Toni Savage
July 31st, 2007, 05:53 AM
Yes, I thought that everyone used that word for
"packing peanuts", and that it was made up recently...
I think it was my sister who first told me that word,
so I wrote her with the list...jhere's what she said:
--- Carroll <carrollsav (AT) comcast (DOT) net> wrote:
Well, one of the definitions below I found by
Googling "nurdle definition", but got 340 hits, with a
lot of different definitions. One that pops up more
often than the one below is that of a small dollop of
toothpaste (or similar substance), and was popularized
by ADA or a toothpaste company or such as the amount
to use for one brushing. Another is something in
Cricket, which I didn't understand. Urban dictionary
has 3 definitions, none of which are in the list
below. I have no idea how many of them pre-date
Styrofoam(r).
--- Tony Abell <hello (AT) isanybodyhome (DOT) com> wrote:
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>
> One player guessed the dictionary meaning of a grain
> or pellet of something,
> such as those those Styrofoam packing goobers. An
> honorable mention goes to Toni
> Savage, who actually knew this meaning of the word
> and was therefore DQ. John
> Barrs, the aforementioned player who guessed
> correctly, also knew of an older
> meaning of nurdle relating to cricket, but the
> current nurdle is completely
> different, so he was not DQ. We had a full range of
> scores from zero to five,
> the latter being what Mike Shefler's teasing and
> annoying def earned, and it is
> thus he who gets the deal.
>
> Take it away, Mike!
>
>
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>
-- Toni Savage
"Failure to plan on your part, does not constitute an emergency on our part"
"packing peanuts", and that it was made up recently...
I think it was my sister who first told me that word,
so I wrote her with the list...jhere's what she said:
--- Carroll <carrollsav (AT) comcast (DOT) net> wrote:
Well, one of the definitions below I found by
Googling "nurdle definition", but got 340 hits, with a
lot of different definitions. One that pops up more
often than the one below is that of a small dollop of
toothpaste (or similar substance), and was popularized
by ADA or a toothpaste company or such as the amount
to use for one brushing. Another is something in
Cricket, which I didn't understand. Urban dictionary
has 3 definitions, none of which are in the list
below. I have no idea how many of them pre-date
Styrofoam(r).
--- Tony Abell <hello (AT) isanybodyhome (DOT) com> wrote:
================================
>
> One player guessed the dictionary meaning of a grain
> or pellet of something,
> such as those those Styrofoam packing goobers. An
> honorable mention goes to Toni
> Savage, who actually knew this meaning of the word
> and was therefore DQ. John
> Barrs, the aforementioned player who guessed
> correctly, also knew of an older
> meaning of nurdle relating to cricket, but the
> current nurdle is completely
> different, so he was not DQ. We had a full range of
> scores from zero to five,
> the latter being what Mike Shefler's teasing and
> annoying def earned, and it is
> thus he who gets the deal.
>
> Take it away, Mike!
>
>
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>
-- Toni Savage
"Failure to plan on your part, does not constitute an emergency on our part"