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JohnnyB
January 25th, 2008, 04:00 AM
Dixons

Sorry, I misposted -- (MS Outlook has scrambled all my "quickaddress" addresses) so this is now 12 hours later than when I
originally posted it so -- If anyone does get the old one, this one is the official posting of the defs and has adjusted times for
completion

Here are 18 definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and wisdom by our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to
decide which is the definition that was submitted by a dictionary.

Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to this one), before the deadline..

10:00 pm on Saturday, 26 Jan 2008 in the UK 5:pm am East Coast USA 2:00 pm West Coast USA

New players are welcome to vote, even if you didn't enter a definition this round. Don't look in a dictionary 'til after you have
voted

JohnnyB

1: fear of fear

2: fear of moths

3: fear of snails

4: fear of being slim

5: fear of butterflies

6: fear of men with beards

7: an abnormal fear of metal

8: fear of becoming entangled

9: an abnormal fear of podiums

10: avoidance of or fear of anger

11: an irrational fear of psychoanalysis

12: fear of decisions; severe procrastination

13: an abnormal fear of microscopic organisms

14: fear of having your brains eaten by zombies

15: fear of going insane [Gk _lyssa_ madness + -phobia]

16: a nervous state produced by morbid dread of having contracted rabies

17: a heightened discomfort with moral ambiguity, often leading to religious fanaticism

18: [obs.] genus that includes plants of the buttercup family, many of which are poisonous




JohnB

Tim Lodge
January 25th, 2008, 04:33 AM
John

I'm frightened that I might pick the wrong def! I'll pick one fear
with a pin, and vote for the only def that isn't a fear:

1 and 18 please.

-- Tim L

Guerri Stevens
January 25th, 2008, 06:06 AM
My fear of voting is causing me to procrastinate, so I'll vote for 12
and 17.

Guerri

Tim B
January 25th, 2008, 06:19 AM
given the general consensus on fear, I'll have to have one of those,
number 2 - but I also have to have the exception, number 18.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

Dave Cunningham
January 25th, 2008, 06:20 AM
4 and 15 ... my wife is driving me mad on her diet?


Dave

On Jan 25, 5:00*am, JohnnyB <johnnyba... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
> Dixons

Toni Savage
January 25th, 2008, 06:34 AM
1 and 6 please?

-- Toni Savage

Judy Madnick
January 25th, 2008, 06:59 AM
<< 2: fear of moths

<< 3: fear of snails

Judy Madnick
Jacksonville, FL (but currently in Boca Raton)

Bill Hirst
January 25th, 2008, 07:07 AM
Be afraid, be very afraid. I'll vote for 13 and 15, but then I'm
changing my name and moving to "an undisclosed location."

-The player formerly known as Bill

Dodi Schultz
January 25th, 2008, 10:04 AM
Toss-up time.

I'll try #3 and #8.

Hiya, Jim. ;-)

--Dodi

France International
January 25th, 2008, 10:50 AM
Well, since I see the def I thought it was, I will declare myself DQ.

Mike

NancyShepherdson@gmail.com
January 25th, 2008, 06:13 PM
I'll take 15 and 17.

Nancy

Daniel B. Widdis
January 25th, 2008, 11:24 PM
I can't decide what to vote for. I think I'll go play Zombie Fluxx.

(that's 12 and 14, btw.)

Dan (whose sig line got eaten)

Jim Hart
January 25th, 2008, 11:46 PM
Snails and zombies - 3 and 14

Jim

Christopher Carson
January 26th, 2008, 08:17 AM
Who could resist rabid zombies? I'll go with 14 and 16 this time.

Chris

Scott Crom
January 26th, 2008, 10:43 AM
I'll have 5 and 17, please.

Scott

Russ Heimerson
January 26th, 2008, 01:49 PM
I'll go for #15 and #16, please.

Russ

Paul Keating
January 26th, 2008, 02:21 PM
The snails and the zombies, 3 and 14, for me. I don't believe either of
them, needless to say.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague