known Opposites

Postby Jorodryn » Sun Feb 27, 2011 9:32 pm

A eunuch has no testes, so the opposite of eunuch is rocky mountain oysters.
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Re: Little-known Opposites

Postby Funky Honky » Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:38 am

Oysters live in water, so the opposite of rocky mountain oysters are aerial spores.

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Re: Little-known Opposites

Postby Grillick » Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:52 am

Aerial spores grow into fungus, so the opposite of aerial spores is boredom.
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Re: Little-known Opposites

Postby hexnut » Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:16 pm

homonymnologically speaking; sow-smart
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Re: Little-known Opposites

Postby LeoChopper » Tue Mar 01, 2011 4:06 pm

I haven't heard the expression sow-smart before, so it's hard to be sure, but I would guess the opposite is pig-ignorant.
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Re: Little-known Opposites

Postby Steave » Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:10 pm

People eat pigs but people don't eat people and the opposite of ignorant is educated so the opposite of pig-ignorant must be the combination of people and education therefore: University.
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Re: Little-known Opposites

Postby Funky Honky » Wed Mar 02, 2011 2:12 am

University is a place you go to make more money in the long run. The opposite or University is Vegas.
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Re: Little-known Opposites

Postby Zillatain » Wed Mar 02, 2011 3:12 am

Vegas sounds similar to vegan, so the opposite of Vegas is carnivore.
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Re: Little-known Opposites

Postby Thom Solo » Wed Mar 02, 2011 3:57 pm

Carnivores consume meat, so the opposite of carnivores are seeds, which produce plants.
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Re: Little-known Opposites

Postby Funky Honky » Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:54 am

::GAWK!::

Plants have generally predictable systems. The opposite of plants is Calvinball.

Yeah, this looks like a decent spot to get this bad boy under control.
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Re: Little-known Opposites

Postby Zillatain » Thu Mar 03, 2011 1:18 am

Calvinball is a game that has no rules, so the opposite of Calvinball is bureaucracy.
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Re: Little-known Opposites

Postby Galaxy Hunter » Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:12 pm

Bureaucracies are generally cluttered with various things too close together, so the opposite of a bureaucracy is outer space.
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Re: Little-known Opposites

Postby Solara Hanover » Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:49 pm

Outer space is full of stars, so the opposite of outer space is reality television
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Re: Little-known Opposites

Postby Zillatain » Fri Mar 04, 2011 11:50 pm

The reality television genre tends to be about some type of stupid competition between people to entertain the watching masses, so the opposite is a Stephen Hawking.
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Re: Little-known Opposites

Postby Grillick » Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:18 am

Stephen Hawking is a hyper-intelligent cripple, so the opposite of Stephen Hawking is the Situation.
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