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Paul Keating
April 16th, 2008, 02:11 PM
Our inventive players have concocted all but one of the 16
definitions for CURIOLOGIC presented below for your
edification and entertainment. The remaining definition is,
believe it or not, real.

Please vote for the two you think the best, for some value
(or values) of "good" that seems appropriate to you (such as
plausible, politically correct, embarrassing, witty,
implausible, long, or as chosen by a random number
generator). You can do this whether or not you have not
submitted a definition, and whether or not you have played
before. You're not allowed to vote if you know the right
answer.

Vote by public reply to this message, by the deadline,
which is on 17 April 2008 at
23:30 PDT
and on 18 April 2008 at
00:30 MDT
01:30 CDT
02:30 EDT
06:30 UTC
07:30 BST
and 08:30 CEST for me.

1. fhe mating dance of some birds, chiefly the Fulvous Whistling
Duck, _Dendrocygna bicolor_, which includes prospective mates
plunging their beaks into soft mud and wiping it on each other's
necks and wings

2. pertaining to the collection, preservation, and cataloguing of
objects of artistic, historical, anthropological, or other
special interest

3. concerned with the management of museums

4. any of a variety of alternate systems of logic, many of which do
not restrict themselves to the traditional two-value system
(i.e., true/false); these logics are not used for ordinary
thinking or reasoning, but they are very fruitful for exploring
the consequences of different sets of assumptions

5. an elliptical series of syllogisms, in which the premises are so
arranged that the predicate of the first is the subject of the
next, continuing thus until the subject of the first is united
with the predicate of the last

6. of or pertaining to that form of hieroglyphic writing in which
objects are represented by pictures, and not by symbolic
characters; representation by picture-writing.

7. strange; peculiar

8. of or related to cabinetry

9. a nervous system disorder causing a feeling of something
crawling on the skin

10. broken but repairable

11. extravagantly minute investigation

12. relating to or characterized by the study of nonessential
information

13. using or having ambiguous or allegorical meanings

14. ornate designs used in a border or frame

15. describing the phenomenon of nuclear resonance

16. (Obs.) producing heat by atomic radiation (<Pierre & Marie Curie)

France International
April 16th, 2008, 02:25 PM
After performing an extravagantly minute examination of the defs, I'm
convinced it's either 10 or 13.

waynescottmd@earthlink.net
April 16th, 2008, 04:09 PM
6 and 13, please.


Wayne

Tim Lodge
April 16th, 2008, 04:10 PM
Paul

For want of any better ideas,

5 and 16 please.

-- Tim L

Daniel B. Widdis
April 16th, 2008, 04:35 PM
The quoted but not voted 11, and the popular 13.

--
Dan Widdis

Bill Hirst
April 16th, 2008, 07:02 PM
I barely managed to get through the list before my brain froze up, but
I'll take a couple of the long ones, 4 and 5.

-Bill

Tim B
April 16th, 2008, 07:29 PM
2 and 14, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

Tim B
April 16th, 2008, 07:29 PM
2 and 14, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

Judy Madnick
April 16th, 2008, 07:30 PM
I am going to assume that the correct response is far from what might be expected. With that in mind, my votes go to:

<< 14. ornate designs used in a border or frame

<< 15. describing the phenomenon of nuclear resonance

Judy Madnick

Guerri Stevens
April 16th, 2008, 08:19 PM
I vote for 4 and 15 for no particular reason.

Guerri

Nancy Shepherdson
April 17th, 2008, 03:33 AM
I know it's not mine, so I'll take 6 and 14 as being least likely.

Nancy

Jim Hart
April 17th, 2008, 03:33 AM
Missed the definition deadline again. Ah well, at least I can vote
with the certainty I won't have to deal the next round.

I read all the way down the list, dismissing anything to do with
curios or logic, now I'm too tired to go back up to the top again so
I'll take 14 and 16.

Jim

JohnnyB
April 17th, 2008, 04:46 AM
Well, now: taking everything into considerationmy head suggests 3 because there ought to be a word like this for that and 6 because
I can see no reasion why it should mean that

So #3 and #6 please



JohnnyB

>
> 3. concerned with the management of museums
>
>
> 6. of or pertaining to that form of hieroglyphic writing in which
> objects are represented by pictures, and not by symbolic
> characters; representation by picture-writing.
>

Dave Cunningham
April 17th, 2008, 06:59 AM
1 in honor of Fernando, and 3 because it almost makes sense ...

Dave

On Apr 16, 3:11*pm, Paul Keating <pjakeat... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
> Our inventive players have concocted all but one of the 16
> definitions for CURIOLOGIC presented below for your
> edification and entertainment. The remaining definition is,
> believe it or not, real.
>
> Please vote for the two you think the best, for some value
> (or values) of "good" that seems appropriate to you (such as
> plausible, politically correct, embarrassing, witty,
> implausible, long, or as chosen by a random number
> generator). You can do this whether or not you have not
> submitted a definition, and whether or not you have played
> before. You're not allowed to vote if you know the right
> answer.
>
> Vote by public reply to this message, by the deadline,
> which is on 17 April 2008 at
> * * 23:30 PDT
> and on 18 April 2008 at
> * * 00:30 MDT
> * * 01:30 CDT
> * * 02:30 EDT
> * * 06:30 UTC
> * * 07:30 BST
> and 08:30 CEST for me.
>
> *1. fhe mating dance of some birds, chiefly the Fulvous Whistling
> * * Duck, _Dendrocygna bicolor_, which includes prospective mates
> * * plunging their beaks into soft mud and wiping it on each other's
> * * necks and wings
>
> *2. pertaining to the collection, preservation, and cataloguing of
> * * objects of artistic, historical, anthropological, or other
> * * special interest
>
> *3. concerned with the management of museums
>
> *4. any of a variety of alternate systems of logic, many of which do
> * * not restrict themselves to the traditional two-value system
> * * (i.e., true/false); these logics are not used for ordinary
> * * thinking or reasoning, but they are very fruitful for exploring
> * * the consequences of different sets of assumptions
>
> *5. an elliptical series of syllogisms, in which the premises are so
> * * arranged that the predicate of the first is the subject of the
> * * next, continuing thus until the subject of the first is united
> * * with the predicate of the last
>
> *6. of or pertaining to that form of hieroglyphic writing in which
> * * objects are represented by pictures, and not by symbolic
> * * characters; representation by picture-writing.
>
> *7. strange; peculiar
>
> *8. of or related to cabinetry
>
> *9. a nervous system disorder causing a feeling of something
> * * crawling on the skin
>
> 10. broken but repairable
>
> 11. extravagantly minute investigation
>
> 12. relating to or characterized by the study of nonessential
> * * information
>
> 13. using or having ambiguous or allegorical meanings
>
> 14. ornate designs used in a border or frame
>
> 15. describing the phenomenon of nuclear resonance
>
> 16. (Obs.) producing heat by atomic radiation (<Pierre & Marie Curie)

EnDash@aol.com
April 17th, 2008, 07:41 AM
I'll try 6 and 16.

-- Dick Weltz




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Christopher Carson
April 17th, 2008, 10:21 AM
I'm going to vote on length this time - 1 and 4.

Chris

Chuck
April 17th, 2008, 11:01 AM
Paul -

My def didn't make it, but the list is enticing and I'll go for -

2. pertaining to the collection, preservation, and cataloguing of
objects of artistic, historical, anthropological, or other special interest

and

12. relating to or characterized by the study of nonessential information

Thanks,

Chuck

Toni Savage
April 17th, 2008, 10:11 PM
2 and 7, please.

Toni in Phoenix

waynescottmd@earthlink.net
April 17th, 2008, 10:49 PM
Welcome home to our South West!


> [Original Message]
> From: Toni Savage <tonicsavage (AT) yahoo (DOT) com>
> To: <Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
> Date: 4/17/2008 8:12:06 PM
> Subject: [Dixonary] Re: Round 1899: CURIOLOGIC - definitions
>
>
> 2 and 7, please.
>
> Toni in Phoenix
>
>
>