Tim Lodge
January 21st, 2008, 04:47 AM
Here they are then - 15 hand-crafted definitions of GINGYMATE plus a
real one from my dictionary. Vote for TWO definitions, as a public
forum message (in reply to this one), before the deadline:
21:00 UTC/GMT
4:00 PM EST
1:00 PM PST, all on Tuesday 22nd January.
New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
round. Don't look in a dictionary. Full rules, if you're curious, are
at http://tinyurl.com/br3oc
-- Tim L
** GINGLYMATE **
1: tallow waste.
2: to form a hinge.
3: an odd or unexpected partner.
4: hen guinea-fowl [Norfolk dial]
5: having a blistered appearance.
6: a large wood auger with a metal tip.
7: a skin disease affecting the eyelids.
8: [Aus.] a large backpack or duffel bag.
9: loose outer garment worn by ancient Greeks.
10: the concave underside of the body of a jellyfish.
11: to react to a bad taste or odor by protruding the tongue.
12: one of the peptides found in ginger (Zingiber officinale).
13: a native South African personal attendant to an English landowner.
14: [_Austral._] a partner or crony in petty crime and small-time con
games.
15: a carbonated beverage flavored with ginger and lemon. [Orig. a
trademark.]
16: a dark brown, black, or green mineral of the amphibole group
consisting of a hydroxyl alumino-silicate of calcium, magnesium, and
iron, occurring in many igneous and metamorphic rocks.
real one from my dictionary. Vote for TWO definitions, as a public
forum message (in reply to this one), before the deadline:
21:00 UTC/GMT
4:00 PM EST
1:00 PM PST, all on Tuesday 22nd January.
New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
round. Don't look in a dictionary. Full rules, if you're curious, are
at http://tinyurl.com/br3oc
-- Tim L
** GINGLYMATE **
1: tallow waste.
2: to form a hinge.
3: an odd or unexpected partner.
4: hen guinea-fowl [Norfolk dial]
5: having a blistered appearance.
6: a large wood auger with a metal tip.
7: a skin disease affecting the eyelids.
8: [Aus.] a large backpack or duffel bag.
9: loose outer garment worn by ancient Greeks.
10: the concave underside of the body of a jellyfish.
11: to react to a bad taste or odor by protruding the tongue.
12: one of the peptides found in ginger (Zingiber officinale).
13: a native South African personal attendant to an English landowner.
14: [_Austral._] a partner or crony in petty crime and small-time con
games.
15: a carbonated beverage flavored with ginger and lemon. [Orig. a
trademark.]
16: a dark brown, black, or green mineral of the amphibole group
consisting of a hydroxyl alumino-silicate of calcium, magnesium, and
iron, occurring in many igneous and metamorphic rocks.