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The First Dozen Most Ludicrous CAPTCHA Definitions For Those Who Try To Make Sense Of Their Word Verifications.

By purplume

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Do you find yourself trying to make sense out of CAPTCHA, those word verifications that you enter to let the web know you are not a machine?

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The term “CAPTCHA” (based upon the word capture) was coined in 2000 by Luis von Ahn, Manuel Blum, Nicholas J. Hopper, and John Langford (all of Carnegie Mellon University). It is a contrived acronym for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart.”

Does a dozen definitions distract, delight and dismay you? Here they are hot off the neurons of a certified non machine.

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1. Pyhlsh – a well dressed person who phishes.

2. Entwit – the intestines of a bothersome person.

3. Ditings – the sound made by manual typewriters.

4. Drexho – a loose woman who associates with Drex in the Morning.

5. Encialk – an enchalada made with chalk for people with pica.

6. Aphang – One of the front lateral incisors of a vampire or werewolf.

7. Bessper – The mother of Geraldo Rivera on April 7, 2007.

8. Corpo – a white blood cell of an obese head, of an incorporated business is a corpulent corporate corpuscle or corpo for short.

9. Itslyl – your place to buy and sell all things information technology.

10. Unkepic – a messy long narrative.

11. Imbagrap – Rap music popularized by bag ladies and played exclusively on instant messaging.

12. Bandited – being robbed by a thief wearing a bandanna or visible band aids or both.

Send me your huddled masses of CAPTCHA and I will be most grateful.

© 2010 J.B. Vadeboncoeur

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15 Responses to “The First Dozen Most Ludicrous CAPTCHA Definitions For Those Who Try To Make Sense Of Their Word Verifications.”

  1. blkdrama Says:
    January 24, 2010 at 2:23 am | Reply

    That’s so cool. They always annoy me. Now I’ll think twice about them
    Bonnie

  2. Robin Says:
    January 24, 2010 at 8:06 am | Reply

    So, I have to ask: is Perplume a CAPTCHA by any chance? Some I like are japandallas (a panda who moves from Tokyo to Dallas) and bottoil (a bottle designed to hold cooking oil. Or a boil on one’s bottom, depending on you perspective!)

    • purplume Says:
      January 25, 2010 at 8:42 am | Reply

      Robin, No purplume is Purple Plume shortened because the later was unavailable. Purple Plume is a name that came to me in a creative visualization process about my work.
      OMG, these captcha’s are terrific. Did you make them up? I am lol.
      XD

  3. Jeanine Says:
    January 24, 2010 at 9:39 am | Reply

    Very clever!! I wish I thought like this!!! :)
    Thanks for visiting me!! I’m a new follower!

  4. It's just Me Says:
    January 25, 2010 at 6:13 am | Reply

    Drexho.. that is funny! =)

    I don’t know if it’s CAPTCHA, but I like the format that takes two words that are completely different. I find myself trying to figure out how/ why they go together. “Soda” & “Buckle” – Really??? lol!

  5. Ashley Says:
    January 25, 2010 at 11:01 am | Reply

    haha.. I swear that sometimes the words I see are words I have heard used before. Even though they are extremely strange I just know they have been said out loud to me before.

    Goodness, I’ve been horrible at reading your blog lately! Man, I’m such a horrible blogger! I’m getting better though! :D

    Thanks for always stopping by and leaving such great comments. I always love when I see I have one from ya!

  6. purplume Says:
    January 25, 2010 at 11:18 am | Reply

    Haha, yes, I see maybe they seem like words to me because of misspelling words anyway.
    Thank you for the compliment. Your blog lends itself to comments.

  7. chefyourself Says:
    February 1, 2010 at 11:56 am | Reply

    LOL – This is my absolute favorite one:
    Drexho – a loose woman who associates with Drex in the Morning.
    Though I’m wondering why she associates with him in the mornings.

  8. The Second Dozen Most Ludicrous CAPTCHA Definitions For Those Who Try To Make Sense Of Their Word Verifications. « Purplume's blog Says:
    February 2, 2010 at 9:17 am | Reply

    [...] do, here is what I have found out about some of the ‘words’. See also my previous CAPTCHA defined. No offense meant. [...]

  9. The Third Dozen Most Ludicrous CAPTCHA Definitions For Those Who Try To Make Sense Of Their Word Verifications. « Purplume's blog Says:
    February 14, 2010 at 10:01 pm | Reply

    [...] do, here is what I have found out about some of the ‘words’. See also my previous CAPTCHA defined, also here. No offense meant. [...]

  10. Ten More Of The Most Ludicrous CAPTCHA Definitions For Those Who Try To Make Sense Of Their Word Verifications. « Purplume's blog Says:
    April 11, 2010 at 9:12 pm | Reply

    [...] a machine? * I do, here is what I have found out about some of the ‘words’. See also my previous CAPTCHA defined, also here and here. No offense meant to anyone of any CAPSTRACTION. XD * How come [...]

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