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Morbius

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Word suggestion: shroom
« on: December 23, 2020, 07:25:35 PM »
From the recent MUSHROOMED game - shroom is a term for those so-called 'magic mushrooms' (the hallucinogenic kind).  It's in several dictionaries.  Worth adding as a rare word in my view.

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Re: Word suggestion: shroom
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2020, 08:29:06 PM »
Well Morbius I never would have picked you as the magic mushroom type!
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Re: Word suggestion: shroom
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2020, 09:22:58 PM »
I'm a man of the world, Jacki.   ;)

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Re: Word suggestion: shroom
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2020, 09:44:40 PM »
That's made my year! Merry Christmas and best wishes to all of the Chihuahua Family.
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Re: Word suggestion: shroom
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2020, 04:18:42 AM »
I tried it.

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« Reply #5 on: December 24, 2020, 04:24:05 AM »
I tried it.

The word or the item?  >:D

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« Reply #6 on: December 24, 2020, 04:25:43 AM »

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Re: Word suggestion: shroom
« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2020, 09:08:03 AM »
It's not a word in my active vocabulary, but I've certainly seen it often. And I even knew the magical ingredient, psilocybin, though I somehow doubt that will come up in Chihuahua any time soon.

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Re: Word suggestion: shroom
« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2021, 11:34:29 AM »
Yes, the word's in a few dictionaries these days. It can also be used colloquially for any mushroom, but normally it refers to a hallucinogenic variety.

I'll add shroom as a rare word.
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