Braingle: 'Alternate Definitions III' Brain Teaser

Alternate Definitions III

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Puzzle ID:	#10045
Fun:	(3.09)
Difficulty:	(2.41)
Category:	Language
Submitted By:	Bobbrt

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 _ _ _ _ _ _.

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Comments

clawsmommy Dec 13, 2004
Tiggr Dec 13, 2004	clever
shm87funny Dec 13, 2004	nice one..........ha,ha,ha,ha
passion Dec 13, 2004	Great one!!!!
Jonesy Dec 14, 2004	Good one! I only got half of them right Clever
Nicky101 Dec 15, 2004	I never get anything right on this website except logic problems ! I have fun trying though .
marigold Feb 12, 2005	Wow, that was pretty good. I didn't get any of them, but it was cool anyway.
Sunrose Oct 04, 2005	I got them all. A shock, but I had fun while working it. Very well written and a job well done. Nice Teaser
(user deleted) Dec 14, 2007	Good one, although number four could also be Dialed (Die Old).
bradon182001 Dec 14, 2007	Really good teaser. Very well thought out. Thanks for posting Bobbrt. I'd like to see more like this one.
doehead Dec 14, 2007	Well done
tommysmo Dec 14, 2007	i didn't pay attention to the directions and was looking for compound words rather than just sounds.
auntiesis Dec 14, 2007	Not too hard, but not too easy. I enjoyed working on this one. Thanks.....
nikitafullmoon Dec 14, 2007	Excellent teaser! Fun and rewarding!
Yorkshire-Boy Dec 14, 2007	I didn't get them all, but it was great trying...very unusual teaser, and well thought out.
karma48 Dec 14, 2007	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.
scallio Dec 14, 2007	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.
mi2mo2tx Dec 14, 2007	Awesome teaser! Adding it to my favorites.
gracieboo Dec 14, 2007	I think #4 could also be Die Old or dialed.
mondayschild59 Dec 14, 2007	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. Monday~
mercedes13 Dec 14, 2007	that was awesome!! i only got liability right though... anyways, keep up the good work!
AuthenticallyMe Dec 14, 2007	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.
AuthenticallyMe Dec 14, 2007	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...
nerdyiscool Dec 14, 2007	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.
kini53 Dec 14, 2007	enjoyed this teaser...think i'd like more.
SweetPotato Dec 15, 2007	Good one, thanks. I surprised myself ... got all but liability.
dogg6pound9 Dec 15, 2007	surprisingly enough, i got them all with ease... love the teaser, and i'd like to see more of them
siskiu Dec 16, 2007	really fun!!!!!!!
suganue Dec 22, 2007
patiencewithaP Dec 14, 2010	Good one...couldn't get die late for the life of me Thanks!
sunnybonghits Dec 14, 2010	Loved this one! Brilliant