Daniel Widdis
March 29th, 2006, 12:01 PM
Presented for your amusement and edification are a score of potential definitions for DICTY, only one of which actually came from a dictionary. You now have the honor of casting two votes for the definitions you feel are either most likely, most creative, or any other criteria you may choose.
New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this round. Don't look in a dictionary.
The deadline for voting will be when I go to bed on Thursday night, no earlier than 9pm PST Thursday, March 30. That's midnight EST and 05.00 Friday morning UTC. Should all submitters vote, I may close early; and I'll accept votes late until the results are posted.
*** DICTY ***
1: ill-tempered; angry.
2: a minuscule S. African deer.
3: [Scot] 1. sticky. 2. dishonest.
4: a machine used for counting bank notes.
5: _Obs._ breathing with difficulty; wheezy.
6: a carrying pole for water or other bulky burdens.
7: a large, faint constellation of the northern hemisphere.
8: [Bot.] a small protuberance below the point at which a leaf's stem meets the branch.
9: _Heraldry._ of a book or scroll: open to display a motto, etc. [NF fm _dicter_ read aloud]
10: a dictaphone that uses a rewritable CD instead of magnetic tape. Now superseded by dictaphones with flash memory cards.
11: 1. anyone who pretends to be something they are not - originally from 2. a person with a rich lifestyle who is actually enmeshed in debt [slang from Greek dictys =net']
12: an incorrect word in a document attributable to misunderstanding of dictation, e.g. "this book is for my college coarse"
13: 1. (of a person) confused, uncertain. 2. (of a situation) unclear, hard to understand.
14: a small three-wheeled dogcart used for hauling milk in the Low Countries.
15: the Western giant salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus)
16: 1. high-class or stylish. 2. snobbish or haughty.
17: a garment or outfit worn during mourning.
18: a dessert containing bread and eggs.
19: [Br. sl.] ill, sick, unwell.
20: [Papua] a stenographer.
New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this round. Don't look in a dictionary.
The deadline for voting will be when I go to bed on Thursday night, no earlier than 9pm PST Thursday, March 30. That's midnight EST and 05.00 Friday morning UTC. Should all submitters vote, I may close early; and I'll accept votes late until the results are posted.
*** DICTY ***
1: ill-tempered; angry.
2: a minuscule S. African deer.
3: [Scot] 1. sticky. 2. dishonest.
4: a machine used for counting bank notes.
5: _Obs._ breathing with difficulty; wheezy.
6: a carrying pole for water or other bulky burdens.
7: a large, faint constellation of the northern hemisphere.
8: [Bot.] a small protuberance below the point at which a leaf's stem meets the branch.
9: _Heraldry._ of a book or scroll: open to display a motto, etc. [NF fm _dicter_ read aloud]
10: a dictaphone that uses a rewritable CD instead of magnetic tape. Now superseded by dictaphones with flash memory cards.
11: 1. anyone who pretends to be something they are not - originally from 2. a person with a rich lifestyle who is actually enmeshed in debt [slang from Greek dictys =net']
12: an incorrect word in a document attributable to misunderstanding of dictation, e.g. "this book is for my college coarse"
13: 1. (of a person) confused, uncertain. 2. (of a situation) unclear, hard to understand.
14: a small three-wheeled dogcart used for hauling milk in the Low Countries.
15: the Western giant salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus)
16: 1. high-class or stylish. 2. snobbish or haughty.
17: a garment or outfit worn during mourning.
18: a dessert containing bread and eggs.
19: [Br. sl.] ill, sick, unwell.
20: [Papua] a stenographer.