[Dixonary] Round 2545: METOPE

[Efrem Mallach]

Fellow players,

The word for Round 2545, barring an excess of disqualifications, is METOPE. Capitalization is not significant.

Please come up with a definition that you hope your fellow players will find convincing, and send it by private e-mail to emallach - at - verizon - dot - net. Don't Reply to this message. That will send your definition to the whole group. If you know the word, please tell me that by private e-mail as well. You can still submit an invented definition. You just can't vote for what you think the true definition is.

The deadline for submitting definitions is 34+ hours from now: 10 pm (2200 hours) U.S. Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday, Sept. 23. According to a time conversion Web site, that is also:

9 pm, same date, U.S. Central Daylight Time
7 pm, same date, U.S. Pacific Daylight Time
3 am, Wednesday, Sept. 24, British Summer Time
4 am, Wednesday, Sept. 24, Continental Europe Summer Time
12 noon, Wednesday, Sept. 24, Australian Eastern Standard Time

and so on if anyone is anywhere else. I don't take responsibility for the conversions. Please confirm yours.

I'll send out the list of definitions as soon as possible after the deadline.

New players are welcome! Full rules, should they or anyone else want them, can be found at http://www.dixonary.net/game-rules-and-advice/rules .

Efrem

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[JohnB]

I am a dogfish (and probably speciately challenged too)

*Johnny_nad_B

*
On 22/09/2014 16:18, Efrem Mallach wrote:
> Fellow players,
>
> The word for Round 2545, barring an excess of disqualifications, is
> METOPE. Capitalization is not significant.
>

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[Guerri Stevens]

According to the rules, if you know the word you may indeed submit a
fake definition, but you are prohibited from *voting*.

Guerri
On 9/22/2014 11:18 AM, Efrem Mallach wrote:
>
> Please come up with a definition that you hope your fellow players
> will find convincing, and send it by private e-mail to emallach - at -
> verizon - dot - net. Don't Reply to this message. That will send your
> definition to the whole group. If you know the word, please tell me
> that by private e-mail as well. You can still submit an invented
> definition. You just can't vote for what you think the true definition is.

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[Efrem Mallach]

Guerri,

Isn't that what I said?

Efrem

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
On Sep 23, 2014, at 7:37 AM, Guerri Stevens <guerri (AT) guerristevens (DOT) com> wrote:

> According to the rules, if you know the word you may indeed submit a fake definition, but you are prohibited from *voting*.
>
> Guerri
> On 9/22/2014 11:18 AM, Efrem Mallach wrote:
>>
>> Please come up with a definition that you hope your fellow players will find convincing, and send it by private e-mail to emallach - at - verizon - dot - net. Don't Reply to this message. That will send your definition to the whole group. If you know the word, please tell me that by private e-mail as well. You can still submit an invented definition. You just can't vote for what you think the true definition is.
>
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[JohnB]

No,

you implied a DQ can vote but not for the known correct definition - the
rules are - if you know the word then you must declare that fact to the
dealer and you cannot vote at all you are disqualified - a DQ

*John*
On 23/09/2014 12:46, Efrem Mallach wrote:
> Guerri,
>
> Isn't that what I said?
>
> Efrem
>
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> On Sep 23, 2014, at 7:37 AM, Guerri Stevens <guerri (AT) guerristevens (DOT) com> wrote:
>
>> According to the rules, if you know the word you may indeed submit a fake definition, but you are prohibited from *voting*.
>>
>> Guerri
>> On 9/22/2014 11:18 AM, Efrem Mallach wrote:
>>> Please come up with a definition that you hope your fellow players will find convincing, and send it by private e-mail to emallach - at - verizon - dot - net. Don't Reply to this message. That will send your definition to the whole group. If you know the word, please tell me that by private e-mail as well. You can still submit an invented definition. You just can't vote for what you think the true definition is.
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[Efrem Mallach]

In that case, my apologies to anyone who was confused. I meant to say what Guerri said. If you know the word you can't vote for anything at all, though you can still submit a fake definition.

Efrem

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
On Sep 23, 2014, at 8:12 AM, JohnB <johnb (AT) john-barrs (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

> No,
>
> you implied a DQ can vote but not for the known correct definition - the rules are - if you know the word then you must declare that fact to the dealer and you cannot vote at all you are disqualified - a DQ
>
> John
> On 23/09/2014 12:46, Efrem Mallach wrote:
>> Guerri,
>>
>> Isn't that what I said?
>>
>> Efrem
>>
>> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>> On Sep 23, 2014, at 7:37 AM, Guerri Stevens <guerri (AT) guerristevens (DOT) com> wrote:
>>
>>> According to the rules, if you know the word you may indeed submit a fake definition, but you are prohibited from *voting*.
>>>
>>> Guerri
>>> On 9/22/2014 11:18 AM, Efrem Mallach wrote:
>>>> Please come up with a definition that you hope your fellow players will find convincing, and send it by private e-mail to emallach - at - verizon - dot - net. Don't Reply to this message. That will send your definition to the whole group. If you know the word, please tell me that by private e-mail as well. You can still submit an invented definition. You just can't vote for what you think the true definition is.
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[Jim Hart]

And I am the walrus.


On Tuesday, 23 September 2014 01:36:17 UTC+10, jo... (AT) john-barrs (DOT) co.uk wrote:
>
> I am a dogfish (and probably speciately challenged too)
>
>
>
> *Johnny_nad_B *
> On 22/09/2014 16:18, Efrem Mallach wrote:
>
> Fellow players,
>
> The word for Round 2545, barring an excess of disqualifications, is
> METOPE. Capitalization is not significant.
>
>
>

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[Efrem Mallach]

With just under 12 hours to go, we have definitions from the following eleven players: Barrs, Carson, Cunningham, Knoblauch, Lodge, Madnick, Morgan, Naylor, Stevens, Weltz and Widdis - plus, of course, one from my good friend and long-term roommate Random "Randy" House, also known as Dick Shonnery. There's room for more, and a few long-term reliables haven't been heard from yet.

If you sent a definition and your name isn't in the above list, please let me know. A public message to that effect (minus the definition, of course) might be a good idea in case there's something in the interaction between our e-mail systems that caused your previous private message to disappear.

If all goes well, the list will be posted not long after the submission deadline, and there will be about 47 hours to vote.

Efrem

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
On Sep 22, 2014, at 11:18 AM, Efrem Mallach <emallach (AT) umassd (DOT) edu> wrote:

> Fellow players,
>
> The word for Round 2545, barring an excess of disqualifications, is METOPE. Capitalization is not significant.
>
> Please come up with a definition that you hope your fellow players will find convincing, and send it by private e-mail to emallach - at - verizon - dot - net. Don't Reply to this message. That will send your definition to the whole group. If you know the word, please tell me that by private e-mail as well. You can still submit an invented definition. You just can't vote for what you think the true definition is.

Added in edit: The last sentence above could have been clearer. If you know the word you can't vote for any definitions. Period.

> The deadline for submitting definitions is 34+ hours from now: 10 pm (2200 hours) U.S. Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday, Sept. 23. According to a time conversion Web site, that is also:
>
> 9 pm, same date, U.S. Central Daylight Time
> 7 pm, same date, U.S. Pacific Daylight Time
> 3 am, Wednesday, Sept. 24, British Summer Time
> 4 am, Wednesday, Sept. 24, Continental Europe Summer Time
> 12 noon, Wednesday, Sept. 24, Australian Eastern Standard Time
>
> and so on if anyone is anywhere else. I don't take responsibility for the conversions. Please confirm yours.
>
> I'll send out the list of definitions as soon as possible after the deadline.
>
> New players are welcome! Full rules, should they or anyone else want them, can be found at http://www.dixonary.net/game-rules-and-advice/rules .
>
> Efrem

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[JohnB]

Now I really am specifically challenged: me tope - me not carpenter
*
John*
On 23/09/2014 14:23, Jim Hart wrote:
> And I am the walrus.
>
>
> On Tuesday, 23 September 2014 01:36:17 UTC+10, jo... (AT) john-barrs (DOT) co.uk
> wrote:
>
> I am a dogfish (and probably speciately challenged too)
>
> *Johnny_nad_B
>
> *
> On 22/09/2014 16:18, Efrem Mallach wrote:
>> Fellow players,
>>
>> The word for Round 2545, barring an excess of disqualifications,
>> is METOPE. Capitalization is not significant.
>>
>
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[Efrem Mallach]

And when me in a pub, me tope too.

Efrem

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On Sep 23, 2014, at 11:24 AM, JohnB <johnb (AT) john-barrs (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

> Now I really am specifically challenged: me tope - me not carpenter
>
> John
> On 23/09/2014 14:23, Jim Hart wrote:
>> And I am the walrus.
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, 23 September 2014 01:36:17 UTC+10, jo... (AT) john-barrs (DOT) co.uk wrote:
>> I am a dogfish (and probably speciately challenged too)
>>
>> Johnny_nad_B
>>
>> On 22/09/2014 16:18, Efrem Mallach wrote:
>>> Fellow players,
>>>
>>> The word for Round 2545, barring an excess of disqualifications, is METOPE. Capitalization is not significant.
>>>
>>
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[stamps]

Don't forget the def I sent which you already acknowledged privately.

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---------- Original Message -----------
From: Efrem Mallach <emallach (AT) verizon (DOT) net>
To: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
Sent: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 10:08:45 -0400
Subject: Re: [Dixonary] Round 2545: METOPE

> With just under 12 hours to go, we have definitions from the
> following eleven players: Barrs, Carson, Cunningham, Knoblauch,
> Lodge, Madnick, Morgan, Naylor, Stevens, Weltz and Widdis - plus,
> of course, one from my good friend and long-term roommate Random
> "Randy" House, also known as Dick Shonnery. There's room for more,
> and a few long-term reliables haven't been heard from yet.
>
> If you sent a definition and your name isn't in the above list,
> please let me know. A public message to that effect (minus the
> definition, of course) might be a good idea in case there's
> something in the interaction between our e-mail systems that caused
> your previous private message to disappear.
>
> If all goes well, the list will be posted not long after the
> submission deadline, and there will be about 47 hours to vote.
>
> Efrem
>
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> On Sep 22, 2014, at 11:18 AM, Efrem Mallach <emallach (AT) umassd (DOT) edu> wrote:
>
> > Fellow players,
> >
> > The word for Round 2545, barring an excess of disqualifications, is
METOPE. Capitalization is not significant.
> >
> > Please come up with a definition that you hope your fellow players will
find convincing, and send it by private e-mail to emallach - at - verizon -
dot - net. Don't Reply to this message. That will send your definition to
the whole group. If you know the word, please tell me that by private e-mail
as well. You can still submit an invented definition. You just can't vote
for what you think the true definition is.
>
> Added in edit: The last sentence above could have been clearer. If
> you know the word you can't vote for any definitions. Period.
>
> > The deadline for submitting definitions is 34+ hours from now: 10 pm
(2200 hours) U.S. Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday, Sept. 23. According to a
time conversion Web site, that is also:
> >
> > 9 pm, same date, U.S. Central Daylight Time
> > 7 pm, same date, U.S. Pacific Daylight Time
> > 3 am, Wednesday, Sept. 24, British Summer Time
> > 4 am, Wednesday, Sept. 24, Continental Europe Summer Time
> > 12 noon, Wednesday, Sept. 24, Australian Eastern Standard Time
> >
> > and so on if anyone is anywhere else. I don't take responsibility for
the conversions. Please confirm yours.
> >
> > I'll send out the list of definitions as soon as possible after the
deadline.
> >
> > New players are welcome! Full rules, should they or anyone else want
them, can be found at http://www.dixonary.net/game-rules-and-advice/rules .
> >
> > Efrem
>
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[—Keith Hale—]

Hey! I just checked my def i sent to a misspelled address. I re-sent
it, and copied emallach (AT) umassd (DOT) edu for safety.

I spelled Verizon with an S. Doy!

On 23/09/2014, stamps <stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com> wrote:
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>
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> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: Efrem Mallach <emallach (AT) verizon (DOT) net>
> To: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
> Sent: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 10:08:45 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Dixonary] Round 2545: METOPE
>
>> With just under 12 hours to go, we have definitions from the
>> following eleven players: Barrs, Carson, Cunningham, Knoblauch,
>> Lodge, Madnick, Morgan, Naylor, Stevens, Weltz and Widdis - plus,
>> of course, one from my good friend and long-term roommate Random
>> "Randy" House, also known as Dick Shonnery. There's room for more,
>> and a few long-term reliables haven't been heard from yet.
>>
>> If you sent a definition and your name isn't in the above list,
>> please let me know. A public message to that effect (minus the
>> definition, of course) might be a good idea in case there's
>> something in the interaction between our e-mail systems that caused
>> your previous private message to disappear.
>>
>> If all goes well, the list will be posted not long after the
>> submission deadline, and there will be about 47 hours to vote.
>>
>> Efrem
>>
>> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>> On Sep 22, 2014, at 11:18 AM, Efrem Mallach <emallach (AT) umassd (DOT) edu> wrote:
>>
>> > Fellow players,
>> >
>> > The word for Round 2545, barring an excess of disqualifications, is
> METOPE. Capitalization is not significant.
>> >
>> > Please come up with a definition that you hope your fellow players will
>> >
> find convincing, and send it by private e-mail to emallach - at - verizon -
>
> dot - net. Don't Reply to this message. That will send your definition to
> the whole group. If you know the word, please tell me that by private e-mail
>
> as well. You can still submit an invented definition. You just can't vote
> for what you think the true definition is.
>>
>> Added in edit: The last sentence above could have been clearer. If
>> you know the word you can't vote for any definitions. Period.
>>
>> > The deadline for submitting definitions is 34+ hours from now: 10 pm
> (2200 hours) U.S. Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday, Sept. 23. According to a
>
> time conversion Web site, that is also:
>> >
>> > 9 pm, same date, U.S. Central Daylight Time
>> > 7 pm, same date, U.S. Pacific Daylight Time
>> > 3 am, Wednesday, Sept. 24, British Summer Time
>> > 4 am, Wednesday, Sept. 24, Continental Europe Summer Time
>> > 12 noon, Wednesday, Sept. 24, Australian Eastern Standard Time
>> >
>> > and so on if anyone is anywhere else. I don't take responsibility for
> the conversions. Please confirm yours.
>> >
>> > I'll send out the list of definitions as soon as possible after the
> deadline.
>> >
>> > New players are welcome! Full rules, should they or anyone else want
> them, can be found at http://www.dixonary.net/game-rules-and-advice/rules
> .
>> >
>> > Efrem
>>
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[stamps]

That must be the British spelling.

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---------- Original Message -----------
From: [UTF-8?]--Keith [UTF-8?]Hale-- <thoughtstorms (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
To: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
Sent: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 18:42:40 -0500
Subject: Re: [Dixonary] Round 2545: METOPE

> Hey! I just checked my def i sent to a misspelled address. I re-
> sent it, and copied emallach (AT) umassd (DOT) edu for safety.
>
> I spelled Verizon with an S. Doy!
>
> On 23/09/2014, stamps <stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com> wrote:
> > Don't forget the def I sent which you already acknowledged privately.
> >
> > --Mike
> >
> >
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> > ---------- Original Message -----------
> > From: Efrem Mallach <emallach (AT) verizon (DOT) net>
> > To: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
> > Sent: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 10:08:45 -0400
> > Subject: Re: [Dixonary] Round 2545: METOPE
> >
> >> With just under 12 hours to go, we have definitions from the
> >> following eleven players: Barrs, Carson, Cunningham, Knoblauch,
> >> Lodge, Madnick, Morgan, Naylor, Stevens, Weltz and Widdis - plus,
> >> of course, one from my good friend and long-term roommate Random
> >> "Randy" House, also known as Dick Shonnery. There's room for more,
> >> and a few long-term reliables haven't been heard from yet.
> >>
> >> If you sent a definition and your name isn't in the above list,
> >> please let me know. A public message to that effect (minus the
> >> definition, of course) might be a good idea in case there's
> >> something in the interaction between our e-mail systems that caused
> >> your previous private message to disappear.
> >>
> >> If all goes well, the list will be posted not long after the
> >> submission deadline, and there will be about 47 hours to vote.
> >>
> >> Efrem
> >>
> >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> >> On Sep 22, 2014, at 11:18 AM, Efrem Mallach <emallach (AT) umassd (DOT) edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Fellow players,
> >> >
> >> > The word for Round 2545, barring an excess of disqualifications, is
> > METOPE. Capitalization is not significant.
> >> >
> >> > Please come up with a definition that you hope your fellow players
will
> >> >
> > find convincing, and send it by private e-mail to emallach - at -
verizon -
> >
> > dot - net. Don't Reply to this message. That will send your definition to
> > the whole group. If you know the word, please tell me that by private e-
mail
> >
> > as well. You can still submit an invented definition. You just can't vote
> > for what you think the true definition is.
> >>
> >> Added in edit: The last sentence above could have been clearer. If
> >> you know the word you can't vote for any definitions. Period.
> >>
> >> > The deadline for submitting definitions is 34+ hours from now: 10 pm
> > (2200 hours) U.S. Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday, Sept. 23. According
to a
> >
> > time conversion Web site, that is also:
> >> >
> >> > 9 pm, same date, U.S. Central Daylight Time
> >> > 7 pm, same date, U.S. Pacific Daylight Time
> >> > 3 am, Wednesday, Sept. 24, British Summer Time
> >> > 4 am, Wednesday, Sept. 24, Continental Europe Summer Time
> >> > 12 noon, Wednesday, Sept. 24, Australian Eastern Standard Time
> >> >
> >> > and so on if anyone is anywhere else. I don't take responsibility for
> > the conversions. Please confirm yours.
> >> >
> >> > I'll send out the list of definitions as soon as possible after the
> > deadline.
> >> >
> >> > New players are welcome! Full rules, should they or anyone else want
> > them, can be found at http://www.dixonary.net/game-rules-and-
advice/rules
> > .
> >> >
> >> > Efrem
> >>
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[Efrem Mallach]

Dearest Dixonarists,

You and your fellow players have concocted 16 definitions intended to convince you that METOPE means, in fact, something that is but a figment of their fertile imaginations. At the same time, an esteemed source has told me what METOPE really means. The resulting seventeen definitions are, in inverse order of character count (though perhaps not of visual length in a proportionately spaced font) and formatted for uniformity of capitalization and punctuation:

1. an acronym in which each letter is pronounced separately, rather than the acronym being pronounced as a word
2. a poetic structure of four-line stanzas in which the first and last lines of each stanza rhyme
3. empty socket-holes in a ruined wall where the beams used to fit [Grk _meta opos_ = with eyes]
4. a type of small scissors originally designed for the fine detail work of ophthalmic surgery
5. a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)
6. any of the square spaces, decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze
7. a rhetorical device in which something is described by negating its opposite
8. a figure of speech where adjacent or parallel words have similar endings
9. a sheet of water flowing over a dam or similar structure
10. a cardigan or jacket buttoned at neck and wrists
11. a porch or vestibule of a Brahman temple
12. [rare] an outside view of a topic
13. a very simple toy reed instrument
14. an isotope not found in nature
15. given to evasions; shifty
16. exaggeration; hyperbole
17. a dance in 5/4 time

Please select the two you feel most likely to be correct (or that you like for any other reason) and announce your votes by Reply to this message. The deadline for voting is just under 48 hours from now: 10 pm (2200 hours) U.S. Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday, Sept. 25. According to a time conversion Web site, that is also:

9 pm, same date, U.S. Central Daylight Time
7 pm, same date, U.S. Pacific Daylight Time
3 am, Friday, Sept. 26, British Summer Time
4 am, Friday, Sept. 26, Continental Europe Summer Time
12 noon, Friday, Sept. 26, Australian Eastern Standard Time

and so on if anyone is anywhere else. I don't take responsibility for the conversions, though they are the same as were used for submitting definitions and nobody pointed out an error in those. Please confirm yours if you're not sure.

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[stamps]

I'll vote for 2 and 8.

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[Daniel Widdis]

4, because I've always loved that "a scissors" is singular, and 17
because I'd love to see it.

And there was no collaboration between Mike Shefler's and my votes
despite us sharing a dinner this evening. I think the music was too loud
to bother cheating at Dixonary.

On 9/23/14, 7:07 PM, Efrem Mallach wrote:
> 4. a type of small scissors originally designed for the fine detail
> work of ophthalmic surgery
> 17. a dance in 5/4 time
>
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[Millie Morgan]

I'll vote for 7 and 16

7. a rhetorical device in which something is described by negating its opposite
16. exaggeration; hyperbole


Millie

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[—Keith Hale—]

I really like a LOT of these, even my own.
I'll swing for an acronym sounded out and a very not bad def: 1 & 7,
if you would be so very kind!
-Keith-



> 1. an acronym in which each letter is pronounced separately, rather than the
> acronym being pronounced as a word

> 7. a rhetorical device in which something is described by negating its
> opposite

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[Tim B]

1 and 8, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

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[Tim B]

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> because I've always loved that "a scissors" is singular

That's interesting. In British English it's "a pair of scissors".

There are other odd differences. I always jars on me to hear an American advertisement mentioning "a
savings of ...".

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

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[Daniel Widdis]

On 9/24/14, 1:50 AM, Tim B wrote:
> That's interesting. In British English it's "a pair of scissors".
Well, 4 out of 5 Americans would agree with you. I consider those 80%
of Americans grammatically inferior. ;)

I think the cutting instrument in question has two blades, each one
being a scissor. Somewhat like referring to trousers as "a pair of
pants" rather than 'pants', although I've never seen that piece of
clothing (or a scissors) in other than the pair...

Vaguely relevant (or not): http://youtu.be/umlBrQoG6xk


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[JohnB]

You mean like salzgiver?
*JohnnyB*
On 24/09/2014 00:47, stamps wrote:
> That must be the British spelling.
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[Shani Naylor]

Hi -- can I have 7 & 12.

7. a rhetorical device in which something is described by negating its
opposite

12. [rare] an outside view of a topic

Thanks
Shani

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Efrem Mallach <emallach (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote:

> Dearest Dixonarists,
>
> You and your fellow players have concocted 16 definitions intended to
> convince you that METOPE means, in fact, something that is but a figment of
> their fertile imaginations. At the same time, an esteemed source has told
> me what METOPE really means. The resulting seventeen definitions are, in
> inverse order of character count (though perhaps not of visual length in a
> proportionately spaced font) and formatted for uniformity of capitalization
> and punctuation:
>
> 1. an acronym in which each letter is pronounced separately, rather
> than the acronym being pronounced as a word 2. a poetic structure of
> four-line stanzas in which the first and last lines of each stanza rhyme 3.
> empty socket-holes in a ruined wall where the beams used to fit [Grk _meta
> opos_ = with eyes] 4. a type of small scissors originally designed for
> the fine detail work of ophthalmic surgery 5. a person of mixed racial
> ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry) 6. any
> of the square spaces, decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric
> frieze 7. a rhetorical device in which something is described by
> negating its opposite 8. a figure of speech where adjacent or parallel
> words have similar endings 9. a sheet of water flowing over a dam or
> similar structure 10. a cardigan or jacket buttoned at neck and wrists 11.
> a porch or vestibule of a Brahman temple 12. [rare] an outside view of a
> topic 13. a very simple toy reed instrument 14. an isotope not found in
> nature 15. given to evasions; shifty 16. exaggeration; hyperbole 17. a
> dance in 5/4 time
> Please select the two you feel most likely to be correct (or that you like
> for any other reason) and announce your votes by Reply to this message. The
> deadline for voting is just under 48 hours from now: 10 pm (2200 hours)
> U.S. Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday, Sept. 25. According to a time
> conversion Web site, that is also:
>
> 9 pm, same date, U.S. Central Daylight Time
> 7 pm, same date, U.S. Pacific Daylight Time
> 3 am, Friday, Sept. 26, British Summer Time
> 4 am, Friday, Sept. 26, Continental Europe Summer Time
> 12 noon, Friday, Sept. 26, Australian Eastern Standard Time
>
> and so on if anyone is anywhere else. I don't take responsibility for the
> conversions, though they are the same as were used for submitting
> definitions and nobody pointed out an error in those. Please confirm yours
> if you're not sure.
>
> New players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition for this
> word. Full rules can be found at
> http://www.dixonary.net/game-rules-and-advice/rules .
>
> Efrem
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[JohnB]

Dan

but the singular blade would not be of any use at all because it is
square ground... I mean (apart from aerobics) you can't cut a pant with
a scissor.
One of my favourite lines of poetry comes from Pope's "the rape of the
lock" - the glittering forfex opens and closes to divide

but in fact I have seen the singular in English - as a verb, to scissor
something

*JohnnyB*
On 24/09/2014 09:59, Daniel Widdis wrote:
> On 9/24/14, 1:50 AM, Tim B wrote:
>> That's interesting. In British English it's "a pair of scissors".
> Well, 4 out of 5 Americans would agree with you. I consider those 80%
> of Americans grammatically inferior. ;)
>
> I think the cutting instrument in question has two blades, each one
> being a scissor. Somewhat like referring to trousers as "a pair of
> pants" rather than 'pants', although I've never seen that piece of
> clothing (or a scissors) in other than the pair...
>
> Vaguely relevant (or not): http://youtu.be/umlBrQoG6xk
>
>

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[JohnB]

I like the idea that the outside view of a topic is rare so I'll go for
that but nothing else strikes my fancy much; the poetic eye holes in a
ruined wall ... um... maybe the shifty evasion fits the bill so #12 and
#15 please


*JohnnyB

*12. [rare] an outside view of a topic

15. given to evasions; shifty
>
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>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
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[Tim Lodge]

I'll go for the poetic structure and the dam overflow, 2 and 9, please:

2. a poetic structure of four-line stanzas in which the first and last
lines of each stanza rhyme

9. a sheet of water flowing over a dam or similar structure

-- Tim L

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[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 7 and 13.

Guerri

On 9/23/2014 10:07 PM, Efrem Mallach wrote:
> 7. a rhetorical device in which something is described by negating its opposite
> 13. a very simple toy reed instrument
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[Hugo Kornelis]

Hi Efrem,

After my usual first round of trimming down the full list to a shortlist
of only likely candidates, I was still left with 16 definitions to
choose from. :(

I'll pick #2 and #17, the poetic dance:

2. a poetic structure of four-line stanzas in which the first and last
lines of each stanza rhyme

17. a dance in 5/4 time

Cheers,
Hugo


Efrem Mallach schreef op 24-9-2014 4:07:
> Dearest Dixonarists,
>
> You and your fellow players have concocted 16 definitions intended to
> convince you that METOPE means, in fact, something that is but a
> figment of their fertile imaginations. At the same time, an esteemed
> source has told me what METOPE really means. The resulting seventeen
> definitions are, in inverse order of character count (though perhaps
> not of visual length in a proportionately spaced font) and formatted
> for uniformity of capitalization and punctuation:
>
> 1. an acronym in which each letter is pronounced separately, rather
> than the acronym being pronounced as a word
> 2. a poetic structure of four-line stanzas in which the first and last
> lines of each stanza rhyme
> 3. empty socket-holes in a ruined wall where the beams used to fit
> [Grk _meta opos_ = with eyes]
> 4. a type of small scissors originally designed for the fine detail
> work of ophthalmic surgery
> 5. a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and
> Native American ancestry)
> 6. any of the square spaces, decorated or plain, between triglyphs in
> the Doric frieze
> 7. a rhetorical device in which something is described by negating its
> opposite
> 8. a figure of speech where adjacent or parallel words have similar
> endings
> 9. a sheet of water flowing over a dam or similar structure
> 10. a cardigan or jacket buttoned at neck and wrists
> 11. a porch or vestibule of a Brahman temple
> 12. [rare] an outside view of a topic
> 13. a very simple toy reed instrument
> 14. an isotope not found in nature
> 15. given to evasions; shifty
> 16. exaggeration; hyperbole
> 17. a dance in 5/4 time
>
>
> Please select the two you feel most likely to be correct (or that you
> like for any other reason) and announce your votes by Reply to this
> message. The deadline for voting is just under 48 hours from now: 10
> pm (2200 hours) U.S. Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday, Sept. 25.
> According to a time conversion Web site, that is also:
>
> 9 pm, same date, U.S. Central Daylight Time
> 7 pm, same date, U.S. Pacific Daylight Time
> 3 am, Friday, Sept. 26, British Summer Time
> 4 am, Friday, Sept. 26, Continental Europe Summer Time
> 12 noon, Friday, Sept. 26, Australian Eastern Standard Time
>
> and so on if anyone is anywhere else. I don't take responsibility for
> the conversions, though they are the same as were used for submitting
> definitions and nobody pointed out an error in those. Please confirm
> yours if you're not sure.
>
> New players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition for
> this word. Full rules can be found at
> http://www.dixonary.net/game-rules-and-advice/rules .
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[Dave Cunningham]

4 and 7 as I am positive neither is remotely near correct.

WRT "scissor" I rather think it is related to "abscissa"? that is - a line
which cuts a graph in half at the x-axis?

Dave

On Tuesday, September 23, 2014 10:07:06 PM UTC-4, Efrem wrote:

> Dearest Dixonarists,
>
> You and your fellow players have concocted 16 definitions intended to
> convince you that METOPE means, in fact, something that is but a figment of
> their fertile imaginations. At the same time, an esteemed source has told
> me what METOPE really means. The resulting seventeen definitions are, in
> inverse order of character count (though perhaps not of visual length in a
> proportionately spaced font) and formatted for uniformity of capitalization
> and punctuation:
>
> 1. an acronym in which each letter is pronounced separately, rather
> than the acronym being pronounced as a word 2. a poetic structure of
> four-line stanzas in which the first and last lines of each stanza rhyme 3.
> empty socket-holes in a ruined wall where the beams used to fit [Grk _meta
> opos_ = with eyes] 4. a type of small scissors originally designed for
> the fine detail work of ophthalmic surgery 5. a person of mixed racial
> ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry) 6. any
> of the square spaces, decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric
> frieze 7. a rhetorical device in which something is described by
> negating its opposite 8. a figure of speech where adjacent or parallel
> words have similar endings 9. a sheet of water flowing over a dam or
> similar structure 10. a cardigan or jacket buttoned at neck and wrists 11.
> a porch or vestibule of a Brahman temple 12. [rare] an outside view of a
> topic 13. a very simple toy reed instrument 14. an isotope not found in
> nature 15. given to evasions; shifty 16. exaggeration; hyperbole 17. a
> dance in 5/4 time
> Please select the two you feel most likely to be correct (or that you like
> for any other reason) and announce your votes by Reply to this message. The
> deadline for voting is just under 48 hours from now: 10 pm (2200 hours)
> U.S. Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday, Sept. 25. According to a time
> conversion Web site, that is also:
>
> 9 pm, same date, U.S. Central Daylight Time
> 7 pm, same date, U.S. Pacific Daylight Time
> 3 am, Friday, Sept. 26, British Summer Time
> 4 am, Friday, Sept. 26, Continental Europe Summer Time
> 12 noon, Friday, Sept. 26, Australian Eastern Standard Time
>
> and so on if anyone is anywhere else. I don't take responsibility for the
> conversions, though they are the same as were used for submitting
> definitions and nobody pointed out an error in those. Please confirm yours
> if you're not sure.
>
> New players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition for this
> word. Full rules can be found at
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>
> Efrem
>

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[Christopher Carson]

Vox pop again.

7 and 8

Chris

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[Jim Hart]

John:

> Somewhat like referring to trousers as "a pair of pants" rather than
'pants',

I have noticed in recent years the (for me) disturbing practice among
certain clothing retailers to refer to that netherish garment as a pant.
And quite possibly the abbreviated version is called a short but don't
quote me on that. Under that (or those) you can wear a brief which I
thought was something lawyers traditionally tied a ribbon around.

Jim



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[Jim Hart]

I missed the def deadline but nevertheless I'll risk adding another zero to
my history by following vox and his pop with 7 and 8.

Jim



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[Jim Hart]

Efrem:

> And when me in a pub, me tope too.

And after I've had a couple of beers it's time for....


Jim

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[JohnB]

ah, the old red-tape again

*John*
On 24/09/2014 23:31, Jim Hart wrote:
> John:
>
> > Somewhat like referring to trousers as "a pair of pants" rather than
> 'pants',
>
> I have noticed in recent years the (for me) disturbing practice among
> certain clothing retailers to refer to that netherish garment as a
> pant. And quite possibly the abbreviated version is called a short but
> don't quote me on that. Under that (or those) you can wear a brief
> which I thought was something lawyers traditionally tied a ribbon around.
>
> Jim
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[Dodi Schultz]

None of these seem remotely possible. I'll vote, reluctantly, for

6. any of the square spaces, decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the
Doric frieze
and
12. [rare] an outside view of a topic

--Dodi

[P.S.: Your numbers wouldn't stay with your defs. Same sticky problem as
with Paul's last couple of lists.]


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[Tony Abell]

I'll take the devices of speech, 7 and 8:

> 7. a rhetorical device in which something is described by negating its opposite

> 8. a figure of speech where adjacent or parallel words have similar
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[Efrem Mallach]

Fellow Dixonarists,

A METOPE, according to my Random House dictionary, is "any of the square spaces, decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze." That was definition 6 in the list. Those who find it as incomprehensible as I first did can find lots of illustrations of Doric friezes, showing metopes, in a Web search.

Rose Knoblauch's rhetorical device (definition #7) was a runaway winner with nine votes, earning her the honor of dealing Round 2546. Tim Lodge's figure of speech (#8) got six, making him the runner-up (and the traditional "winnah"). Players Cunningham, Weltz and Schultz (the only player to hit on the correct definition) all had three.

The full results:

1. an acronym in which each letter is pronounced separately, rather than the acronym being pronounced as a word. From: Morgan. Voted for by: Bourne, Hale. Submitter voted: 7, 16. Score: 2.

2. a poetic structure of four-line stanzas in which the first and last lines of each stanza rhyme. From: Weltz. Voted for by: Kornelis, Lodge, Shefler.. Submitter voted: 7, 8. Score: 3.

3. empty socket-holes in a ruined wall where the beams used to fit [Grk _meta opos_ = with eyes]. From: Barrs. Voted for by: None. Submitter voted: 12, 15. Score: 0.

4. a type of small scissors originally designed for the fine detail work of ophthalmic surgery. From: Naylor. Voted for by: Cunningham, Widdis. Submitter voted: 7, 12. Score: 2.

5. a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry). From: Widdis. Voted for by: None. Submitter voted: 4, 17. Score: 0.

6. any of the square spaces, decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze. From: Dictionary. Voted for by: Schultz. Submitter voted: n/a. Score: D1.

7. a rhetorical device in which something is described by negating its opposite. From: Knoblauch. Voted for by: Abell, Carson, Cunningham, Hale, Hart, Morgan, Naylor, Stevens, Weltz. Submitter voted: DQ. Score: 8.

8. a figure of speech where adjacent or parallel words have similar endings.. From: Lodge. Voted for by: Abell, Bourne, Carson, Hart, Shefler, Weltz. Submitter voted: 2, 9. Score: 5.

9. a sheet of water flowing over a dam or similar structure. From: Carson. Voted for by: Lodge, Submitter voted: 7, 8. Score: 1.

10. a cardigan or jacket buttoned at neck and wrists. From: Madnick. Voted for by: None. Submitter voted: Did not vote. Score: 0.

11. a porch or vestibule of a Brahman temple. From: Kornelis. Voted for by: None. Submitter voted: 2, 17. Score: 0.

12. [rare] an outside view of a topic. From: Cunningham. Voted for by: Barrs, Naylor, Schultz. Submitter voted: 4, 7. Score: 3.

13. a very simple toy reed instrument. From: Hale. Voted for by: Stevens. Submitter voted: 1, 7. Score: 1.

14. an isotope not found in nature. From: Bourne. Voted for by: None. Submitter voted: 1, 8. Score: 0.

15. given to evasions; shifty. From: Stevens. Voted for by: Barrs. Submitter voted: 7, 13. Score: 1.

16. exaggeration; hyperbole. From: Schultz. Voted for by: Morgan. Submitter voted: *6*, 12. Score: 3.

17. a dance in 5/4 time. From: Shefler. Voted for by: Kornelis, Widdis. Submitter voted: 2, 8. Score: 2.

No definition submitted: Hart. Voted: 7, 8. Score: 0.

No definition submitted: Abell. Voted: 7, 8. Score: 0.

All yours, Rose!

Efrem

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[Efrem Mallach]

I prepare this message in advance, to be ready to send it out when the time for voting ended. When Tony Abell's vote came in, I updated it - including Rose's and Tim's totals in the second paragraph, but not in the full results listing. This version corrects that oversight. Sorry!

Efrem

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> From: Efrem Mallach <emallach (AT) verizon (DOT) net>
> Subject: Re: [Dixonary] Round 2545: METOPE results
> Date: September 25, 2014 10:13:40 PM EDT
> To: "dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com" <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
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> Fellow Dixonarists,
>
> A METOPE, according to my Random House dictionary, is "any of the square spaces, decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze." That was definition 6 in the list. Those who find it as incomprehensible as I first did can find lots of illustrations of Doric friezes, showing metopes, in a Web search.
>
> Rose Knoblauch's rhetorical device (definition #7) was a runaway winner with nine votes, earning her the honor of dealing Round 2546. Tim Lodge's figure of speech (#8) got six, making him the runner-up (and the traditional "winnah"). Players Cunningham, Weltz and Schultz (the only player to hit on the correct definition) all had three.
>
> The full results:
>
> 1. an acronym in which each letter is pronounced separately, rather than the acronym being pronounced as a word. From: Morgan. Voted for by: Bourne, Hale. Submitter voted: 7, 16. Score: 2.
>
> 2. a poetic structure of four-line stanzas in which the first and last lines of each stanza rhyme. From: Weltz. Voted for by: Kornelis, Lodge, Shefler. Submitter voted: 7, 8. Score: 3.
>
> 3. empty socket-holes in a ruined wall where the beams used to fit [Grk _meta opos_ = with eyes]. From: Barrs. Voted for by: None. Submitter voted: 12, 15. Score: 0.
>
> 4. a type of small scissors originally designed for the fine detail work of ophthalmic surgery. From: Naylor. Voted for by: Cunningham, Widdis. Submitter voted: 7, 12. Score: 2.
>
> 5. a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry). From: Widdis. Voted for by: None. Submitter voted: 4, 17. Score: 0.
>
> 6. any of the square spaces, decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze. From: Dictionary. Voted for by: Schultz. Submitter voted: n/a. Score: D1.
>
> 7. a rhetorical device in which something is described by negating its opposite. From: Knoblauch. Voted for by: Abell, Carson, Cunningham, Hale, Hart, Morgan, Naylor, Stevens, Weltz. Submitter voted: DQ. Score: 9.
>
> 8. a figure of speech where adjacent or parallel words have similar endings. From: Lodge. Voted for by: Abell, Bourne, Carson, Hart, Shefler, Weltz. Submitter voted: 2, 9. Score: 6.
>
> 9. a sheet of water flowing over a dam or similar structure. From: Carson.. Voted for by: Lodge, Submitter voted: 7, 8. Score: 1.
>
> 10. a cardigan or jacket buttoned at neck and wrists. From: Madnick. Voted for by: None. Submitter voted: Did not vote. Score: 0.
>
> 11. a porch or vestibule of a Brahman temple. From: Kornelis. Voted for by: None. Submitter voted: 2, 17. Score: 0.
>
> 12. [rare] an outside view of a topic. From: Cunningham. Voted for by: Barrs, Naylor, Schultz. Submitter voted: 4, 7. Score: 3.
>
> 13. a very simple toy reed instrument. From: Hale. Voted for by: Stevens. Submitter voted: 1, 7. Score: 1.
>
> 14. an isotope not found in nature. From: Bourne. Voted for by: None. Submitter voted: 1, 8. Score: 0.
>
> 15. given to evasions; shifty. From: Stevens. Voted for by: Barrs. Submitter voted: 7, 13. Score: 1.
>
> 16. exaggeration; hyperbole. From: Schultz. Voted for by: Morgan. Submitter voted: *6*, 12. Score: 3.
>
> 17. a dance in 5/4 time. From: Shefler. Voted for by: Kornelis, Widdis. Submitter voted: 2, 8. Score: 2.
>
> No definition submitted: Hart. Voted: 7, 8. Score: 0.
>
> No definition submitted: Abell. Voted: 7, 8. Score: 0.
>
> All yours, Rose!
>
> Efrem
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