Bill Hirst
September 16th, 2006, 12:46 PM
Well, I lost my chance at a D0 on the very first vote, starting a
trend that left the dictionary in the coveted runner-up spot with
five votes. Tony Abell is the next dealer with seven points.
As always, any mistakes are mine alone, and you may all go look
up the word. The odd etymology of the word comes from the online
Worthless Word of the Day. http://tinyurl.com/f5496
-Bill
Player Def# Voted for Points
------------------------------ ---- ----------- ---------------
Bob Stone .................... 16 *5* & 14 2 + 1 = 3
Chris Carson ................. 6 *5* & 14 2 + 2 = 4
Dan Widdis ................... 19 *5* & 10 2 + 0 = 2
Dave Cunningham .............. 2 3 & 9 0 + 1 = 1
*Dictionary ................... 5 N/A D5
Dodi Schultz ................. 18 8 & 11 0 + 1 = 1
Guerri Stevens ............... 1 6 & 7 0 + 1 = 1
Hugo Kornelis ................ 17 *5* & 16 2 + 1 = 3
John Barrs ................... 15 2 & 13 0 + 0 = 0
Judy Madnick ................. 3 4 & 14 0 + 2 = 2
Kathryn Lance ................ 8 13 & 20 0 + 2 = 2
Mike Shefler ................. 7 9 & 17 0 + 1 = 1
Nancy Shepherdson ............ 12 6 & 10 0 + 0 = 0
Paul Keating ................. 9 4 & 8 0 + 4 = 4
Roberta Muths ................ 9 & 10 0 + 0 = 0
Russ Heimerson ............... 20 N/V 0 + 1 = 1
Scott Crom ................... 4 3 & 18 0 + 2 = 2
Tim Bourne ................... 10 11 & 14 0 + 3 = 3
Toni Savage .................. 13 1 & 14 0 + 2 = 2
**Tony Abell ................... 14 *5* & 9 2 + 5 = 7
Wayne Scott .................. 11 N/V 0 + 2 = 2
1. A machine used in the manufacture of buttons.
Submitter: Guerri Stevens Votes: 6 & 7 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Toni Savage
2. [Math.] any statement which is either always true or always
false.
Submitter: Dave Cunningham Votes: 3 & 9 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: John Barrs
3. In ancient Greek city-states, a person who was overly concerned
with his or her own self-interest and ignored the needs of the
community.
Submitter: Judy Madnick Votes: 4 & 14 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Dave Cunningham; Scott Crom
4. An image or symbol which applies to only one particular person.
Submitter: Scott Crom Votes: 3 & 18 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Judy Madnick; Paul Keating
5. [fr. Gk idiotikos] A dictionary of a dialect.
Submitter: Dictionary Vote: N/A D5
Voted for by: Hugo Kornelis; Chris Carson; Dan Widdis; Tony Abell;
Bob Stone
6. A remedy intended for a particular ailment or disorder; a
specific.
Submitter: Chris Carson Votes: *5* & 14 2 + 2 = 4
Voted for by: Nancy Shepherdson; Guerri Stevens
7. [Rare] a robot or mechanical man. (<Russ. _idyot_ "he walks")
Submitter: Mike Shefler Votes: 9 & 17 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Guerri Stevens
8. A collection of personal memorabilia; a scrapbook.
Submitter: Kathryn Lance Votes: 13 & 20 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Paul Keating; Dodi Schultz
9. a self-portrait.
Submitter: Paul Keating Votes: 4 & 8 0 + 4 = 4
Voted for by: Dave Cunningham; Mike Shefler; Tony Abell; Roberta
Muths
10. A symbol used in an email or other online communication to
indicate recognition of one's own stupidity.
Submitter: Tim Bourne Votes: 11 & 14 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Nancy Shepherdson; Dan Widdis; Roberta Muths
11. a device for examining oneself.
Submitter: Wayne Scott Vote: N/V 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Tim Bourne; Dodi Schultz
12. A horse-drawn cart with tall sides, used mainly for
transporting hay and straw. (fr. Basque: idi = horse, oticon =
wagon).
Submitter: Nancy Shepherdson Votes: 6 & 10 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
13. (geol.) a fossil or other relic of an older rock preserved as a
fragment in a later deposit.
Submitter: Toni Savage Votes: 1 & 14 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: John Barrs; Kathryn Lance
14. A unitary, unique word with no known etymology.
Submitter: Tony Abell Votes: *5* & 9 2 + 5 = 7
Voted for by: Judy Madnick; Tim Bourne; Chris Carson; Toni Savage;
Bob Stone
15. Giles de la Tourette's disease - an uncontrollable twitching of
the face muscles [idios = personal + tic ]
Submitter: John Barrs Votes: 2 & 13 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
16. An early form of a television-camera tube, equipped for rapid
scanning of an information-storing, photoactive mosaic.[Originally a
trademark.]
Submitter: Bob Stone Votes: *5* & 14 2 + 1 = 3
Voted for by: Hugo Kornelis
17. Shoe polish
Submitter: Hugo Kornelis Votes: *5* & 16 2 + 1 = 3
Voted for by: Mike Shefler
18. _Psych._ a portrait or other depiction having significance
peculiar to a single individual.
Submitter: Dodi Schultz Votes: 8 & 11 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Scott Crom
19. A form of literature or filmmaking that treats real people or
events as if they were fictional or uses real people or events as
essential elements in an otherwise fictional rendition
Submitter: Dan Widdis Votes: *5* & 10 2 + 0 = 2
Voted for by:
20. In Sunderali's system, a group of oscine passerine birds
related to the crows, consisting of the birds of paradise and sundry
others, and constituting the fourth family of the cohort
_Coliomorphae._
Submitter: Russ Heimerson Vote: N/V 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Kathryn Lance
No def: Roberta Muths Votes: 9 & 10 0 + 0 = 0
trend that left the dictionary in the coveted runner-up spot with
five votes. Tony Abell is the next dealer with seven points.
As always, any mistakes are mine alone, and you may all go look
up the word. The odd etymology of the word comes from the online
Worthless Word of the Day. http://tinyurl.com/f5496
-Bill
Player Def# Voted for Points
------------------------------ ---- ----------- ---------------
Bob Stone .................... 16 *5* & 14 2 + 1 = 3
Chris Carson ................. 6 *5* & 14 2 + 2 = 4
Dan Widdis ................... 19 *5* & 10 2 + 0 = 2
Dave Cunningham .............. 2 3 & 9 0 + 1 = 1
*Dictionary ................... 5 N/A D5
Dodi Schultz ................. 18 8 & 11 0 + 1 = 1
Guerri Stevens ............... 1 6 & 7 0 + 1 = 1
Hugo Kornelis ................ 17 *5* & 16 2 + 1 = 3
John Barrs ................... 15 2 & 13 0 + 0 = 0
Judy Madnick ................. 3 4 & 14 0 + 2 = 2
Kathryn Lance ................ 8 13 & 20 0 + 2 = 2
Mike Shefler ................. 7 9 & 17 0 + 1 = 1
Nancy Shepherdson ............ 12 6 & 10 0 + 0 = 0
Paul Keating ................. 9 4 & 8 0 + 4 = 4
Roberta Muths ................ 9 & 10 0 + 0 = 0
Russ Heimerson ............... 20 N/V 0 + 1 = 1
Scott Crom ................... 4 3 & 18 0 + 2 = 2
Tim Bourne ................... 10 11 & 14 0 + 3 = 3
Toni Savage .................. 13 1 & 14 0 + 2 = 2
**Tony Abell ................... 14 *5* & 9 2 + 5 = 7
Wayne Scott .................. 11 N/V 0 + 2 = 2
1. A machine used in the manufacture of buttons.
Submitter: Guerri Stevens Votes: 6 & 7 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Toni Savage
2. [Math.] any statement which is either always true or always
false.
Submitter: Dave Cunningham Votes: 3 & 9 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: John Barrs
3. In ancient Greek city-states, a person who was overly concerned
with his or her own self-interest and ignored the needs of the
community.
Submitter: Judy Madnick Votes: 4 & 14 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Dave Cunningham; Scott Crom
4. An image or symbol which applies to only one particular person.
Submitter: Scott Crom Votes: 3 & 18 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Judy Madnick; Paul Keating
5. [fr. Gk idiotikos] A dictionary of a dialect.
Submitter: Dictionary Vote: N/A D5
Voted for by: Hugo Kornelis; Chris Carson; Dan Widdis; Tony Abell;
Bob Stone
6. A remedy intended for a particular ailment or disorder; a
specific.
Submitter: Chris Carson Votes: *5* & 14 2 + 2 = 4
Voted for by: Nancy Shepherdson; Guerri Stevens
7. [Rare] a robot or mechanical man. (<Russ. _idyot_ "he walks")
Submitter: Mike Shefler Votes: 9 & 17 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Guerri Stevens
8. A collection of personal memorabilia; a scrapbook.
Submitter: Kathryn Lance Votes: 13 & 20 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Paul Keating; Dodi Schultz
9. a self-portrait.
Submitter: Paul Keating Votes: 4 & 8 0 + 4 = 4
Voted for by: Dave Cunningham; Mike Shefler; Tony Abell; Roberta
Muths
10. A symbol used in an email or other online communication to
indicate recognition of one's own stupidity.
Submitter: Tim Bourne Votes: 11 & 14 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Nancy Shepherdson; Dan Widdis; Roberta Muths
11. a device for examining oneself.
Submitter: Wayne Scott Vote: N/V 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Tim Bourne; Dodi Schultz
12. A horse-drawn cart with tall sides, used mainly for
transporting hay and straw. (fr. Basque: idi = horse, oticon =
wagon).
Submitter: Nancy Shepherdson Votes: 6 & 10 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
13. (geol.) a fossil or other relic of an older rock preserved as a
fragment in a later deposit.
Submitter: Toni Savage Votes: 1 & 14 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: John Barrs; Kathryn Lance
14. A unitary, unique word with no known etymology.
Submitter: Tony Abell Votes: *5* & 9 2 + 5 = 7
Voted for by: Judy Madnick; Tim Bourne; Chris Carson; Toni Savage;
Bob Stone
15. Giles de la Tourette's disease - an uncontrollable twitching of
the face muscles [idios = personal + tic ]
Submitter: John Barrs Votes: 2 & 13 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
16. An early form of a television-camera tube, equipped for rapid
scanning of an information-storing, photoactive mosaic.[Originally a
trademark.]
Submitter: Bob Stone Votes: *5* & 14 2 + 1 = 3
Voted for by: Hugo Kornelis
17. Shoe polish
Submitter: Hugo Kornelis Votes: *5* & 16 2 + 1 = 3
Voted for by: Mike Shefler
18. _Psych._ a portrait or other depiction having significance
peculiar to a single individual.
Submitter: Dodi Schultz Votes: 8 & 11 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Scott Crom
19. A form of literature or filmmaking that treats real people or
events as if they were fictional or uses real people or events as
essential elements in an otherwise fictional rendition
Submitter: Dan Widdis Votes: *5* & 10 2 + 0 = 2
Voted for by:
20. In Sunderali's system, a group of oscine passerine birds
related to the crows, consisting of the birds of paradise and sundry
others, and constituting the fourth family of the cohort
_Coliomorphae._
Submitter: Russ Heimerson Vote: N/V 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Kathryn Lance
No def: Roberta Muths Votes: 9 & 10 0 + 0 = 0