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August 27, 2014, 17:21
haberdasher
The dis- game
MISFIT - boutique clothing store for young women *(for continuity; suggested by "Brisfit")

MISTAKE - what a kleptomaniac does

MISSING - I'm sorry, Mr. Shaw, the wrong note just came out... [explanatory note:that's Robert, not George Bernard)

MISTLETOE - just haul that Atlas ICBM over here, guys

MYSTERY - former President of South Korea [I didn't make that one up, but I don't have a citation for it]

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August 27, 2014, 17:37
haberdasher
not to mention

MOSQUITO - I had such a good time in Ecuador, I wish I could go back there
August 27, 2014, 20:11
<Proofreader>
misheard: rustle cattle
mistrial; jump bail
contrail: what the bloodhound follows
Hoover dam: to curse a vacuum in England
Beowulf: a stinky canine
August 28, 2014, 19:03
<Proofreader>
Isis: me, sibling
August 29, 2014, 04:12
haberdasher
SOY MILK - leche introducing itself

(not mine originally but good enough to share)
August 29, 2014, 05:28
<Proofreader>
Pasteurize milk: A cow walking by
August 31, 2014, 13:13
<Proofreader>
drag: the easiest way to walk a snake.
slovenly: how every wife thinks her husband dresses.
November 05, 2014, 19:45
haberdasher
Did we use a variant of this one yet?

ASTEROID - Addison's Disease (no hydrocortisone)
November 10, 2014, 14:09
haberdasher
SINECURE - I've lost my distaste for trigonometry
November 22, 2014, 20:12
<Proofreader>
constable: where prisoners keep their horses
convex: to irritate prisoners
design: no talking at the hearing institute
November 25, 2014, 14:10
haberdasher
CONSTRAIN - how you get to Sing Sing

CONCORD - binds the chain gang together

CONFABULATION - Aesop the Felon submits his alibi

CON VOYAGE - farewell greeting to your friend who's leaving for Australia

CONFLAGRATION - You're only allowed one pennant per cell block

...We could make a whole new thread out of these!
November 26, 2014, 09:28
haberdasher
CONCENTRATION - The Prisoners' meals cost only a penny


Happy Thanksgiving, all !
November 29, 2014, 09:14
<Proofreader>
conceal: an imprisoned pinniped
November 29, 2014, 10:18
haberdasher
CONTRAIL - what a bloodhound does

[Oops; you did that one last August 27. Instead try
CONTRACT - where they're planning to build that new prison]
November 29, 2014, 11:12
<Proofreader>
contract: religious leaflet for the born-again prisoner
November 29, 2014, 15:46
haberdasher
CONNOTE -
1. prisoner's IOU
2. taking classes behind bars
2. what's sung by the Sing-Sing choir
November 29, 2014, 17:45
<Proofreader>
contour: "Here's your cell, there's the kitchen and mess hall, there's the library. Don't go near the wall...."
November 29, 2014, 18:37
haberdasher
CANTATA -
BEFORE: Indian industrial magnate found guilty
AFTER: My sentence is up, and I'm outa here!
November 30, 2014, 15:52
<Proofreader>
constrain: the most common ailment on a chain gang
December 01, 2014, 04:01
haberdasher
contact - they had a prisoner install the carpet
December 01, 2014, 18:59
haberdasher
DYSAUTONOMIA = That's not my car!
December 02, 2014, 11:06
haberdasher
DECORATE -
"Water, water everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink..."
December 02, 2014, 15:06
Geoff
DEHYDRATE Turn back into Dr Jekyll
December 02, 2014, 18:59
haberdasher
AGONIZE - to disarm
December 06, 2014, 16:02
Geoff
DISMISS Insulting a maiden or or marrying her.
December 06, 2014, 20:48
<Proofreader>
converse: inmate poetry
December 06, 2014, 21:29
<Proofreader>
concourse:an inmate's meal, or
a rehabilitation class for prisoners
conasta: variation of the game played outside the pen.
contort: a prisoner's civil case
conceit: the electric chair
December 07, 2014, 15:05
haberdasher
CONSTABLE - the prison roster in Excel format
(and two or three others)

[edit: dang typos]

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December 07, 2014, 15:13
bethree5
Concave- solitary
Concession - inmate group therapy
Condiments - inmates on psych ward
Condor- is barred & locked
Confabulation - answer to 'what're ya in for?'
December 09, 2014, 16:27
Geoff
CONCRETE Locked up in a Greek island

CONRAD The coolest prisoner

CONSANGUINEOUS When all your kinfolk are locked up with you for marrying each other's sisters. (OK in Kentucky)
December 10, 2014, 01:36
arnie
quote:
Originally posted by haberdasher:
contact - they had a prisoner install the carpet
contact
Avoiding upsetting other prisoners.


Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
December 10, 2014, 06:01
<Proofreader>
convoyed: an empty prison
December 10, 2014, 11:16
Geoff
quote:
Originally posted by Proofreader:
convoyed: an empty prison

Or giving the prisoner a laxative.
December 11, 2014, 20:21
<Proofreader>
conflagration: one banner per prisoner
concocted: inmate incest
conceded: how they planted their garden
December 11, 2014, 22:20
arnie
consolation: Prisoner's sun bed.


Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
December 16, 2014, 14:43
<Proofreader>
conformation: a line-up
consist: prison bed sore
contrail; what the bloodhound follows to find an escapee
December 17, 2014, 07:41
<Proofreader>
confirm: a prison industry
December 21, 2014, 19:34
<Proofreader>
concavity: what the prison dentist fills
concentrate: wage scale for prison work
concurrent prison electricity, often wired to chairs
distemper make steel softer
tamper; install a female's menstrual device
January 08, 2015, 08:10
haberdasher
DISAVOW - make fun of my oath

DISCARD - what they're doing to Fat Albert

DISCOGRAPHY - a picture catalog of gears
January 08, 2015, 11:05
<Proofreader>
disavowal: make fun of the alphabet
January 08, 2015, 19:16
Geoff
Distill Unplow a field

disseminate When she douches right after you finish
January 08, 2015, 19:21
<Proofreader>
Progress: opposite of Congress
infantile: floor covering made from babies
teetotal: golf score
January 09, 2015, 12:31
<Proofreader>
debunk: toss out of bed
debrief: strip naked
January 10, 2015, 07:01
<Proofreader>
condense: overcrowded prison
January 10, 2015, 16:28
Geoff
Constrain A prisoner's hernia
January 10, 2015, 17:11
<Proofreader>
conscript: TV prison movie
January 10, 2015, 19:22
<Proofreader>
display: work
January 10, 2015, 20:15
Greg S
remain: No. 1 - again
repugnant: dog-like again
rescued: off-line again
reversed: wrote new lyrics
rebelled: rang again
refuse: rejoin
relevant: abscond again
relate: tardy again
repulse: get the heart going again
reserve: second service


Regards Greg
January 11, 2015, 05:55
<Proofreader>
remember: need I go on?
January 11, 2015, 09:34
haberdasher
Ever the pedant.

I'm going to reserve this e DIS-game thread for DIS- or DE- words, and put the others, like "regarding," under "redefinitions.""