There was a time when I often heard transmogrify – my school friends and I thought it was funny.
I still can’t take the word 100% seriously, so I wanted to share something that made me smile – these wooden spoons that have been transmogrified into pirates.
Aaaaar!
Susan Rushton 
Those spoons are wonderful. 😀
My favourite is the smiley one, bottom left.
Excellent word, how many people will be transmogrified into something scary this weekend and on Monday night!!!
You’re right – it’s the perfect weekend for it.
Very cool!
It’s part of the Black Pearl driftwood pirate ship at New Brighton, close to where the River Mersey meets the sea.
I first encountered “transmogrified”in “Calvin and Hobbes,” so I too have trouble taking it seriously because they both pop into my head when I see the word. It’s a wonderful word indeed that has such substance AND can make people chuckle. Those spoons are perfect transmogrifications!
The ~mog~ bit has comic bathos (in my accent, at least).
Oh, my gosh! What a great idea. They made me laugh. An excellent craft project for children, too.
You’d love the Black Pearl pirate ship, then – this is just one of many quirky details.
[J] Oddly enough I’ve never thought it a comic or made-up word, I’ve always assumed it was authentic. I’ve always used it in the sense of a change or transformation that is complete, such that the original character or form is no longer recognizable. Thus, human into hump-back whale ; car into computer.
You’re right, it is a real word, but it’s in the floccinaucinihilipilification class of words for me. You can say it but you don’t need to.
Oh my oh my that’s a good one!
What a gorgeous idea! They are all so adorable!
They’re more likely to raise a smile than shiver anyone’s timbers.
I love these. I also have a hard time taking this word seriously.