Many bloggers protect themselves from spam with some kind of Word Verification gate. With Blogger, the letters come up randomly, requiring a “real person” to key them in, thereby deterring attack by automated spam bots.
Yet sometimes the scrambled letters look like they might actually be a word. We thought we’d share some of the ones we’ve been collecting, along with possible definitions:
Paing…. The feeling in your heart when you see the old flame you never got over.
Stuntleg…. A “trick leg,” but with a stand-in.
Minaless…. Totally devoid of talking birds.
Readio…. A book that reads itself aloud.
Shnuzzle…. To canoodle, with a big nose.
Gesad…. Being unhappy in Germany.
Phess…. A highfalutin way to admit the truth.
Uperbe…. Just a tad shy of superbe.
Bactolla…. Dirty money.
Manicon…. Someone who fools you into thinking he’s a dummy.
So how about you – verified any good words lately?
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I'm so glad Carol at May Dreams Gardens sent me over. What a great blog you have. I am really enjoying it and will return. I'll have to start watching more closely for verifiable words.
I found a word already! Pensig: thinking while having a bad head cold. Do you think I'm the only one who would see pensee in there?
Commonweeder, I can totally see Pensig as pensée (French for "thought")! Because of that, in fact, whenever I see the truck from a company (a moving company?) named Penski — I always think it sounds like it might be the Polish word for "thinking."
I get frustrated having to type in the word verification but everyonce in a while a good one makes me chuckle. I got mainure once. My personal favorite.
Rosey
My best one so far? ifuckdt – blogger's assessment on the standard of my blogging 😉
I do enjoy the WV 'pseudowords' – it's a great game isn't it?
I can't remember a single one now, but I'm often struck by the word-like verification passwords, I must Phess.
I don't remember particulars, but there have been some fun word verification words. I'll have to watch more closely now to see if I get any to add to your list!
Helen, I used to write them down…They are someplace around here! My thought was to collect them for a day and write a poem! gail
Hm-m-m I often find word verification annoying, hard to decipher and time consuming. But yes, they do give remind one of interesting phrases.
Rosey: Mainure — very funny.
VP: ifuckdt — too, too hysterical.
Jim — phunny you should say so.
Carol — if you find some good ones, drop on by.
Gail — a poem. What a great idea!
Linda — I find them annoying and time-consuming, too. However, as we've recently been getting pornspam from Asia on one of our posts, I can sympathize with the rationale.