[Dixonary] Round 2020 new word ELSIN

[Chuck]

The word for round 2020 is

**
****
******
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********** ELSIN
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******
****
**

Capitalization is not significant.

Please submit your fake definitions for this word, by
_email_, on or before the deadline, which is 11:00 PM EDT on
Saturday, July 11, 2009, or 8:00 PM PDT, or 3:00 AM UTC on
Sunday, July 12, 2009. Other timezones vary.

Full rules and other oddities may be found in the files area of
the Googlegroups Dixonary site http://tinyurl.com/2tyrox or the
sticky messages at tapcis.com in The Parlor.

[collect]

Danish mine site, famed for Elsin Ore.


Dave nad

On Jul 10, 1:54*pm, Chuck <ch... (AT) tdi (DOT) ca> wrote:
> The word for round 2020 is
>
> **
> ****
> ******
> ********
> ********** ELSIN
> ********
> ******
> ****
> **
>
> Capitalization is not significant.
>
> Please submit your fake definitions for this word, by
> _email_, on or before the deadline, which is 11:00 PM EDT on
> Saturday, July 11, 2009, or 8:00 PM PDT, or 3:00 AM UTC on
> Sunday, July 12, 2009. Other timezones vary.
>
> Full rules and other oddities may be found in the files area of
> the Googlegroups Dixonary sitehttp://tinyurl.com/2tyroxor the
> sticky messages at tapcis.com in The Parlor.

[Chuck]

With no DQ's we are a go with ELSIN.

So far, 8 defintions have been received, from the following
players:

Barrs, Bourne, Cunningham, Keating, Kornelis, Madnick,
Morgan and Widdis.

You still have 14 hours to submit your fake definitions for
ELSIN, (which you should of course send me by _email_).
The deadline for definitions is

Saturday, July 11, 2009 11:00 PM EDT.

[Nancy Shepherdson]

Having the characteristic golf swing of Ernie Els.

Nancy (nad)

[Chuck]

There are a total of 17 definitions for ELSIN. Please vote
for two, by public reply to this message, before the deadline,
which is 7:30 AM EDT on Monday, July 13, 2009, or 4:30 AM
PDT. Sorry about the short deadline, but I expect to be
having my own problems starting at 8 AM.

1. [Geol.] A sand dome peculiar to the Arabian peninsula
(Ar. _el sin_, a mound).

2. Roman military cloak.

3. Characteristic of a message directed to the wrong
recipient; A misdirected letter.

4. Ocean foam washed to the shoreline, persisting after
waves have receded.

5. Tending to avoid people and social situations; reserved.

6. Fit; well-equipped; capable.

7. A dark-brown to black opaque variety of smoky quartz
resulting from the natural or artificial irradiation of
aluminium-containing milk quartz.

8. [Gael.] Strange, foreign; otherworldly.

9. In calculus, a subsidiary value of a sine.

10. a. A writ of execution, by which a creditor is put in
possession of (formerly half) the goods and lands of a
debtor, until his claim is satisfied. b. The right
secured by this writ.

11. An awl.

12. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.

13. A compound of goose fat and honeycomb used as a prime
ingredient in mustache wax.

14. A rosemary-flavored aperitif.

15. A warning; an omen.

16. Pickled elvers.

17. A badge of honor.

[stamps]

I'll go for 8 and 11.

[Daniel B. Widdis]

You forgot the real one.

I'll give 13 and 14 my votes for reasons that I can't explain.

Dan

[Millie Morgan]

This time:

15. A warning; an omen
probably because I just can't resist ...
16. Pickled elvers.

Millie

[Dodi Schultz]

I'll take a stab at one long and one short--#10 and #15.

--Dodi

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 11 and 17.

Guerri

Chuck wrote:
>
> 11. An awl.
>
> 17. A badge of honor.

[Hugo Kornelis]

Hi Chuck,

Feeling even more flabbergasted than usual, I will waste my two votes on
these two choices:

> 4. Ocean foam washed to the shoreline, persisting after
> waves have receded.

> 14. A rosemary-flavored aperitif.

Best, Hugo

[Tim B]

10 and 12, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[collect]

7 and 8 for no god reason at ll (other than knowing one fake def)

Dave

On Jul 11, 11:25*pm, Chuck <ch... (AT) tdi (DOT) ca> wrote:
> There are a total of 17 definitions for ELSIN. Please vote
> for two, by public reply to this message, before the deadline,
> which is 7:30 AM EDT on Monday, July 13, 2009, or 4:30 AM
> PDT. *Sorry about the short deadline, but I expect to be
> having my own problems starting at 8 AM.
>
> *1. [Geol.] A sand dome peculiar to the Arabian peninsula
> * * (Ar. _el sin_, a mound).
>
> *2. Roman military cloak.
>
> *3. Characteristic of a message directed to the wrong
> * * recipient; A misdirected letter.
>
> *4. Ocean foam washed to the shoreline, persisting after
> * * waves have receded.
>
> *5. Tending to avoid people and social situations; reserved.
>
> *6. Fit; well-equipped; capable.
>
> *7. A dark-brown to black opaque variety of smoky quartz
> * * resulting from the natural or artificial irradiation of
> * * aluminium-containing milk quartz.
>
> *8. [Gael.] Strange, foreign; otherworldly.
>
> *9. In calculus, a subsidiary value of a sine.
>
> 10. a. A writ of execution, by which a creditor is put in
> * * possession of (formerly half) the goods and lands of a
> * * debtor, until his claim is satisfied. b. The right
> * * secured by this writ.
>
> 11. An awl.
>
> 12. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
>
> 13. A compound of goose fat and honeycomb used as a prime
> * * ingredient in mustache wax.
>
> 14. A rosemary-flavored aperitif.
>
> 15. A warning; an omen.
>
> 16. Pickled elvers.
>
> 17. A badge of honor.

[Paul Keating]

Good word! Pop is clearly foxed. Me too. I'll take the plausible 4 and 8.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague

[JohnnyB]

Foxed as vox pop - so #11 for brevity and #13 for that is a def that should
have a word and elsin is as good as any

thanks

JohnnyB

[Nancy Shepherdson]

I will take 12 and 17, although I love 13, which I agree should have a
word.

Nancy

[Tony Abell]

With no inspiration to be original, I'll take 4 and 17:

> 4. Ocean foam washed to the shoreline, persisting after
> waves have receded.

> 17. A badge of honor.

[Chuck]

In round 2020, 4 players earned top spot with 4 points: they
were Millie Morgan, Toni Savage, Mike Shefler and Guerri
Stevens. Millie Morgan's definition "Ocean foam washed to
the shoreline, persisting after waves have receded." earned
its author the deal, and the others can heave a sigh of
relief that their defs did not earn one more vote.

There were 4 players in runner-up position with 3 points
each: Chris Carson, Hugo Kornelis, Dodi Schultz and John
Barrs.

The true definition was 11: "An awl." (The Shorter Oxford
English Dictionary on Historical Principles), which 3
perceptive players guessed.

1. [Geol.] A sand dome peculiar to the Arabian peninsula
(Ar. _el sin_, a mound).
Votes from: Madnick, Weltz
Submitted by: Cunningham, who scores natural 2.

2. Roman military cloak.
No votes
Submitted by: Madnick.

3. Characteristic of a message directed to the wrong
recipient; A misdirected letter.
No votes
Submitted by: Shepherdson.

4. Ocean foam washed to the shoreline, persisting after
waves have receded.
Votes from: Keating, Abell, Madnick, Kornelis
Submitted by: Morgan, who scores natural 4.

5. Tending to avoid people and social situations; reserved.
No votes
Submitted by: Crom.

6. Fit; well-equipped; capable.
No votes
Submitted by: Bourne.

7. A dark-brown to black opaque variety of smoky quartz
resulting from the natural or artificial irradiation of
aluminium-containing milk quartz.
Vote from: Cunningham
Submitted by: Widdis, who scores natural 1.

8. [Gael.] Strange, foreign; otherworldly.
Votes from: Keating, Shefler, Cunningham
Submitted by: Schultz, who scores natural 3.

9. In calculus, a subsidiary value of a sine.
No votes
Submitted by: Weltz.

10. a. A writ of execution, by which a creditor is put in
possession of (formerly half) the goods and lands of a
debtor, until his claim is satisfied. b. The right
secured by this writ.
Votes from: Schultz, Bourne
Submitted by: Keating, who scores natural 2.

11. An awl.
Votes from: Stevens, Shefler, Barrs
Real definition from The Shorter Oxford English
Dictionary on Historical Principles

12. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
Votes from: Shepherdson, Bourne, Weltz
Submitted by: Kornelis, who scores natural 3.

13. A compound of goose fat and honeycomb used as a prime
ingredient in mustache wax.
Votes from: Widdis, Barrs
Submitted by: Shefler, who scores 2 + 2, total 4.

14. A rosemary-flavored aperitif.
Votes from: Widdis, Kornelis
Submitted by: Stevens, who scores 2 + 2, total 4.

15. A warning; an omen.
Votes from: Schultz, Crom, Morgan
Submitted by: Carson, who scores natural 3.

16. Pickled elvers.
Vote from: Morgan
Submitted by: Barrs, who scores 1 + 2, total 3.

17. A badge of honor.
Votes from: Shepherdson, Stevens, Abell, Crom
Submitted by: Savage, who scores natural 4.

Player Def Voted for Votes Guess DP Total
------ --- --------- ----- ----- -- -----
Morgan 4 15 & 16 4 0 4
Savage 17 N/V 4 0 4
Shefler 13 8 & 11 2 2 4
Stevens 14 11 & 17 2 2 4
Carson 15 N/V 3 0 3
Kornelis 12 4 & 14 3 0 3
Schultz 8 10 & 15 3 0 3
Barrs 16 11 & 13 1 2 3
Cunningham 1 7 & 8 2 0 2
Keating 10 4 & 8 2 0 2
Widdis 7 13 & 14 1 0 1
Abell 4 & 17 0 0
Bourne 6 10 & 12 0 0
Crom 5 15 & 17 0 0
Madnick 2 1 & 4 0 0
Shepherdson 3 12 & 17 0 0
Weltz 9 1 & 12 0 0

[Millie Morgan]

HELP!!

Millie


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck" <chuck (AT) tdi (DOT) ca>
To: <Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 9:40 PM
Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2020 ELSIN results


>
> In round 2020, 4 players earned top spot with 4 points: they
> were Millie Morgan, Toni Savage, Mike Shefler and Guerri
> Stevens. Millie Morgan's definition "Ocean foam washed to
> the shoreline, persisting after waves have receded." earned
> its author the deal, and the others can heave a sigh of
> relief that their defs did not earn one more vote.
>
> There were 4 players in runner-up position with 3 points
> each: Chris Carson, Hugo Kornelis, Dodi Schultz and John
> Barrs.
>

[Daniel B. Widdis]

You're safe, Millie. Although you've certainly come in second many times
now!

-----Original Message-----



HELP!!

Millie