Ballsdurdash: Profanity and Wordy Fun at Ben and Allison’s House

On Saturday, we were invited over to Ben and Allison’s place to hang out, sink some beers, and a little game we like to call Ballsdurdash.
On Saturday, we were invited over to Ben and Allison’s place to hang out, sink some beers, and a little game we like to call Ballsdurdash.
The game goes like this: one player looks through the Slang Dictionary and selects a word. They then tell the other players what the word is, and everyone writes down their own definition on a slip of paper. The person who picked the word writes down the actual, real definition. All the slips are turned in, and the person who chose the word has to read all the definitions out loud.
Amazingly, I woke up pretty early today, all things considered. By the time 9AM rolled around, even though I had only gotten about 4 hours of sleep… I was awake. The sun was shining in through the living room windows, and next thing I knew Jim and I were up chatting. He was heading off for a week’s vacation with…
Allison invited a bunch of us Logan Square folks (Chris and Leslie, Ben, Justin, Justin (aka Juicy)) over to her place for an evening of games. On the docket was either Scattegories, Charades, or possibly… Ballsdurdash. We hung out in the kitchen for a while, making drinks and munching a bit of guac and chips. During that time, I learned…
Tori was kind enough to host the party at her place, and there was a ton of amazing food and drink: cheeses, fruit, bread, olives, wine, scotch. A veritable feast! Linda, Jenn and Tori, choosing definitions. Did I mention that, as the person who chose the word… you also have to read out all the definitions out loud? This means…
Ballsdurdash is a game that we made up, that sort of plays off of Baldurdash (but uses the Slang Dictionary instead of a real one). Basically, the game goes like this: One person chooses a word from the Slang Dictionary. He/She then announces the word, and everyone else has to come up with a definition for the word. Each person…
The rest of the night was like this – geeky word games in the dark. We came across such phrases as "Russian High," "Jersey Side of the Snatch Play," "To Open a Keg of Nails" and "Russian Salad Party." Fun times, fun times. :)
I got invited over to Justin’s to play a game of Ballsdurdash. This is a game that my friends made up, involving the Slang Dictionary. Basically it’s like Balderdash, but with a twist. Each round, one person picks a word or phrase from this big Slang Dictionary (a really great book, incidentally) and announces it to everyone. The other players…