Puzzle Description:

Two syllables.

#1: marjorie rex (mamo) on Nov 15, 2013

hobo

shaman?

Pardon me for feeling really dumb, but I can't think of what this is called, but it is two words derived from one word. :)

Hot cross bum? (Oh, that's 3 syllables)

Wino?

We had a lot of hot cross bums in Phoenix this past summer.

drunker
lover
loser
stinker

Two separate words derived by splitting one word of two syllables.

excellent image but I am stumped!

is it crosspatch?

If it were, which it's not, the answer would be cross patch. Two words. And a puzzle of that might be a patch that is angry.

Kristen was kind of close.

crossfire?

Well I am stumped too but great image

Thanks Joel and Susan.

I feel really, really bad because I just threw this out there without making it clear what was expected in an answer. The word I started with was bumbling. I split it and made a picture of a bum wearing bling. Or bum bling. Sorry about that, folks.

it's so obvious once you said it! and the image is even funnier with the description. still a clever puzzle.

Thank you Linda. You're very kind. :)

well, now that we know how to play, you should make more! I do think it's a fun idea. gets the old brains working (i'm speaking for mine, of course ;-) )

I thought it had something to do with "holy." And I thought he was holding a gun or weapon of some kind! I was way off.

That's hilarious, and I would never have come up with it! I got sidetracked by the fact that he was wearing a cross. :)

I believe the word you were looking for in #3 is portmanteau?

I get it now and I agree that you should make more of these!

I was definitely on the wrong track--bottle, cross, drunk, had to read the comments to get it. Great fun anyway.

While a portmanteau is a word that has been created out of two words while keeping the meaning of both words, this one is more of a chimera.


I had never heard of crosspatch, so I had to look it up. It would certainly be in the running for an answer to this as there are both a cross and patches in the picture. And anyone in this condition has reason to be a crosspatch (or grouch as I now know). This one could be a portmanteau.

Wow! Thanks for all the comments, everybody!

I had to peek to find the answer. Lol...I don't associate a cross with "bling"...still great fun!

Thank you JoDeen.
There seems to be quite a collection

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS561US561&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1004&bih=654&q=bling&oq=bli&gs_l=img.1.8.0l10.1685.34#hl=en&q=bling+cross+necklace&tbm=isch

And the inimitable Mr T:
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/The-New-A-Team-Is-Too-Violent-For-Mr-T-18947.html

Thanks, Joe.

I got lost on holy man & gun like Alison

Goto next topic

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