[Dixonary] Rnd 3033 -New Word RUDISTS

Thank you so much!

On Sat, Dec 7, 2019, 10:15 AM 'Efrem G Mallach' via Dixonary <
dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com> wrote:

> Here's what the explanatory text in the official rules has to say about
> that (page 6, just below the midpoint):
>
> Some players (1842) regard everything after the headword in a dictionary
> en- try as the definition. That is not how lexicographers see it. For them,
> it is a dictionary article, which may contain one or several definitions; but
> also an etymology, citations, various kinds of label, and so forth. None of
> these other elements is, strictly speaking, part of the definition. The
> lexicographers’ acceptation of definition must be decisive in this game,
> since we are all playing at being lexicographer.
>
> Dealers often present a dictionary article rather than just a bald
> definition. Rule 3(b) leaves the dealer a free hand with nondefinition
> parts of the source dictionary article. Dealers routinely reorder,
> abbreviate or suppress labels, cross-references, citations and etymologies.
> Abbreviating an etymology needs skill if the result is not to look
> fictitious (566). If in doubt, omit an over- long etymology rather than
> shorten it.
>
> My interpretation of this is that posting only the first part would be
> fine.
> Efrem
>
> ==============================
>
> On Dec 7, 2019, at 8:51 AM, Debbie <chowwoman (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
>
> I have a rules question: If a definition has a semicolon and then further
> explanation after the semicolon, is it allowable to only post the first
> part of the definition?
>
> On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 5:41 AM Johnb - co.uk <johnb (AT) john-barrs (DOT) co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> I think we would know what a single letter meant, but we have played
>> several two letter words
>> *JohnnyB*
>> On 06/12/2019 01:18, Benj. Evans wrote:
>>
>> Well, Efrem, you assume that by "limit" I meant upper limit. Could I not
>> also mean the lower limit? Perhaps I mean to send in a definition that
>> consists of one letter.
>>
>> On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 at 20:11, 'Efrem G Mallach' via Dixonary <
>> dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com> wrote:
>>
>>> Benjamin,
>>>
>>> You're basically trying to second-guess people's thought processes. At
>>> first glance you might think "Nobody will ever believe a definition that's
>>> that long." But then you might think they will reason "Nobody would submit
>>> a fake definition that's that long, because nobody would believe it, so it
>>> must be the real one." And then you think "Because people will reason that
>>> way that it must be the real one, I'll submit a long fake and people will
>>> vote for it." And then you think they will think "Because that logic is so
>>> obvious, nobody would submit such a long definition, so it must be real; so
>>> I'll submit one."
>>>
>>> And so it goes, back and forth.
>>>
>>> However, a warning: if we see one very long definition in the list THIS
>>> time, we'll know it's yours!
>>>
>>> Unless, of course, it's the real one.
>>>
>>> Efrem
>>>
>>> On Dec 5, 2019, at 6:27 PM, France International/Mike Shefler <
>>> stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I made up a def that ran for several paragraphs. It won me the deal, so
>>> beware.
>>>
>>> --Mike
>>>
>>> On 12/5/2019 6:04 PM, Benj. Evans wrote:
>>>
>>> Is there a limit to the length of definitions?
>>>
>>> On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 at 12:56, France International/Mike Shefler <
>>> stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> People who believe everything Giuliani says.
>>>>
>>>> On 12/5/2019 5:37 AM, Johnb - co.uk wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Actually I wanted to play "SHIP LOAD" but couldn't see any sensible way
>>>> of eliminating the usual load of cobblers. It is a weight measure for coal
>>>> = one Ship Load = 20 keels (= about 430 tons (tonnes)) used in 20th
>>>> Century for coals from Newcastle ... however
>>>>
>>>> so, in keeping with the political and seasonal festivities I ask for
>>>> definitions and DQs for RUDISTS
>>>>
>>>> Don't look it up but please submit to johnb (AT) john-barrs (DOT) co.uk or
>>>> johnnybarrs (AT) gmail (DOT) com
>>>>
>>>> Time frame - by 10pm GMT tomorrow 6th December and other times
>>>> appropriately
>>>>
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