livvy Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Okay, a fun word-type riddle: So me and mum were driving home from school one day (well, mum was driving, but that doesn't matter) and we saw a license plate with the word skiing on it. I said "Skiing is a weird word, because it ends in 'iing'. Are there any other words that end in 'iing'?" So mum and I thought about it all day, we asked other people, we tried a dictionary (which ended up not being helpful since words are organized by their first letters), but we couldn't think of anything. Then later that night, mum comes into my room and says triumphantly "______!" What other word ends with 'iing'? ~ Livvy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwerasd Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Does waterskiing count? After all waterskiing has skiing at the end of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Cat Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Taxiing xD Nice riddle. A bit trickier to solve than usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livvy Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 Wow Alice, you got that a lot faster than most people would've... 0_0 Mum tried waterskiing, wiing, and pepperoniing. Wiing and pepperoniing aren't words, but she still doesn't believe me about that. But congratulations! You got it! (Now, if anyone can think of any others, I'd appreciate that too.) It was really funny how mum and I got the answer to the riddle. It was about midnight and I was half asleep, and all of a sudden mum bursts into the room and says "Taxiing!" I sit up and am like "Huh??... OH!!" and laughed for about 10 minutes (because everything is funnier after 10:00. =] ) ~ Livvy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unstream Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 There's also piing, which means to jumble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livvy Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 0_0 That's a word? I had no idea... Cool word! Thanks Will! ~ Livvy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whacker Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 safariing ;) There's probably more if you look it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livvy Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 Is safariing a word? I kinda figured it was just going on a safari. But okay, I guess that works. =] I'm sure if I bothered to look it up there'd be more, but I was wondering what people would think of off the top of their heads. ~ Livvy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antiaircraft Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 alibiing assegaiing charivariing dooziing hongiing piing rotisseriing shanghaiing Obscure vocabulary for the win! :P I should really use some of these words sometime. xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unstream Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Hey I already got piing! lol Shanghaiing? Haha didn't think that was a real word. Always figured it was slang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antiaircraft Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Almost all slang becomes part of the language eventually. :P http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghaiing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hortatory Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Turfskiing! Interesting contest by the way. I never knew so many words ended with iing either :P This topic has been edited by a member of staff (Ruto) because of a violation of the forum rules. Please do not bump topics inactive for more than 21 days. Please check your user inbox to see if you have been contacted regarding this incident, then review our rules. Per the reason above, this topic has been LOCKED. Please contact Ruto if you have any questions regarding this action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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