Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs challenge

I guess the idea is to start with a concept–typically the same thing as the subject–then reinforce the same idea by using these data-type conversions to echo the same concept. Is that it?

One benefit I am getting from this exercise–not sure if that is the goal–is the idea of not simply tossing concepts out there in some monotonic (if that’s the right word) form…but rather taking an idea expressed in one form–as subject, for example–then enhance the subject; but then don’t stop there, add a new dimension to the same idea by adding action, but then don’t just say the action–enhance it; then go further and reinforce the very same theme by giving it an item or object to act upon, then enhance that item-object; then go further still by adding a location that further echoes the core concept and enhance that as well.

The net result should be not a concept expressed merely as some plain, boring one-dimensional subject, but instead an idea that echoes across several dimensions (i.e.: 1. enhanced subject; 2. enhanced action; 3. enhanced item; 4. enhanced location) simultaneously. Most importantly, these dimensions all converge on the same concept–they repeat and echo the exact same theme or concept multiple times, so that it becomes the narrative analog of a Sensurround experience–much harder to forget.

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Excellent coming to terms with the direction I had in mind @tarnation! There aren’t many words in common use for what I had in mind but putting words to a visual image and vice versa is a skill similar to writing well that takes many years to hone. I think that pro writers like Joshua Foer and @LynneKelly had an advantage which allowed them to advance quickly with their mnemonic skills.

You’re right in that the orginal concept of a dwarf like Happy could be expressed in many dimensions, or data types as I say more technically, and be enhanced for more detail. I use two of the visual data types sometimes to reinforce a particularly stubborn concept. Sensurround, immersion, detail-rich, or interactive will all be the right words for the direction to take in creating a stable and long-lasting memory image. When in doubt, enhance!

Dopey seems to be a more difficult choice for sticking close to the original and relevant concept. Relevancy is always my first choice because it keeps you close to the original concept and has shown to be better for recall. But sometimes, you have to go to Plan B for more ideas. Optional ways to make associations besides relevant ones with similar meaning are similar sounds, shapes or related data types. I like similar sounds the most.

So with Dopey, I would rearrange your response and some drug related possibilities into:

Keith Richards, Amy Winehouse, Bane, Captain America, Roger Rabbit making mistakes, dropping things, tripping himself, bumping into things, mishandling objects, annoying companions, being out of step, doping another with drugs dope, hypodermic needle, pills opium den
child-like, baby-face clumsily, awkward, backwards, stoned in a vial dark and squalid

and for soundalike alternatives which aren’t as strong I would add:

Toby McGuire, Toby Keith, Dobie Gillis, Opie (Andy Griffith Show) playing beer pong, swinging on a spider web toupee, tape adobe house, teepee, Utopia, Ethiopia
in a Spiderman costume, with a red solo cup deep, taboo taupe

Actions are always strongly tied to the subject so I gave up the soundalike relationship to Dopey as an independent action. You can see that this starts looking like the development of a PAO list with the subject as the anchor.

So in my final answer I used the action of doping, or giving a shot, as the action, to represent Dopey. Do you want to try out any more dwarfs? Or I can give you a chart for each of the remaining ones to work with? Or I can just give you my final answer? I think you’ve learned quite a bit through this and commend you for your effort in the challenge!

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Here’s my final answer for the challenge but I’m sure not the only answer. We’ve seen so many answers that are useful as they will stick well and that’s the first consideration I believe. My goal was to develop that stickiness as well as conciseness but that comes through planning. Relevance is a third value I aspire to which is another consideration for long-term retention (bizarre works for quick construction and short-term memory).

Here’s the one that I think is concisely constructed using my SEA-IT data types and relevant:

The grumpy dwarf doctor dopes up the bashful narcoleptic Snow White while the other dwarfs wait outside in line at a pollen-infested Disneyland.

@tarnation (or anyone else), if you are interested, we can always work out the other dwarf’s options.

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I’d switch around your “lame” mnemonic (which I quite like) to “Three emotions (GHB), two S’s, and two D’s.” This is because the three emotions group is easier and more interesting, and “SD” (and hence “2S2D”) is highly memorable, being the name of an organization in Nazi Germany very similar to the SS except that no one has heard of them.

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I can see why you would like that because you value conciseness so highly. But I will still hold true to my value of relevance before conciseness. I checked on SD and Snow White would not approve. I have some psychology references to back me up if you are interested.

How about something using GmbH?
edit: another German acronym to pair up with SD? (
Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
)

Three emotions (GHB), two innocent reflexes (SS), and two sinister sounding verbs (DD).

Grumpy, Happy, and Bashful are emotions, sleeping and sneezing are innocent reflexes, and to doctor or dope sounds sinister like cheating in horse racing (Doc is “doctor” shortened, and Dopey is “dope” lengthened).

You can also make it into a three line verse with three syllables per line and the three syllable title: Seven Dwarfs. The first and last lines rhyme.

Seven Dwarfs.

GHB

Double S

Double D

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See if you can figure out this very mnemonic: puzzle-rhyme:

Let me tell you about the 7-D’s
There’s 2-A’s, 2-O’s,
…,And 2-E’s.

Wait! Two plus two plus two is six.
I’m not falling
for your tricks.

Hey, don’t get mad, don’t be blue.
It won’t be 7
till we add U

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Even more concisely:

The 7D’s:
AA,OO,EE,U

bAshful
hAppy
dOc
dOpey
slEepy
snEezy
grUmpy

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I couldn’t solve it.

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I laughed so hard I got tears in my eyes.

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Some Daring Dwarfs Go Hiking By