Rebus Puzzles

[RedCoyote]

Rebus puzzles (also known as Frame Games, Word Picture Puzzles, Visual Word Puzzles, or Pictogram Puzzles) are puzzles where a small picture with words/pictures are combined to form a common phrase or idiom.

Here's an easy example:



Answer:

Head over heels

Scoreboard

Player	Points
Lord Mhork	24
Mitillos	18
xtopherusD	17
Telo	14
saulres	13
RichardGHP	12
SleepyKrew	12
bubbajack8	9
RedCoyote	9
Framm 18	8
Kalimar	6
Cheery Dog	6
TierShift	4
KageLord	3
oriole	3
Lincolm	3
Save The Dragons	3
diginova	2
Kazekirimaru	2
D3f3nd3r	2
CuddlyCaucasian	2
animorpherv1	2
Who	2
The Bulge	2
Marquis	1
Mac	1
TMTOLBTWNTOF	1
Xalxe	1
Redelphic	1
Espeonrage	1
Faraday	1
Rhinox	1
serrapaladin	1
vonflare	1
xofelf	1
Mist7676	1

GAME RULES

• This is intended to be an ongoing game that anyone can play at any time.
  
• I will come up with the first puzzle. The person that correctly guesses it is allowed to then post their own (or pass and anyone else may post one).
  
• If you want to pass, just make it clear in the thread. If no one volunteers after 24 hours, I will eventually create a new one by default.
  
• Bolding
  your answer is appreciated, but it isn't required.
  
• You can create your own puzzles and upload the images to a website like imgur, Photobucket, Picasion (good for making .gifs), or ImageShack to share, or you can use puzzles you find off the Internet. Using just forum text is fine as well.
  
• If you create your own puzzles, try not to use dimensions larger than 500x500 or so. You really shouldn't need to make them very big.
  
• If no one guesses your puzzle after 72 hours, please upload a new puzzle or start giving clues.
  
• The puzzle creator has the final say on who gets an answer right.
  
• I will keep tally of correct answers and score one point per correct answer.

[RedCoyote]

Alright, first puzzle:



Let's see if anyone can get it before I leave.

[RedCoyote]

Very good! Go ahead, Telo.

[RedCoyote]

Hmmm...

temperatures rising

?

[RedCoyote]

http://i.imgur.com/Z4sdlKP.png

I remember doing like 20 of these in school last year, this is the one I remember being the hardest.

Growing up, I loved doing these things. I remember one time in elementary school a teacher assigned us a sheet with 25 and encouraged everyone to help each other and get family members involved.

Quite possibly the only homework assignment I enjoyed in my entire life, lol.

I saw a lame television show on SyFy the other day that was using them and it inspired me to make a thread about it!

[RedCoyote]

Surely there's more to it... they all are missing the 'L'.

First Noel

?

[RedCoyote]

I'd appreciate if I didn't have to make one :\

One more post and I've really got to go (been spending too much time on MS lately).

Going to make a rule that says if someone doesn't want to do a puzzle and no one offers to do one for the player that got the answer right, I'll be the default creator. But if such a scenario happens, anyone can chime in and ask to do one in the thread, just that the winner gets to assign (that way it doesn't descend into chaos of multiple people making puzzles and getting in fights and killing each other and causing diplomatic strain between their nationalities/territories and escalating into thermonuclear war and the human race going extinct).

In case that was unclear:

John: Jill got it right!
Jill: I don't want to do one.
...several hours pass...
RC: Here's the next puzzle.

OR

John: Jill got it right!
Jill: I don't want to do one.
Jeff: I'll do one.
Jane: I can do one too, Jill.
Jill: Go ahead, Jeff.
Jeff: Here's the next puzzle.

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It is! You're up, CC.

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wanna try to solve it as a team? Toss out ideas and stuff? I don't care about points.

My friends and I were trying this earlier and didn't get very far but two theories were:

1. it's an obtuse angle. Someone thought that might be a clue but we couldn't figure out what.
2. Another person for some reason thought it might have something to do with sports but I can't understand why and he's gone so I can't ask him.

Now that we have the N that brings to mind a compass, but still thinking about it.

It wouldn't be

hole-in-one

, would it?

[RedCoyote]

Travel in time

?

[RedCoyote]

digi, are we going to kick ourselves when you reveal this?

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Oh, it's a compass. I missed the second image with the N.

Yup, now figure out the rest of it, lol.

[RedCoyote]

Four tens shift

?

(As in work schedule)

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Ah, digi, very good. You really had us stumped, but it makes a lot of sense now. NE for any is such an obvious substitute. I cannot believe I missed it.

[RedCoyote]

if you win a round and then pass on making a puzzle you have more opportunities to solve puzzles than do the people who are alternating between making them and solving them so I think there should be some sort of incentive to make the puzzles.

I considered this, but I think most of us are just doing it for fun here. Additionally, if someone wants the "most chances" for winning, I will make as many puzzles as necessary by default. So if no one has any ideas or wants to do one after 24 hours of inactivity, I'll throw one up there. I don't find them very difficult to create at all, and I certainly don't mind.

[RedCoyote]

A single person

?

[RedCoyote]

I wouldn't have called that close enough! I didn't even think of that. I was referring to, like, a single person (as opposed to a married person, divorced person, etc). Lol.

But, you're the judge of your own puzzles.

Let me make a new one real quick.

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Don't think this one will be too tough.

Ugh, I don't know if I can use imgur anymore. I start looking at all the pictures on the main page and get distracted, lol.

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You got it.

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Come on, Richard! What's your puzzle?

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Book end

?

[RedCoyote]

Eh? KL guessed "Book Up" (which he says means to study, lol, I've never heard of it either), and I guessed "Book End". That means like those things you put on bookshelves to keep them from falling over.

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Prodding Mr. X.

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Bookdrop

?

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Bookmark

?

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Open book

?

Bookstand

?

Ugh, I feel like it's obvious...

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I keep wanting to say seedy something. I can't think of any turn of phrase or idiom with seedy in it though.

Also keep thinking about the "i before e" rhyme, but I think that's a dead end.

[RedCoyote]

Oh. Well, is it

seedy

then?

[RedCoyote]

cannot decipher easily

Lol.

Couldn't I just pay you to follow me around and commentate?

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Of course! That has to be it!

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Very good, Kalimar.

Kage's answer sounds good, but I'd appreciate it if the people making the puzzles would come in and confirm when someone gets it right.

[RedCoyote]

Home is where the heart is

?

[RedCoyote]

Thanks!

Here's one. Probably a little tougher than my last one, but don't think it'll be too difficult.

[RedCoyote]

Yes!

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Don't be embarrassed! I was just making a blanket statement to everyone.

[RedCoyote]

Would you have also accepted invisible ink?

Yeah, I probably would have. I think they're the same thing, right?

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Wait, one of you explain the last one to me. I get the H2O part, but "water"? I mean, I know that's the chemical makeup of water, but is SK being redundant or why is "water" added into the solution?

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Hmmmm...

We're in the money

?

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All or nothing

?

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Oh, wait, I think I have it.

Money isn't everything

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Everything's grand

?

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Fill in the blank

?

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I copied it three times thinking my keyboard was acting up (also sometimes I type/think so fast I think I hit ctrl+c but don't).

Anyways,

Mini-game

?

[RedCoyote]

I should've thought of it. I can't believe I didn't think of it.

Here's one that may be a bit tougher than my previous ones, but I still don't think it's anything too difficult.

[RedCoyote]

Yup!

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Would it be

living quarters

?

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That's it!

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Why do I make them into paint? It gives me an excuse to visit imgur, lol.

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Yes, bubba. Also, your image doesn't come up for me either. Firefox and IE.

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Yeah, I thought it was yellow myself. I'm somewhat color blind though.

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Whiny

?

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1. E
2. X
3. E
4. C
5. U
6. T
7. I
8. V
9. E

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Puzzle is above the line.

[RedCoyote]

Executive order?

Yup!

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Can't wait!

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Left out in the cold?

I was looking for left in the cold, but I think left out is probably the accurate way to phrase it anyways, so this is right.

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You got it!

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I think I'm going to take it right back from you, bro.

All in the Family

?

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Good job, Telo.

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Framm, that's probably right. Did you want to make a puzzle now?

[RedCoyote]

Very funny, saulres. I've been wanting to do one based on names too.

[RedCoyote]

Hint: There are two things in this picture.

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Whoops, sorry. Forgot about this. No, bubba. Good guess though.

Hint: How is the background and word related to one another?

If no one gets it in a day or two, I'll reveal it and post another.

[RedCoyote]

The answer was

larger than life

. I probably could've distinguished it better, but meh. I'll do another.

[RedCoyote]

Lord Mhork, you're right.

saulres, I tried to make it clear that the black box was something that needed to be considered in the answer. You think I should've put "life" to the side? But, yeah, the big black box was supposed to dwarf "life" and be separate from my otherwise white background.

[RedCoyote]

Caught up to here. Telling myself so I don't forget.

[RedCoyote]

With or without you

?

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Of course!

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Telo, it sounds like you know it? Or was that the answer, lol.

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I guess everyone has a different definition of "joke"...

...I was thinking the same thing...

Lol, no, I'm sure it's very cute watching your little nephew go crazy over learning how to tell a joke, Telo. It's just hard to translate that magic into forums, haha.

[RedCoyote]

Kaze, why don't you go ahead and give one, please.

[RedCoyote]

Time for dinner

?

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Stupid is as stupid does

?

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Wow, nice work, bubba. That one had me stumped. Good puzzle, Mr. X.

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Wedge issue

?

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Yep!

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Yes!

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Yeah, I'm absolutely stumped. I can't think of anything remotely plausible.

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Caught up after an extended absence.

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Caught up after an extended absence.

I know it means pretty much nil. But I should be on 11

Whoops, you're right. I just recounted. Thanks!

[RedCoyote]

saul, Telo brought this up earlier as well. My thought is that I will throw up a puzzle by default if no one else wants to do it. This plus the fact that people are going to be generally erratic in this game participation-wise (see: SK, Kalimar, bubba) means I don't really see that as a big deal. Ideally, I'd like it to be, like, people see or think of good ones and they post them the next time they get a puzzle right OR they see a lull in the action and post it up at that time.

[RedCoyote]

Slashed

?

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House Arrest

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Oh, I didn't even see that part of her post. Also, Tragedy is back!

[RedCoyote]

Wrecking Ball

?

[RedCoyote]

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No.

Two words, although it could be written as one word, I guess. Extreme sports enthusiasts would probably use it a lot.

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That's it!

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Might be a little difficult, we'll see.

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Quicker than I thought! Go ahead, Mr. X.

[RedCoyote]

Lol, well, if I see the thread absent of a puzzle for a couple of days, I'll throw one up there. I can usually come up with something in a few minutes. Additionally, if the person who got the last puzzle correct hasn't posted anything in ~24 hours, anyone is welcome to throw one up there.

As saulres posted, it's a popular video game. Also it literally means the position of racers at the starting line (e.g. flag pole) as far as I know.

[RedCoyote]

Left 4 Dead.

I don't get why dead is misspelled.

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Ohhh, lol, got it.

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EYE

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No.

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Black eye. And pass.

ani's right.

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Yup.

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No.

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Right!

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There's nothing good on TV

?

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Explain how you got talk it out...

For the record, my thinking when making that was the word "talk" minus the word "it".

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[RedCoyote]

Kalimar is right.

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bubba is right.

[RedCoyote]

Going to go a little different with this one. Our first .gif Rebus

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Yeah, bubba is right.

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Firing squad

?

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Good guess, but no.

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Framm got it.

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That's it!

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That's fine, I'll accept either because I've heard it both ways.

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No.

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No... not quite.

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Been around the block a few times?

That's it. Sorry, bubba, but there was a reason I used the word multiple times.

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I've heard it both ways, but definitely more with that extra bit. Google it.

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No.

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No.

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No.

I'm a bit surprised no one has got it. Maybe y'all are thinking too hard?

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There you go! I also would've accepted lockpicking.

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I think it does!

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But I don't know any songs about bread and barrels!

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Huh, it sounds a bit familiar, but I don't know if I have heard it before. Anyway, good one, saulres.

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No.

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Bubba is right!

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Empty cell block

?

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Can we get a hint, serra?

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Range finder

?

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Wow, that has to be it. Good job, on not giving up with that one, lol.

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Oh, dear. I

think

housetop is the original line to the song, but after doing a Duck Duck Go search on both housetop and rooftop, I see the lyrics both ways. I'm going to award it to Tier because housetop appears to be the more well known usage, but if Mhork can prove that rooftop is how the song was originally written, I will change my mind.

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You should have made that "up" a "1" and put a bunch of other 1's around, then an arrow pointing at the original 1, so it would be "This one's on the house". Just saying.

Hey, you could've used that idea! You haven't made a puzzle yet, have you?

[RedCoyote]

14 seconds!

That's not a puzzle, is it?

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Ohhhh, good guess.

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Yeah. It's already been posted inside this thread I just saw. ):

Ohhh, huh, I forgot about that. I guess we better set the precedent at no point for CD then (since this puzzle was done before and Quilford replicated it by accident).

[RedCoyote]

So what about these two?

I feel like not giving points for doubled puzzles would be harder than it's worth. I guess that's your call, though.

Nah, just that y'all have to point it out to me, lol. I think having points for a duplicate puzzle just means that it's a free point to whomever is around at the time.

I'll also strip that point from bubba to be fair.

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Yes, Richard is right.

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saulres is right.

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Hah. No.

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Who is correct!

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Who guessed that already, LM.

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Lol, how ironic, CD.

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That's right!

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Clue: The answer is eight words.

[RedCoyote]

eight words

Cute, very cute. You can be the new SleepyKrew!

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Yeah, I was going for "'em" instead of them, but yeah. Very good!

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Time period

?

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Yup!

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Right.

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No.

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No.

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No, but that's a good guess.

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Also, when I said that was a good guess, I don't mean it was close. I just thought it was a good answer for the puzzle. Sorry if that confused y'all. Anyway, no to you two as well. Y'all are overthinking it.

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That's it. Good job, Cheery.

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Right.

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I'm thinking it may have something to do with romance languages, but I can't think of anything that fits.

Ehhh, here's a stretch guess, maybe

original family

?

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I'm thinking it may have something to do with romance languages, but I can't think of anything that fits.

Ehhh, here's a stretch guess, maybe

original family

?

That would just happen to be a coincidence (not to mention I don't really think of German as a Romance language), but no to all three of the guesses.

You're right. I guess English really isn't either. I didn't know that.

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Oh, wow, that's a good guess, LM. I like that guess a lot. I suppose that's why you're on top of the scoreboard, lol.

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Lol,

fat ass

?

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Hint: Three word answer.

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Yep (half and half).

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Body suit?

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Bare arms?

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The right to bear arms?
Bare naked?

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Oh, no, I missed it, lol. Yes, that makes more sense now.

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No to all. Mitillos' guess makes me worried that my drawing skills aren't quite good enough to compete with Brandi just yet.

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Got it.

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Perhaps a hint will help us, LM?

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That's correct.

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Oh, good guess.

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Prodding B_E

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Prodding him again.