Historical June 1988 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
“What’s a HINK-PINK?” you ask! Shame, have you no love of language or chocolate? HINK-PINKS (and their cousins, HINKYPINKYS and HINKITY-PINKITYS) are the titles to a word game. It’s a simple game, one in which a clue is given that is the definition of a two-word rhyme.
For example, if someone says “a pseudo reptile…?” you would quickly respond with, “a fake snake.” Well, maybe you wouldn’t say it so quickly, but you get my point… Whatever is being defined-a minimum of two words and maybe more-must rhyme.
So the answer to “What a milk-generating farm animal does when it bends in sycophantic fashion?” becomes “a cow bow.” Likewise, “What’s a smiling father called?” is “a happy pappy.” The game gets more complex when more syllables are added. (Technically one is then supposed to define the clue as a HINKYPINKY or HINKITY-PINKITY to indicate that the word has two or even three syllables.
My bias is that it’s a rough world out there, so I label ’em all as HINK-PINK and let the listener beware.) Here are a couple more samples: definition HINK-PINK a more intelligent author a brighter writer an indecent animal a bare bear a home for rodents a mouse house a reluctant leader a hesitant president So draw up a chair and warm beer, light your cigar, place a box of chocolate chip cookies on the nearby table, and have at it.
The answers to these HINK-PINKS are below, written upside-down (or maybe they’re right-side-up and the rest of the paper is upside-down…).
If this turns you on and you have any H-Ps of your own to donate, please send them to Mr. Hink Pink, 6106 Kingsbury, St. Louis, MO. 63112. Who knows, this may be a regular feature full of mirth, kind of like “Notes From Your Alderman!” definitions
1. a tune that lasts forever
2. a hog’s hairpiece
3. a hot dog with hue
4. a bad investigator
5. a cold weather runner
6. a mischievous Russian imp
7. a fragile bucket
8. a humorous spouse
9. thanks from degrees above the equator
10. counting numbers in succession (this one is a toughie, for higher level math students only!)
11. hostile feelings with Victoria Principal
12. apple juice belonging to a more porcine arachnid
13. the leftfielder’s grimace
14. closing for a seal’s arm
15. Scandinavian beast of burden
16. when an actor keeps a role forever
17. the seed from which Levi’s grow
18. gossip heard on the porch
19. a wet canine
20. a very basic skin eruption (answers below)
Scoring
5 to 10 correct = consider yourself lucky and forget about this game 10 to 15 correct = you need a long vacation and/or a date with Vanna White 16 to 19 correct = you are an individual who no doubt enjoys reading the editorial page; have you considered counseling? 20 correct = have you considered being a counselor? more than 20 correct = you cheated
Answers
1. long song
2. big wig
3. greener wiener
4. defective detective
5. winter sprinter
6. Kremlin gremlin
7. frail pail
8. funny honey
9. latitude gratitude
10. ordinal cardinal
11. Dallas malice
12. wider spider cider
13. Vince wince
14. flipper zipper
15. Norse horse
16. lasting casting
17. jean bean
18. stoop poop
19. soggy doggy
20. simple pimple
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, June 1988.
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