[Dixonary] Round 3210 WITCHES' KNICKERS results
Folks,
It may not come as a total surprise that Def. 13 combined the real definition with a similar fake. The real meaning is an Irish phrase meaning "plastic bags caught in the branches of trees." I combined it with Tim Lodge's British slang term for "waste paper and other debris blown by the wind and caught on fences or hedges." I debated long and hard about combining these, I felt that the combined definition, since I was unable to really merge them without losing the essence of one or the other, would smell of a combination that includes the real one. That happened, which didn't surprise me; it got six votes, far outpacing any of the others. (Debbie Embler's ominous clouds were next with four votes, though Alan Mallach's 3+2=5 points made him the runner-up and traditional "winnah.") However, I also felt that leaving them separate would attract the same votes to both, depriving some other players of a vote they might otherwise receive. So, emboldened by the rule that combining is at the dealer's discretion and the axiom "the dealer can do no wrong," I combined them. And that's that. Full results: 1. six consecutive winning games. From Abell, T. who did not vote. Voted for by: Score: 1. 2. askew, crooked, or out of sorts. From Shepherdson, N. who voted 7, *14*. Voted for by: Mallach, A.; Druce, A. Score: 4. 3. salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius). From Keating, P. who voted 11, *14*. Voted for by: Naylor, S. Score: 3. 4. [Refining, obs.] the almond furnace. From Widdis, D. who voted 5, *14*. Voted for by: None. Score: 2. 5. [Yorks. slang] a violent storm; a squall. From Mallach, A. who voted 2, *14*. Voted for by: Widdis, D.; Embler, D.; Madnick, J. Score: 5. 6. clocks (Cockney rhyming slang, via tickers). From Bourne, T. who voted 8, 11. Voted for by: None. Score: 0. 7. a deliquescent fungus; coprinopsis, also called ink cap. From Barrs, J. who did not vote. Voted for by: Shepherdson, N.; Embler, D.; Naylor, S. Score: 3. 8. pouch-like cloud structures, sometimes very ominous in appearance. From Embler, D. who voted 5, 7. Voted for by: Bourne, T.; Madnick, J.; Shefler, M.; Lodge, T. Score: 4. 9. Slavic fast dance in which dancer squats and kicks out legs alternately. From Madnick, J. who voted 5, 8. Voted for by: None. Score: 0. 10. fermented heads of the king salmon, eaten as a delicacy in Alaska and northern Canada. From Naylor, S. who voted 3, 7. Voted for by: None. Score: 0. 11. curtains used in theaters to conceal rigging, lighting equipment, etc from the audience; also known as masking curtains. From Druce, A. who voted 2, *14*. Voted for by: Keating, P.; Bourne, T. Score: 4. 12. [Folk] the burr of the burdock plant, which inspired the creation of Velcro®, and was said to fasten the aforementioned knickers. From Shefler, M. who voted 8, *14*. Voted for by: None. Score: 2. 13. Plastic bags caught in the branches of trees; by extension, any waste paper and other debris blown by the wind and caught, e.g., on fences or hedges. Combined definition; votes in next two entries below. (No number) [Ir.] Plastic bags caught in the branches of trees. From Dictionary which could not vote. Voted for by: Shepherdson, N.; Keating, P.; Widdis, D.; Mallach, A.; Druce, A.; Shefler, M. Score: D6. (No number) [Brit. slang] Waste paper and other debris blown by the wind and caught on fences or hedges. From Lodge, T. who voted 1, 8. Voted for by: Shepherdson, N.; Keating, P.; Widdis, D.; Mallach, A.; Druce, A.; Shefler, M. Score: 6. As a table: When I told Tim yesterday that he was nearly certain to be the next dealer, he replied that he'll be out this afternoon (UK time) but hoped to post a new word around 6 pm (also UK time). That's a bit over three hours from now.. Stay tuned. And I'll jump the gun a bit to wish all our U.S. players a happy Thanksgiving day, as I doubt I'll deal again before then! Efrem -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...%40verizon.net. |
Re: [Dixonary] Round 3210 WITCHES' KNICKERS results
Some years back, I witnessed the wind pick up a plastic bag in the alley
behind my work. The wind carried it on a somewhat circuitous route through the air, slipping it through a crevice a mere couple inches tall into a large Dumpster. It is one of the most magical experiences of my life, and I wish I had caught it on camera, but I was on my bike at the time. I did, however, call it into the "Momentous Occasions" segment of my favorite podcast at the time, so it was memorialized for posterity nonetheless. I'm glad to have a name for the occurrence now. Rx. On Sunday, November 21, 2021 at 9:35:18 AM UTC-8 efrem.... (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote: > Sorry, I thought that was clear from the first two paragraphs, the list of > results, and the table. If I said otherwise somewhere, my bad. > > And I should have noted your DQ in the results, not just "did not vote." > Apologies for that. Mike - if that affects John's permanent record, please > correct it. > > Efrem > > On Nov 21, 2021, at 11:21 AM, Johnb - co.uk <jo... (AT) john-barrs (DOT) co.uk> > wrote: > > If Dictionary got 6 and Tim L got the same then he is the next dealer > > I didn't vote because I had declared a DQ right at the begining > > *JohnnyB* > On 21/11/2021 14:56, 'Efrem G Mallach' via Dixonary wrote: > > Folks, > > It may not come as a total surprise that Def. 13 combined the real > definition with a similar fake. The real meaning is an Irish phrase meaning > "plastic bags caught in the branches of trees." I combined it with Tim > Lodge's British slang term for "waste paper and other debris blown by the > wind and caught on fences or hedges." > > I debated long and hard about combining these, I felt that the combined > definition, since I was unable to really merge them without losing the > essence of one or the other, would smell of a combination that includes the > real one. That happened, which didn't surprise me; it got six votes, far > outpacing any of the others. (Debbie Embler's ominous clouds were next with > four votes, though Alan Mallach's 3+2=5 points made him the runner-up and > traditional "winnah.") However, I also felt that leaving them separate > would attract the same votes to both, depriving some other players of a > vote they might otherwise receive. So, emboldened by the rule that > combining is at the dealer's discretion and the axiom "the dealer can do no > wrong," I combined them. And that's that. > > Full results: > > 1. six consecutive winning games. From Abell, T. who did not vote. Voted > for by: Score: 1. > > 2. askew, crooked, or out of sorts. From Shepherdson, N. who voted 7, > *14*. Voted for by: Mallach, A.; Druce, A. Score: 4. > > 3. salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius). From Keating, P. who voted 11, *14*. > Voted for by: Naylor, S. Score: 3. > > 4. [Refining, obs.] the almond furnace. From Widdis, D. who voted 5, *14*.. > Voted for by: None. Score: 2. > > 5. [Yorks. slang] a violent storm; a squall. From Mallach, A. who voted 2, > *14*. Voted for by: Widdis, D.; Embler, D.; Madnick, J. Score: 5. > > 6. clocks (Cockney rhyming slang, via tickers). From Bourne, T. who voted > 8, 11. Voted for by: None. Score: 0. > > 7. a deliquescent fungus; coprinopsis, also called ink cap. From Barrs, J.. > who did not vote. Voted for by: Shepherdson, N.; Embler, D.; Naylor, S. > Score: 3. > > 8. pouch-like cloud structures, sometimes very ominous in appearance. > >From Embler, D. who voted 5, 7. Voted for by: Bourne, T.; Madnick, J.; > Shefler, M.; Lodge, T. Score: 4. > > 9. Slavic fast dance in which dancer squats and kicks out legs > alternately. From Madnick, J. who voted 5, 8. Voted for by: None. Score: 0. > > 10. fermented heads of the king salmon, eaten as a delicacy in Alaska and > northern Canada. From Naylor, S. who voted 3, 7. Voted for by: None. Score: > 0. > > 11. curtains used in theaters to conceal rigging, lighting equipment, etc > from the audience; also known as masking curtains. From Druce, A. who voted > 2, *14*. Voted for by: Keating, P.; Bourne, T. Score: 4. > > 12. [Folk] the burr of the burdock plant, which inspired the creation of > Velcro®, and was said to fasten the aforementioned knickers. From Shefler, > M. who voted 8, *14*. Voted for by: None. Score: 2. > > 13. Plastic bags caught in the branches of trees; by extension, any waste > paper and other debris blown by the wind and caught, e.g., on fences or > hedges. Combined definition; votes in next two entries below. > > (No number) [Ir.] Plastic bags caught in the branches of trees. From > Dictionary which could not vote. Voted for by: Shepherdson, N.; Keating, > P.; Widdis, D.; Mallach, A.; Druce, A.; Shefler, M. Score: D6. > > (No number) [Brit. slang] Waste paper and other debris blown by the wind > and caught on fences or hedges. From Lodge, T. who voted 1, 8. Voted for > by: Shepherdson, N.; Keating, P.; Widdis, D.; Mallach, A.; Druce, A.; > Shefler, M. Score: 6. > > As a table: > > > > When I told Tim yesterday that he was nearly certain to be the next > dealer, he replied that he'll be out this afternoon (UK time) but hoped to > post a new word around 6 pm (also UK time). That's a bit over three hours > from now. Stay tuned. > > And I'll jump the gun a bit to wish all our U.S. players a happy > Thanksgiving day, as I doubt I'll deal again before then! > > Efrem > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...oglegroups.com. |
Re: [Dixonary] Round 3210 WITCHES' KNICKERS results
There's also a memorable scene of this in the movie American Beauty.
On Tue, 23 Nov 2021, 1:41 PM Ryan McGill, <ryanmmcgill (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote: > > Some years back, I witnessed the wind pick up a plastic bag in the alley > behind my work. The wind carried it on a somewhat circuitous route through > the air, slipping it through a crevice a mere couple inches tall into a > large Dumpster. It is one of the most magical experiences of my life, and I > wish I had caught it on camera, but I was on my bike at the time. > > I did, however, call it into the "Momentous Occasions" segment of my > favorite podcast at the time, so it was memorialized for posterity > nonetheless. > > I'm glad to have a name for the occurrence now. > > Rx. > On Sunday, November 21, 2021 at 9:35:18 AM UTC-8 efrem.... (AT) gmail (DOT) com > wrote: > >> Sorry, I thought that was clear from the first two paragraphs, the list >> of results, and the table. If I said otherwise somewhere, my bad. >> >> And I should have noted your DQ in the results, not just "did not vote." >> Apologies for that. Mike - if that affects John's permanent record, please >> correct it. >> >> Efrem >> >> On Nov 21, 2021, at 11:21 AM, Johnb - co.uk <jo... (AT) john-barrs (DOT) co.uk> >> wrote: >> >> If Dictionary got 6 and Tim L got the same then he is the next dealer >> >> I didn't vote because I had declared a DQ right at the begining >> >> *JohnnyB* >> On 21/11/2021 14:56, 'Efrem G Mallach' via Dixonary wrote: >> >> Folks, >> >> It may not come as a total surprise that Def. 13 combined the real >> definition with a similar fake. The real meaning is an Irish phrase meaning >> "plastic bags caught in the branches of trees." I combined it with Tim >> Lodge's British slang term for "waste paper and other debris blown by the >> wind and caught on fences or hedges." >> >> I debated long and hard about combining these, I felt that the combined >> definition, since I was unable to really merge them without losing the >> essence of one or the other, would smell of a combination that includes the >> real one. That happened, which didn't surprise me; it got six votes, far >> outpacing any of the others. (Debbie Embler's ominous clouds were next with >> four votes, though Alan Mallach's 3+2=5 points made him the runner-up and >> traditional "winnah.") However, I also felt that leaving them separate >> would attract the same votes to both, depriving some other players of a >> vote they might otherwise receive. So, emboldened by the rule that >> combining is at the dealer's discretion and the axiom "the dealer can do no >> wrong," I combined them. And that's that. >> >> Full results: >> >> 1. six consecutive winning games. From Abell, T. who did not vote. Voted >> for by: Score: 1. >> >> 2. askew, crooked, or out of sorts. From Shepherdson, N. who voted 7, >> *14*. Voted for by: Mallach, A.; Druce, A. Score: 4. >> >> 3. salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius). From Keating, P. who voted 11, *14*.. >> Voted for by: Naylor, S. Score: 3. >> >> 4. [Refining, obs.] the almond furnace. From Widdis, D. who voted 5, >> *14*. Voted for by: None. Score: 2. >> >> 5. [Yorks. slang] a violent storm; a squall. From Mallach, A. who voted >> 2, *14*. Voted for by: Widdis, D.; Embler, D.; Madnick, J. Score: 5. >> >> 6. clocks (Cockney rhyming slang, via tickers). From Bourne, T. who voted >> 8, 11. Voted for by: None. Score: 0. >> >> 7. a deliquescent fungus; coprinopsis, also called ink cap. From Barrs, >> J. who did not vote. Voted for by: Shepherdson, N.; Embler, D.; Naylor, S. >> Score: 3. >> >> 8. pouch-like cloud structures, sometimes very ominous in appearance. >> >From Embler, D. who voted 5, 7. Voted for by: Bourne, T.; Madnick, J.; >> Shefler, M.; Lodge, T. Score: 4. >> >> 9. Slavic fast dance in which dancer squats and kicks out legs >> alternately. From Madnick, J. who voted 5, 8. Voted for by: None. Score: 0. >> >> 10. fermented heads of the king salmon, eaten as a delicacy in Alaska and >> northern Canada. From Naylor, S. who voted 3, 7. Voted for by: None. Score: >> 0. >> >> 11. curtains used in theaters to conceal rigging, lighting equipment, etc >> from the audience; also known as masking curtains. From Druce, A. who voted >> 2, *14*. Voted for by: Keating, P.; Bourne, T. Score: 4. >> >> 12. [Folk] the burr of the burdock plant, which inspired the creation of >> Velcro®, and was said to fasten the aforementioned knickers. From Shefler, >> M. who voted 8, *14*. Voted for by: None. Score: 2. >> >> 13. Plastic bags caught in the branches of trees; by extension, any waste >> paper and other debris blown by the wind and caught, e.g., on fences or >> hedges. Combined definition; votes in next two entries below. >> >> (No number) [Ir.] Plastic bags caught in the branches of trees. From >> Dictionary which could not vote. Voted for by: Shepherdson, N.; Keating, >> P.; Widdis, D.; Mallach, A.; Druce, A.; Shefler, M. Score: D6. >> >> (No number) [Brit. slang] Waste paper and other debris blown by the wind >> and caught on fences or hedges. From Lodge, T. who voted 1, 8. Voted for >> by: Shepherdson, N.; Keating, P.; Widdis, D.; Mallach, A.; Druce, A.; >> Shefler, M. Score: 6. >> >> As a table: >> >> >> >> When I told Tim yesterday that he was nearly certain to be the next >> dealer, he replied that he'll be out this afternoon (UK time) but hoped to >> post a new word around 6 pm (also UK time). That's a bit over three hours >> from now. Stay tuned. >> >> And I'll jump the gun a bit to wish all our U.S. players a happy >> Thanksgiving day, as I doubt I'll deal again before then! >> >> Efrem >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Dixonary" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...oglegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dixonary/bc520a6d-0ffe-4275-80dc-162b969aac7en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email& utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...ail.gmail..com. |
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