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[Dixonary] Round 3068: Vote for IDDY-UMPTY
While my spreadsheet had enough room for many more, it seems that we are left with a dozen player submissions plus the dictionary, giving 13 options for your IDDY-UMPTY vote.Â* You all know the drill.Â* Don’t look it up, vote for two, deadline in about 32 ¾ hours at 8am Tuesday PST (11am EST, 1500 UTC, 4pmÂ* BST, 5pm CEST, and Wednesday 1am AEST and 3am NZST).
1.Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* a game of darts in which the numbers 1-20 must be thrown in order three times: first anywhere in the sector, then between the double ring and the triple ring, and finally between the triple ring and the outer bullseye. 2.Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* A version of the children’s game hide-and-seek, in which seekers finding the hider have to join them in the hiding place. 3.Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* [Slang] a signaller [from the rattle of Morse code dit-dum-dit-dum] 4.Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* tile-based castle-building/road-based thievery simulator. 5.Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* outlandish; off the wall. [see Humpty-Dumpty] 6.Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Left-handed or left-footed. 7.Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Ridiculous or absurd. 8.Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* a small amount; a smidgen. 9.Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* a busybody; particularly, a spinster. 10.Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* The Morse code; a dot followed by a dash in Morse code. 11.Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Proceeding with an irregular motion or gait. (N. Amer. sl.) 12.Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* (Eng. Slang, 19th cen.) confused, or in a state of confusion; e.g., ‘my mind went iddy-umpty all of a sudden’. 13.Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 1. Nonsense syllables used to fill out the meter of a half-remembered verse quotation. 2. Verse considered to be of similar literary merit; doggerel. -- 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...40dixonary.net. |
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