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Christopher Carson
March 15th, 2007, 09:17 PM
<<I'm reposting as a new message with the appropriate subject line. I should know better than to hit the 'reply' button>>

Urk! Here we go again. This flurry of dealing is rapidly draining my word list but I actually was prepared this time only because I mis-counted the votes and somehow thought I had tallied 5. Had I just foregone voting .... Oh well, no use crying over spilt tie-breakers. I may have to massage the deadlines somewhat due to a meeting on Monday. I tend to extend rather than shorten the deadlines, though so let's see how things go.

The word for round 1793 is

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******* FANNY ADAMS
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Capitalization is not significant.

Please submit your fake definitions for this word, by _email_ (ccarson AT
ix DOT netcom DOT com), on or before the deadline, which is Noon EDT on
Saturday, March 17, 2007 (Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh!), or

11:00 AM CDT
10:00 AM MDT and
9:00 AM PDT

I won't attempt to factor in the DST shift to European times so those are left as an exercise to those to whom it applies.

If you are DQ, please advise as soon as possible so I can come up with a new word.


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Tim Bourne
March 16th, 2007, 04:58 AM
> ******* FANNY ADAMS
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smart, canny (Cockney rhyming slang)

I assume this has something to do with the expression
"Sweet Fanny Adams" meaning nothing, in which case I am DQ.

Best wishes,

Tim B

Judy Madnick
March 16th, 2007, 07:16 AM
I may not have a chance to submit a definition. Have a great round!

Judy


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Christopher Carson
March 16th, 2007, 07:57 AM
Ouch! The OED had "Sweet Fanny Adams" about the meaning "nothing at all". You're the 3rd DQ based on that variant. I may have to put out a new word but at this point I'm going to continue with Fanny Adams and see what happens. I may have to review the rules and see what happens when a word has a variant definition unknown to the dealer but apparently not unknown otherwise.

I wonder if this 'nothing at all' meaning comes from a euphemism for a term I have seen in books, "Sweet Fuck-All".

Chris


----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Bourne
To: coryphaeus (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 5:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixonary] Rnd 1793 New Word


> ******* FANNY ADAMS
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smart, canny (Cockney rhyming slang)

I assume this has something to do with the expression
"Sweet Fanny Adams" meaning nothing, in which case I am DQ.

Best wishes,

Tim B






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