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Keeping Secrets

A list of 117 words by oroboros.

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Words of 10 letters, all different, can be used for encrypting, pretty securely, such things as PINs and passwords. The fly in the ointment, for me, in keeping track of them is I've got to write 'em down somewhere (especially in a spreadsheet, say)--which obviously isn't foolproof for really sensitive ones. So, say you want to encrypt PIN 8193: take "LUMBERJACK," and if we let 1 = L, 2 = U, 3 = M... 9 = C, 0 = K, we have "ALCM". For passwords let the letter assume the number 1 - 26 of its position in the alphabet, then use the same procedure. My Dad showed me this when I was a kid (he used "Mother's Day") and I've had fun with it for years...

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  • bilby commented on the list keeping-secrets

    artichoke, dumbwaiter.

    July 18, 2008

  • sionnach commented on the list keeping-secrets

    must not mock the leather-eared one ....

    artichoke ... hmmm

    July 18, 2008

  • bilby commented on the list keeping-secrets

    Ufff, artichokes. Not that blarney-munchers should be allowed to form plurals without competent adult supervision.

    July 18, 2008

  • frogapplause commented on the list keeping-secrets

    quizmaster, forgivable, hatchlings, wanderlust, goldminers, webcasting, womanizers, vouchsafed, xenographs, zygodactyl, counterbid, wholegrain, volumetric, lovemaking...

    July 18, 2008

  • dontcry commented on the list keeping-secrets

    thumbscrew

    July 18, 2008

  • johnmperry commented on the list keeping-secrets

    Re: your comment to me

    That's what I figured. I think it's used by some shopkeepers to put the price tags on items without the customers knowing what the price is. I also think a similar mechanism is used by Microsoft to generate its code numbers for software.

    You still need to get rid of bridgework and goldfinger though.

    And this list has a chunk of (unbounded) html at the top.

    July 18, 2008

  • bilby commented on the list keeping-secrets

    I think we're still on track, oro. None of the suggestions are ruled out by your slight change in tack. See dumbwaiter for my anecdote.

    July 18, 2008

  • dontcry commented on the list keeping-secrets

    waitperson

    July 18, 2008

  • bilby commented on the list keeping-secrets

    lol dontcry, that's perfect :-)

    July 18, 2008

  • oroboros commented on the list keeping-secrets

    Html problem fixed...I hope. BTW, thanks for all the suggestions; however, I'm not using -s plurals.

    July 18, 2008

  • frogapplause commented on the list keeping-secrets

    shoplifter, impersonal, journalist, quadriceps, nightscope, folksinger, bankruptcy, breadstick, unfatherly, tambourine, trampoline, prewashing, presoaking, soundtrack, pathfinder, beansprout, dockmaster, importance, fingerbowl, groupthink, cafetorium, headstrong, antismoker, aftershock, whirlabout, wingspread, polygamist, mudslinger, manuscript, roundtable, republican, outlandish, gelatinous, dragonlike, hydroplane, flashpoint, farsighted, background, duckshover, unpolished, beachfront, campground, goatsucker, fishmonger, misfortune, exhumation, exhaustion, candlefish, earthbound, lubricated, postmarked, longhaired, paintbrush, stomachful, regulation, driveshaft, prequalify, presumably, stockpiled, soundalike, panbroiled

    July 18, 2008

  • dontcry commented on the list keeping-secrets

    vulcanized

    July 18, 2008

  • frogapplause commented on the list keeping-secrets

    chamberpot, overbaking, mineralogy, mindblower, overacting, defrosting, flourished, curtseying, forestland, jocularity, scrambling, lachrymose, profitable, outflanked, graciously, rheumatoid, harvesting, overpaying, hospitable, putrefying, houseplant, mistakenly, humpbacked, padlocking, hysterical, palindrome, infamously, projecting, introduces, juxtaposed, bigmouthed, judgmental, productive, switchable, switchgear, complexity, narcolepsy, chairbound, bulwarking, scampering, boldfacing, silverback, blockading, ostracized, blathering, biotherapy, ulceration, transfixed, backlisted, becomingly, touchingly, translucid, backslider

    July 19, 2008

  • oroboros commented on the list keeping-secrets

    All of frogapplause's (and other's) suggestions that weren't entered on my list have been tagged "ten different letters" to make them accessible to any who may be interested.

    July 29, 2008