[Dixonary] Round 2490: Time to cast your vote!

[Dodi Schultz]

Again this round, we have quite a few nonparticipants at the def-creating
stage. But of course that raises your chance of choosing correctly.

Below, a mere 17 purported definitions of CHACHALACA, among them one, and
only one, that actually came from a dictionary. Choose the two you think
most likely to be that one; declare your choices publicly, by direct reply
to this message, before the deadline below. You may vote even if you didn't
submit a def, even if you're just jumping into the game now.

EXCEPTION: If you now recognize the real definition, you may NOT vote. In
that case, please notify me by private e-mail that you need to disqualify
yourself.

Deadline:
Friday, 14 March, 10 a.m. EDT; 9 a.m. CDT; 8 a.m. MDT; 7 a.m. PDT
Same day, 2 p.m. in the UK and 3 p.m. in the Netherlands
Saturday, 15 March, 1 a.m. in Melbourne


1. a creek that feeds a lake.

2. a couple dance from Venezuela.

3. _S. Afr._ a cockroach [Fanakalo, fm Afk. _kakkelak_]

4. a painful condition brought on by excessive Latin dancing.

5. a talkative woman. [Romany _chai_ person + _laca_ milk]

6. a Cuban dessert of coffee-flavored chocolate syrup, cashews and iced
cream.

7. any of several tropical American plants whose leaves are used as an
antidote to snakebite.

8. a puffed, fried bread, usually served as a dessert with honey; sometimes
stuffed with meat, beans, cheese and chile sauce.

9. a modern form of the Brazilian martial art Capoeira combining elements
of music and rhythm with a variety of kicks, spins and highly mobile
techniques designed to encourage physical fitness, discipline and
self-confidence in young people.

10. a Brazilian street food consisting of balls of chicken salad that have
been shaped into a drumstick, battered and fried.

11. [Sp. sl.] a supposedly mature woman who does something ridiculous or
especially flamboyant.

12. a chocolate-flavored tea drink from the Oaxaca and Chiapas regions of
Mexico.

13. a pheasant-like bird of the guan family, with a loud harsh call.

14. any of several elaborate dance groups in Argentina.

15. an Inca drink made with cocoa and milk.

16. _Creole_ a latrine or toilet.

17. a peignoir.

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[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 9 and 11.

Guerri

On 3/13/2014 12:44 AM, Dodi Schultz wrote:
> 9. a modern form of the Brazilian martial art Capoeira combining
> elements of music and rhythm with a variety of kicks, spins and highly
> mobile techniques designed to encourage physical fitness, discipline
> and self-confidence in young people.
>
> 11. [Sp. sl.] a supposedly mature woman who does something ridiculous
> or especially flamboyant.

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[Tim B]

2 and 17, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

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[Judy Madnick]

Maybe someday I will be able to narrow my choices down to two...but I again am debating among three. <sigh>

Okay, I'll vote for these two:

6. a Cuban dessert of coffee-flavored chocolate syrup, cashews and iced
cream.

12. a chocolate-flavored tea drink from the Oaxaca and Chiapas regions of
Mexico.

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[John Barrs]

I will go for first because it is unlikely and last because it is cheeky

#1 and #17 please

JohnnyB


> 1. a creek that feeds a lake.
>
>
> 17. a peignoir.
>
>

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[--Keith Hale--]

(I didn't even recognise my own bluff! Had to go find it again.) Well,
how about the very Kafkalike South African roach, and the inscrutable
(until i look it up) "peignoir"? That makes #s 3 & 17, respectfully.
-Keith-
On Mar 12, 2014 11:44 PM, "Dodi Schultz" <DodiSchultz (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote:

> Again this round, we have quite a few nonparticipants at the def-creating
> stage. But of course that raises your chance of choosing correctly.
>
> Below, a mere 17 purported definitions of CHACHALACA, among them one, and
> only one, that actually came from a dictionary. Choose the two you think
> most likely to be that one; declare your choices publicly, by direct reply
> to this message, before the deadline below. You may vote even if you didn't
> submit a def, even if you're just jumping into the game now.
>
> EXCEPTION: If you now recognize the real definition, you may NOT vote. In
> that case, please notify me by private e-mail that you need to disqualify
> yourself.
>
> Deadline:
> Friday, 14 March, 10 a.m. EDT; 9 a.m. CDT; 8 a.m. MDT; 7 a.m. PDT
> Same day, 2 p.m. in the UK and 3 p.m. in the Netherlands
> Saturday, 15 March, 1 a.m. in Melbourne
>
>
> 1. a creek that feeds a lake.
>
> 2. a couple dance from Venezuela.
>
> 3. _S. Afr._ a cockroach [Fanakalo, fm Afk. _kakkelak_]
>
> 4. a painful condition brought on by excessive Latin dancing.
>
> 5. a talkative woman. [Romany _chai_ person + _laca_ milk]
>
> 6. a Cuban dessert of coffee-flavored chocolate syrup, cashews and iced
> cream.
>
> 7. any of several tropical American plants whose leaves are used as an
> antidote to snakebite.
>
> 8. a puffed, fried bread, usually served as a dessert with honey;
> sometimes stuffed with meat, beans, cheese and chile sauce.
>
> 9. a modern form of the Brazilian martial art Capoeira combining elements
> of music and rhythm with a variety of kicks, spins and highly mobile
> techniques designed to encourage physical fitness, discipline and
> self-confidence in young people.
>
> 10. a Brazilian street food consisting of balls of chicken salad that have
> been shaped into a drumstick, battered and fried.
>
> 11. [Sp. sl.] a supposedly mature woman who does something ridiculous or
> especially flamboyant.
>
> 12. a chocolate-flavored tea drink from the Oaxaca and Chiapas regions of
> Mexico.
>
> 13. a pheasant-like bird of the guan family, with a loud harsh call.
>
> 14. any of several elaborate dance groups in Argentina.
>
> 15. an Inca drink made with cocoa and milk.
>
> 16. _Creole_ a latrine or toilet.
>
> 17. a peignoir.
>
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[EnDash@aol.com]

I like numbers 11 and 16.


11. [Sp. sl.] a supposedly mature woman who does something ridiculous or
especially flamboyant.

16. _Creole_ a latrine or toilet.

..
-- Dick Weltz


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[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll take the last two - 16 and 17..

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[Tim Lodge]

I can't say I believe them, but I'll vote for 9 and 13:

9. a modern form of the Brazilian martial art Capoeira combining elements
of music and rhythm with a variety of kicks, spins and highly mobile
techniques designed to encourage physical fitness, discipline and
self-confidence in young people.

13. a pheasant-like bird of the guan family, with a loud harsh call.

-- Tim L

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[Christopher Carson]

Looking at that crop, I don't think the real Def made it to the list. But just for grins ill credit the authors of numbers 11 and 17.

Chris

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[Millie Morgan]

I'll go for 7 and 17 thanks Dodi

> 7. any of several tropical American plants whose leaves are used as an
> antidote to snakebite.
> 17. a peignoir.


Best wishes,
Millie


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[Tony Abell]

Staying away from the dances and foods, I'll try 1 and 16:

> 1. a creek that feeds a lake.

> 16. _Creole_ a latrine or toilet.

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[Paul Keating]

When I don't have a clue I follow vox pop. Pop says that 17 is the
standout candidate, with 11 and 16 running distant second. _Sp. sl._ in 11
is clearly bogus. So I suppose that leaves me with 16 and 17.

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[Efrem Mallach]

11 may be, as Paul says, "clearly bogus" - but I'll vote for it anyhow, along with 13.

Efrem

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On Mar 13, 2014, at 12:44 AM, Dodi Schultz <DodiSchultz (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote:

> Again this round, we have quite a few nonparticipants at the def-creating stage. But of course that raises your chance of choosing correctly.
>
> Below, a mere 17 purported definitions of CHACHALACA, among them one, and only one, that actually came from a dictionary. Choose the two you think most likely to be that one; declare your choices publicly, by direct reply to this message, before the deadline below. You may vote even if you didn't submit a def, even if you're just jumping into the game now.
>
> EXCEPTION: If you now recognize the real definition, you may NOT vote. In that case, please notify me by private e-mail that you need to disqualify yourself.
>
> Deadline:
> Friday, 14 March, 10 a.m. EDT; 9 a.m. CDT; 8 a.m. MDT; 7 a.m. PDT
> Same day, 2 p.m. in the UK and 3 p.m. in the Netherlands
> Saturday, 15 March, 1 a.m. in Melbourne
>
>
> 11. [Sp. sl.] a supposedly mature woman who does something ridiculous or especially flamboyant.
>
> 13. a pheasant-like bird of the guan family, with a loud harsh call.

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[Glen Boswell]

>
> I'll plump for 4 and 17 please Dodi.


Cheers

Glen

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[Paul Keating]

Efrem,

Confusing etymology (Spanish) and status label (slang) is a giveaway.
English dictionaries will tell you about the status of the word in English,
but its status in the language from which the borrowing came is not their
concern.

So a conflation of the two is as clear a sign of fakery as a def that
begins "a term..."

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Paul Keating
The Hague

>> 11 may be, as Paul says, "clearly bogus" - but I'll vote for it anyhow

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