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Paul Keating
April 21st, 2006, 09:12 AM
Our inventive players have concocted all but one of the 21 definitions
for NOWY presented below for your edification and entertainment. The
remaining definition is, believe it or not, real.

Please vote for the two you think the best, for some value (or values)
of "good" that seems appropriate to you (such as plausible,
politically correct, embarrassing, witty, implausible, long, or as
chosen by a random number generator). You can do this whether or not
you have not submitted a definition, and whether or not you have
played before. You're not allowed to vote if you know the right answer.

Vote by public reply to this message, by the deadline, which is on 22
April 2006 at

22:30 PDT (late in the evening)
23:30 MDT

and on 23 April 2006 at

00:30 CDT
01:30 EDT
05:30 UTC
06:30 BST
and 07:30 CEST for me.

1. the American black peewit

2. betrothed of God; a Catholic nun [Pol.]

3. a circle of rope or rolled cloth used to satbilize loads carried
on a person's head

4. the current web year [_now_ + acronym _wy_ for web-year]

5. (Welsh) a day that is sunny, but very windy

6. (heraldry) having a convex curvature near the middle

7. infamous person; abject coward; traitor

8. an infant penguin

9. an intermediate stage between larva and pupa in certain insects

10. a long white garment worn by men in central East Africa

11. a long-haired cat breed of Tibet with yellowish eyes and oversized
ears

12. a magical place

13. narrow, restricted

14. news [Pol.]

15. relating to or being any of a group of flightless birds having a
flat breastbone without the keellike prominence characteristic of
most flying birds

16. a statistical test developed by Shriniwas Nowy to determine the
distribution of a group of numbers

17. a sturdy yellow or buff cotton cloth

18. a tuna-like food fish confined to boreal waters, esp. the northern
Atlantic

19. a usually curved outdoor bench with a high back

20. a waist-length jacket worn by cadets and midshipmen of the Russian
navy

21. a zealot

Hugo Kornelis
April 21st, 2006, 09:20 AM
Hi Paul,

I believe none of them. But I'll vote anyway. :-)

> 8. an infant penguin

and

> 19. a usually curved outdoor bench with a high back

Best, Hugo

bonnyjars
April 21st, 2006, 09:32 AM
Paul

Unlike Hugo, I believe ALL of them (including my own!) but as I have to choose I'll go for #8 and #20 please

Cheers,

JohnnyB



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mshefler
April 21st, 2006, 09:57 AM
I"ll fall for 2 and 19.

Chuck Emery
April 21st, 2006, 10:13 AM
Paul -

Nice selection. I'll try -

1. the American black peewit

and

10. a long white garment worn by men in central East Africa

Thanks,

Chuck


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Daniel B. Widdis
April 21st, 2006, 11:25 AM
I'll join the crowd in rewarding the peewit (1) for using such an inventive
word in a definition, rather than dealing it. (Obviously that person needs
to deal.) Not believing any of the other offerings, I resorted to my RNG,
which again told me to vote for #1. Ignoring that, I had it pick again and
it picked my own definition. Considering the improbability of getting those
two RNG rolls, I'll throw out the RNG and instead vote for the statistical
test (16).

Should I be unfortunate enough to win the deal, I will have to decline.
I'll be departing Sunday morning on a military flight en route Kuwait, and
then Iraq, and my connectivity will be spotty. (I'll try to keep up with
the game as I can.)

--
Dan Widdis


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Tim Bourne
April 21st, 2006, 12:29 PM
1 and 16, please

Tim B

Christopher Carson
April 21st, 2006, 08:09 PM
I'll join the crowds and cast votes for the peewit and the penguin - 1 and 8.

Chris


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Guerri Stevens
April 22nd, 2006, 09:44 AM
I vote for 7 and 21.

Guerri

Tony Abell
April 22nd, 2006, 08:42 PM
I'll go for the narrow and the cloth this time: 13 and 17.