Word evolution game

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ɰ] > [ɫ]

[dʲe'ɫao]
dièghao

"be boring, be inept at conversation, fail to entertain; (of jokes) fail to land; (of performances) be panned, receive poor reviews"

[foxcatdog]

*ɫ > *lg

[dʲel'gao]
dièlgao

"be boring, be inept at conversation, fail to entertain; (of jokes) fail to land; (of performances) be panned, receive poor reviews"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ao] > [oː]

[dʲel'goː]
dièlgao

"fail to entertain; (of jokes) fail to land; (of performances) be panned, receive poor reviews"

[foxcatdog]

Rounding harmony

[dʲøl'goː]
dièlgao

"fail to entertain; (of jokes) fail to land; (of performances) be panned, receive poor reviews"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Coda [l] > [i]

[dʲøi'goː]
dièlgao

"(of media releases) be poorly received, be panned, receive poor reviews; (more generally) offend, be in poor taste"

[Travis B.]

[øi] > [ei]

[dʲei'goː]
dièlgao

"(of media releases) be poorly received, be panned, receive poor reviews; (more generally) offend, be in poor taste"

[sasasha]

[øi] > [ei]

[dʲei'goː]
dièlgao

"(of media releases) be poorly received, be panned, receive poor reviews; (more generally) offend, be in poor taste"

Unstressed [ei] > [ɪ]

[dʲɪ'goː]
diègao

"(n.) a bad film, a flop; a faux-pas. (v.) (of media releases) be poorly received, be panned, receive poor reviews; (more generally) offend, be in poor taste"

[foxcatdog]

*dʲ > *rʲ

[rʲɪ'goː]
diègao

"(n.) a bad film, a flop; a faux-pas. (v.) (of media releases) be poorly received, be panned, receive poor reviews; (more generally) offend, be in poor taste"

[Travis B.]

[rʲ] > [ʑ]

[ʑɪ'goː]
diègao

"(n.) a bad film, a flop; a faux-pas. (v.) (of media releases) be poorly received, be panned, receive poor reviews; (more generally) offend, be in poor taste"

[foxcatdog]

[g] > [ɣ]

[ʑɪ'ɣoː]
zièghao

"(n.) an avant garde film (v.) (of media releases) be a cult classic, be praised but not to common, receive mixed reviews; (more generally) offend, be in poor taste"

[Travis B.]

[oː] > [uo]

[ʑɪ'ɣuo]
zièghao

"(n.) an avant garde film (v.) (of media releases) be a cult classic, be praised but not to common, receive mixed reviews; (more generally) offend, be in poor taste"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Loss of pretonic unstressed vowels.

[ʑɣuo]
zhguo

"(n.) (dated) an avant garde film; (now more usual) a film movement, usually highly satirical, employing kitsch, melodrama, and/or maudlin sentimentality for effect; a film of this movement (v.) (of media releases, now dated) be a cult classic, be praised but not to common, receive mixed reviews; (now archaic or literary) offend, be in poor taste"

[foxcatdog]

*ɣ > *j

[ʑjuo]
zhguo

"(n.) (dated) an avant garde film; (now more usual) a film movement, usually highly satirical, employing kitsch, melodrama, and/or maudlin sentimentality for effect; a film of this movement (v.) (of media releases, now dated) be a cult classic, be praised but not to common, receive mixed reviews; (now archaic or literary) offend, be in poor taste"

[Travis B.]

[juo] > [ɥo]

[ʑɥo]
zhguo

"(n.) (dated) an avant garde film; (now more usual) a film movement, usually highly satirical, employing kitsch, melodrama, and/or maudlin sentimentality for effect; a film of this movement (v.) (of media releases, now dated) be a cult classic, be praised but not to common, receive mixed reviews; (now archaic or literary) offend, be in poor taste"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Intrusive lateral after stressed open syllables with back rounded vowels:

[ʑɥoɫ]
zhuol

"(n.) (dated) an avant garde film; (now more usual) a film movement, usually highly satirical, employing kitsch, melodrama, and/or maudlin sentimentality for effect; a film of this movement (v.) (of media releases, now dated) be a cult classic, be praised but not to common, receive mixed reviews; (now archaic or literary) offend, be in poor taste"

[foxcatdog]

Palatisation of laterals

[ʑɥolʲ]
zhuol

"(n.) (dated) an avant garde film; (now more usual) a film movement, usually highly satirical, employing kitsch, melodrama, and/or maudlin sentimentality for effect; a film of this movement (v.) (of media releases, now dated) be a cult classic, be praised but not to common, receive mixed reviews; (now archaic or literary) offend, be in poor taste"

[linguistcat]

Reduplication with the effect of intensification

[ʑɥolʲˈʑɥolʲ]
zhuolzhuol

"(n.) Melodrama to the point of obvious sarcasm (v.) to be sarcastic or insincere."

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ɥ] > [vʲ]

[ʑvʲolʲ]
zhviol
(n.) "zhviol, a usually melodramatic style of visual, literary, or performed art"

[ʑvʲolʲˈʑvʲolʲ]
zhviol-zhviol
(n.) "melodrama to the point of obvious sarcasm"; (v.) "be sarcastic or insincere"

[Darren]

[lʲ] > [u̯] /_C

[ʑvʲolʲ]
zhviol
(n.) "zhviol, a usually melodramatic style of visual, literary, or performed art"

[ʑvʲou̯ˈʑvʲolʲ]
zhviolzhviol
(n.) "melodrama to the point of obvious sarcasm"; (v.) "be sarcastic or insincere"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ou̯] > [u]

[ʑvʲolʲ]
zhviol
(n.) "zhviol, a usually melodramatic style of visual, literary, or performed art"

[ʑvʲuˈʑvʲolʲ]
zhviouzhviol
(n.) "melodrama to the point of obvious sarcasm"; (v.) "be sarcastic or insincere"