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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3261 DYSANIA results
Efrem
I hate to pick holes in your results, but I think you've mixed up Tony Abel and me. Def 2 (inability to sit still) was mine, so the three votes for that def plus the two points for voting for the real one would give me an unnatural 5 points and - unfortunately - give me the next deal. Dan, you'd better hold on until this is sorted out. -- Tim L On Sunday, 26 June 2022 at 21:29:03 UTC+1 efrem.... (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote: > Folks, > > *DYSANIA* is the (to many people) unbelievable condition of being > genuinely unable to leave one's bed, despite the absence of a physical > condition that prevents it: def. #3. John Barrs was DQ when the word was > announced and Paul Keating found that he knew it when he saw the list. In > addition, Messrs. Lodge, Shefler and Widdis voted for it, giving me a D3. > > The next dealer is the aforementioned Dan Widdis, the only player to earn > four points, for his difficulty in moving. (Many of the definitions picked > up on the "dys" prefix to refer to a medical condition of some sort.) > Runner-up and traditional "winnah" honors are shared by John Barrs and Tony > Abell, both of whom scored natural 3s. (Since nobody scored three points > with the aid of a correct guess, I can avoid mentioning "unnatural" scores. > Except that I just did.) > > In my previous deal, I noted a correlation between the length of a > definition and the number of votes it received. A brief discussion on that > topic followed. For what it's worth, the correlation between length and > votes in this deal was only 17.4%: not enough to conclude that there's a > connection. The chart, with the trendline, is pasted at the bottom of this > email. > > Full results: > > 1. the peak of sleep saturation. From Embler, D. who voted 2, 5. Voted for > by: Bourne, T. Score: 1. > > 2. inability to sit still without fidgeting. From Abell, T. who did > not vote. Voted for by: Embler, D.; Widdis, D.; Madnick, J. Score: 3. > > 3. extreme, often chronic, inability to leave one's bed. From Dictionary > which could not vote. Voted for by: Shefler, M.; Widdis, D.; Lodge, T. > Score: D3. > > 4. a state of extreme calmness, sometimes mistaken for catatonia. From > Naylor, S. who voted 10, 11. Voted for by: Bourne, T. Score: 1. > > 5. freedom from disturbance of mind or passion; stoical indifference. From > Keating, P. who was DQ. Voted for by: Embler, D. Score: 1. > > 6. a medicinal plant used by Native Americans to alleviate heat stress. > From Shefler, M. who voted *3*, 11. Voted for by: None. Score: 2. > > 7. a chronic condition of listlessness, characterized by lack of energy or > sexual desire. From Mallach, A. who did not vote. Voted for by: Fein, D. > Score: 1. > > 8. an inability or difficulty in moving, particularly during the state > between dreaming and waking. From Widdis, D. who voted 2, *3*. Voted for > by: Fein, D.; Lodge, T. Score: 4. > > 9. the process of transferring pictures or designs printed on > specially prepared paper to materials such as glass or metal. From Madnick, > J. who voted 2, 11. Voted for by: None. Score: 0. > > 10. [med.] a distinctive facial expression or appearance associated with a > specific neurological condition (e.g., Parkinson's) or genetic syndrome > (e.g., Marfan's). From Fein, D. who voted 7, 8. Voted for by: Naylor, S. > Score: 1. > > 11. 1. a species of small moth in the family Noctuidae, D. incurvata, > found in tropical woodlands in S E Asia; 2. a genus of 5 species of > single-celled algae in the family Cryptophyceae living in fresh or brackish > water with a palaearctic distribution. From Barrs, J. who was DQ. Voted for > by: Naylor, S.; Shefler, M.; Madnick, J. Score: 3. > > No definition from Bourne, T. who voted 1, 4. Voted for by: N/A. Score: 0. > > No definition from Lodge, T. who voted *3*, 8. Voted for by: N/A. Score: 2. > . > > As a table, with tied scores in random order: > > > 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. |