Can You Decode the Usernames from These Cryptic Clues?

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The discussion revolves around a game where participants create cryptic clues that hint at the usernames of members from the Physics Forums. Players attempt to guess the usernames based on the clues provided, often engaging in reasoning and collaborative problem-solving. Examples of clues include "fancy Russian included," which led to the answer "cyrus," and "disenfranchize, without Che inside," which resulted in "franznietzsche." The game encourages creativity and linguistic play, with participants sharing their thought processes and explanations for their guesses. As the game progresses, several clues remain unsolved, prompting players to offer hints or additional clues. The atmosphere is light-hearted, with humor and camaraderie evident among participants as they navigate the challenges of the cryptic clues.
  • #51
Look at his Icon, the thing flows into itself as it goes round and round, you gutterbrain.
 
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  • #52
11. Only a resumé? O, that's strange

O theswerve O ?
 
  • #53
Gokul43201 said:
11. Only a resumé? O, that's strange!

loseyourname
 
  • #54
Dammit, your too clever George!
 
  • #55
cyrusabdollahi said:
11. Only a resumé? O, that's strange

O swerve O
Couldn't have been closer! But sorry, no cigar.

As for Perennial's avatar, I'll let you have half a point for that (or half a pint, whichever you prefer) - but it's not anywhere near as obscure as the answer I intend for it.

PS : loseyourname is correct, George. By the way, I now dub thee, Sir George!
 
  • #56
Gokul43201 said:
As for Perennial's avatar

Here, I was thinking like Cyrus.
 
  • #57
So you know what the creature is. And what might flow through this creature?
 
  • #58
Gokul43201 said:
So you know what the creature is. And what might flow through this creature?

I thinking along this line, too.

Blood, venom, time, space ... SpaceTiger?
 
  • #59
George Jones said:
I thinking along this line, too.

Blood, venom, time, space ... SpaceTiger?
:smile: No George, but you were close.
 
  • #60
A recap of questions and answers, thus far:

1. fancy Russian included -- cyrus (hidden clue) - solved by cyrus

2. disenfranchize, without Che inside -- Franz (remove all the letters in 'Che inside' from 'disenfranchize') - solved by cyrus

3. see no jogger stumbling -- unsolved

4. handheld firework, somewhat spoonerized - larkspur (spoonerize 'sparkler') - solved by mattmns

5. the French back -- unsolved

6. In short, are you Schutzstaffel? -- Russ (are = R, you = U, Schutzstaffel = SS) - solved by arildno

7. be a moron, silly! -- moonbear (anagram of 'be a moron') - solved by George

8. She performed a Vicker's test on the subject and proclaimed __________ ! -- Math Is Hard (Math is a subject and the Vickers Test measures hardness) - solved by George

9. mount Saint Man, clumsily -- unsolved

10. crazy as shelter -- unsolved

11. Only a resumé? O, that's strange! -- loseyourname (anagram of 'only a resume o') - solved by George

12. It flows through an Ouroboros -- unsolved
 
  • #61
3. Yikes!

Time for bed.
 
  • #62
George Jones said:
3. Yikes!

Time for bed.
Yeah, it's bedtime for you. :biggrin:

I'll probably be turning in as well. I now call clue-making open to all.
 
  • #63
3. see no jogger stumbling -- unsolved

George jones.
 
  • #64
wolram said:
3. see no jogger stumbling -- unsolved

George jones.
That's right, wollie.

Answer is an anagram of 'see no jogger'.
 
  • #65
12. It flows through an Ouroboros -- unsolved

HRW
or

Entropy
 
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  • #66
"The French back"

Is it Doc Al?
Frech --> la -->back---> Al
 
  • #67
siddharth said:
"The French back"

Is it Doc Al?
Frech --> la -->back---> Al
I bet it's El Hombre Invisible. French is also = Le, I believe.

9. mount Saint Man, clumisliy

Mattms...he is quite clumsy, isn't he? :biggrin: Mount = mt Saint = st + man
 
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  • #68
Or it could be just
"EL"
 
  • #69
Gokul43201 said:
Yeah, it's bedtime for you. :biggrin:

I'll probably be turning in as well. I now call clue-making open to all.

Huh, it should be a game rule that no one goes to bed before his/her clues are solved :smile:
 
  • #70
Crazy as shelter

I'd have said shmoe for this if it had been "Crazy as shelters"

Shelters = homes ---crazy-> shmoe

Anyway, is shmoe the right answer?

The ouroborous one...

The circle of life, evolution --> Evo?
 
  • #71
1) It can be Russ or Cyrus :wink:
 
  • #72
9) Tom Mattson, clumsily because it isn't a perfect anagram ?
 
  • #73
12) Cyclovenom, googled ouroboros :biggrin:
 
  • #74
That cyclovenom one is quite clever but I see that now :biggrin:
 
  • #75
arildno said:
I thought of Dimitry Terr(yn) since he is sort of cute and (yn=in), but I don't think I am right with that.
Besides, I won't suggest this, because then I will be called a gutterbrain again.:frown:

I am? Gosh! :redface:

This game has got me flabbergasted! You've got a mind like a corkscrew Gokul. :smile:
 
  • #76
arunbg said:
12) Cyclovenom, googled ouroboros :biggrin:
That was a good one.
 
  • #77
sid said:
"The French back"

Is it Doc Al?
Frech --> la -->back---> Al
Not what I had in mind, but it's equally good.

neutrino said:
I bet it's El Hombre Invisible. French is also = Le, I believe.
So is this one.

sid said:
Or it could be just "EL"
That's the one I had in mind, but either of the others works as well.
 
  • #78
neutrino said:
9. mount Saint Man, clumisliy

Mattms...he is quite clumsy, isn't he? :biggrin: Mount = mt Saint = st + man
mattmns is correct.
 
  • #79
arunbg said:
12) Cyclovenom, googled ouroboros :biggrin:
Nice one - that's the correct answer.

Regular snakes have venom, so tail-eating snakes should have cyclo-venom! Also, one could make the fairly tenous connection of Ouroboros -> Kekule -> organic chemistry -> cycloalkanes, but that's not the primary clue-solving path.
 
  • #80
neutrino said:
Crazy as shelter

I'd have said shmoe for this if it had been "Crazy as shelters"
If it were, that would have worked, but it's not. It's actually a little more direct.
 
  • #81
Further update:

1. fancy Russian included -- cyrus (hidden clue) - solved by cyrus

2. disenfranchize, without Che inside -- Franz (remove all the letters in 'Che inside' from 'disenfranchize') - solved by cyrus

3. see no jogger stumbling -- George Jones - solved by wolram & George (anagram of 'see no jogger')

4. handheld firework, somewhat spoonerized - larkspur (spoonerize 'sparkler') - solved by mattmns

5. the French back -- EL, Al, etc ('the' in French is le/la; backwards) - solved by siddharth & neutrino

6. In short, are you Schutzstaffel? -- Russ (are = R, you = U, Schutzstaffel = SS) - solved by arildno

7. be a moron, silly! -- moonbear (anagram of 'be a moron') - solved by George

8. She performed a Vicker's test on the subject and proclaimed __________ ! -- Math Is Hard (Math is a subject and the Vickers Test measures hardness) - solved by George

9. mount Saint Man, clumsily -- mattmns (mount saint man = mt+st+man, and jumble it) - solved by neutrino

10. crazy as shelter -- unsolved

11. Only a resumé? O, that's strange! -- loseyourname (anagram of 'only a resume o') - solved by George

12. It flows through an Ouroboros -- cyclovenom - (Ouroboros is a snake swallowing its own tail) - solved by arunbg13. Shere Khan, with room -- SpaceTiger (Shere Khan = tiger (from, for instance, Kipling's Jungle Book, with room or space) - solved by neutrino

14. one turin collision -- neutrino (anagram) - solved by siddharth & neutrino

15. if real, then symmetric -- SelfAdjoint (think matrices) - solved by Sir George
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Looks like #10 is the only one remaining.
 
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  • #82
Gokul43201 said:
If it were, that would have worked, but it's not. It's actually a little more direct.
My first thought was an anagram of as shelter, but I didn't come close to a satisfying answer.
 
  • #83
Here's a few easy ones :

13. Shere Khan, with room

14. one turin collision

15. if real, then symmetric
 
  • #84
neutrino said:
My first thought was an anagram of as shelter, but I didn't come close to a satisfying answer.
Really, it didn't ?
 
  • #85
Gokul43201 said:
Really, it didn't ?
That didn't, but #13 is Space Tiger. :biggrin:
 
  • #86
Hmmm...I really wonder who #14 could refer to

:P
 
  • #87
15. A mentor who works selflessly, much to the benefit of Physics Forums.
 
  • #88
neutrino said:
That didn't, but #13 is Space Tiger. :biggrin:
Close enough. It's actually 'SpaceTiger' - without the space before the 'Tiger'! :biggrin:
 
  • #89
George Jones said:
15. A mentor who works selflessly, much to the benefit of Physics Forums.
Correct - SelfAdjoint. If a self adjoint (~ hermitian) matrix is real...
 
  • #90
14 is neutrino

whoops, waay too late on that one :biggrin:
 
  • #91
Yikes - these things are going faster than I can make them up. Help!

But it's weird that #10 is still unsolved - I thought that would be easy. Maybe it takes more passion, gusto or soul - you know; more spunk, spirit or resolve...or maybe not more, after all.
 
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  • #92
Before googling, I had never heard of Shere Khan. :blushing:

To me, shere sounds more like the Hindi word for lion, and Hindi for tiger is something like cheeta?
 
  • #93
George Jones said:
Before googling, I had never heard of Shere Khan. :blushing:

To me, shere sounds more like the Hindi word for lion, and Hindi for tiger is something like cheeta?
Generally, the Hindi word for Tiger is Baagh.
 
  • #94
Okay, since it's open for all(Isn't it ?!)...here's a sitter

See you in Mars.
 
  • #95
George Jones said:
Before googling, I had never heard of Shere Khan. :blushing:

To me, shere sounds more like the Hindi word for lion...
Not a fan of Kipling, I take it? The Hindi word for lion, is typically written sher (without the second 'e') when transliterated to English.

Okay, I think it's time to up the level a bit. For others that make clues, please number them - that makes keeping accounts easier.
 
  • #96
To that end, this is numbered 16.

neutrino said:
16. See you in Mars.
 
  • #97
16. See you in Mars.

Mar-cu-s

Marcus?
 
  • #98
Ok noted. Thanks. :smile:
 
  • #99
Number 10 makes me think of Zoobyshoe, and the reference to the Zooby brush shelter, IIRC.
 
  • #100
3trQN said:
Mar-cu-s

Marcus?

That is correct.
 

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