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消息 2053430 - 发表于:16 Jul 2020, 13:46:38 UTC - 回复消息 2053420.  

Perhaps better to just avoid where possible?

I'll agree on that, some acronyms have several meanings.
Such as CRC and I can add another use, to the list there, Camera Ready Copy.
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消息 2053420 - 发表于:16 Jul 2020, 12:06:49 UTC - 回复消息 2053419.  

....
... And remember others may head off in a different direction because they see a different linkage to the one you expected ...

This is the most fun part of the game for me. The unexpected.

Perhaps there is some area for interpretation. Acronyms can both be proper names and descriptives:

B.B.C. is a proper name just like Clint-Eastwood and we allow proper names from time to time.

S.A.M. is a descriptive as in "surface-to-air missile".

What about USA?

Perhaps better to just avoid where possible?
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消息 2053419 - 发表于:16 Jul 2020, 11:37:42 UTC

Not really
A few other things to consider:
It contains the same letters in the same order as the previous post
It contains more than one punctuation mark (implicitly only one is permitted)

A few other things to note:
Providing hyperlinks to usage or definitions is not really playing the game - it is up to other folks to try and work out what links a pair of words.
Of course anyone can challenge a link between words, the place to do it is in this thread.
Unless challenged there is no need to explain every linkage you form - again it is up to others to try and work out your links. And remember others may head off in a different direction because they see a different linkage to the one you expected (in desperation rhymes may come in useful!)
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消息 2053418 - 发表于:16 Jul 2020, 11:34:26 UTC - 回复消息 2053415.  

Are acronyms allowed?
The Admiral's B.A.A.L.


Our Admiral is a master of word link so maybe :)

Theoretically an acronym could be seen as a (hyphenated) linked set of words with special singular meaning.

Perhaps these rules apply? :

    -A hyphen is allowed if the word makes sense in its entirety.

    -One letter words are allowed (you can't actually post a one letter word but it will work when you put a punctuation mark behind it (or just a space:)

    -Abbreviations are allowed

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消息 2053415 - 发表于:16 Jul 2020, 11:03:03 UTC

Are acronyms allowed?
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消息 2053117 - 发表于:3 Jul 2020, 21:07:45 UTC

One type of bacteria, brevibacterium, lives in between the toes, thrives in a damp, salty environment, and produces the cheese-like smell of feet. That same bacteria is actually used in the cheese creation process for Muenster, Entrammes, and Limburger cheeses. So really, your feet don’t smell like cheese, the cheese smells like feet.

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消息 2052726 - 发表于:26 Jun 2020, 1:02:09 UTC - 回复消息 2052724.  

colonoscopy-violated
You had what put where and how deep in? And it was this big around . I was violated.


Ouch :(

Better than my link I was thinking colonoscopy <-> incredible-shrinking-man..
or was that 'stinking-man' ;)
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colonoscopy-violated
You had what put where and how deep in? And it was this big around . I was violated.

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消息 2052660 - 发表于:24 Jun 2020, 22:38:26 UTC

Desert-Sand-Casino
Was thinking Sahara but Las Vegas came up. Then Sands Hotel and Casino.

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消息 2052572 - 发表于:23 Jun 2020, 12:32:10 UTC

If you find it, let me know where to look.
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消息 2052563 - 发表于:23 Jun 2020, 9:56:41 UTC

Will start a new Word Link and Discussion thread when I find some time.
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消息 2052512 - 发表于:22 Jun 2020, 9:51:55 UTC

i'd consider that to be "quite comfortable", but then I'm used to the northern half of the UK where anything above 5C is "getting warm" ;-)
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消息 2052511 - 发表于:22 Jun 2020, 9:27:05 UTC

Wiggo to cold came about as it was a howling 9C (felt like 3C) at the time I finished a bit of outside work.

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消息 2052481 - 发表于:21 Jun 2020, 19:03:40 UTC

Cogswell's Cogs
Spacely’s Sprockets

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消息 2052291 - 发表于:19 Jun 2020, 7:10:42 UTC - 回复消息 2052289.  

Ah, but in the original game the connection is valid as the two words sound the same
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消息 2052289 - 发表于:19 Jun 2020, 7:07:34 UTC

I did use the wrong spelling.

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消息 2052275 - 发表于:19 Jun 2020, 0:41:43 UTC

One definition of wrench is to pull or twist.
I thought you were pulling and twisting these
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消息 2052219 - 发表于:18 Jun 2020, 15:35:15 UTC - 回复消息 2052210.  

I was going for wrench slipping => mashed finger/hand/other bit
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消息 2052210 - 发表于:18 Jun 2020, 13:54:43 UTC

Wrench - hurt
Wrench a mussel.

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