[Dixonary] Round 2044 SILYAGA Defs - Vote now!

[Tim Lodge]

The extended period for submitting defs has produced a total of 18
defs for STILYAGA, including one from my dictionary. Vote for TWO
definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before
the deadline:

10:00 BST on Sunday 4th October
09:00 UTC
5:00 AM EDT
2:00 AM PDT
21:00 Melbourne time, all on the same day

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/ktw5pq

-- Tim L


*** STILYAGA ***

1: a witch's dwelling (Rus.)

2: [Rus] an ugly or repulsive style.

3: a small tropical rainforest bird.

4: the primary creative force in Zoroastrianism.

5: a cocktail composed of vodka and mineral water.

6: [Russ.] a horse-drawn carriage with a folding top.

7: the house of a witch-like character of Slavic folklore.

8: the blood-fine paid by a murderer to the victim's family.

9: a Ukranian drinking game with midget female impersonators.

10: a variety of mud hut with thatched roof common in the Urals.

11: the magical all-seeing sword wielded by the blind Norse god Hoth.

12: any particles tending to be attractive to one another and to
coalesce.

13: [obs] cavalry style huntsman's dress ["stil" = OE style + "yagen"
= G to hunt]

14: a long wavelike ridge of snow, formed by the wind and found on the
polar plains.

15: the process of writing Buddhist or Hindu religious literature,
usually in Sanskrit.

16: _Russia_ fashionable young people [Ru. _stil_ brand + _l'aga_
pants 'designer jeans']

17: In the U.S.S.R.: a young person who affects stylish dress as an
expression of rebellion, nonconformity, etc.

18: (Slavic folklore) a hut perched on chicken legs and surrounded by
a fence made of bleached bones, which marked the entrance to the
underworld

[Toni Savage]

Poo! Just missed it.

Ah well, my votes go to: 2 and 10 please.

-- Toni Savage


--- On Fri, 10/2/09, Tim Lodge <5sfwiyj02 (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com> wrote:

> From: Tim Lodge <5sfwiyj02 (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com>
> Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2044 SILYAGA Defs - Vote now!
> To: "Dixonary" <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
> Date: Friday, October 2, 2009, 10:52 AM
>
> The extended period for submitting defs has produced a
> total of 18
> defs for STILYAGA, including one from my dictionary.*
> Vote for TWO
> definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this
> one), before
> the deadline:
>
> *** *** 10:00 BST on Sunday
> 4th October
> * * * * * * * *
> 09:00 UTC
> * * * * * * *
> ***5:00 AM EDT
> * * * * * * *
> ***2:00 AM PDT
> * * * * * * * *
> 21:00 Melbourne time, all on the same day
>
> 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/ktw5pq
>
> --* Tim L
>
>
> *** STILYAGA ***
>
> 1: a witch's dwelling (Rus.)
>
> 2: [Rus] an ugly or repulsive style.
>
> 3: a small tropical rainforest bird.
>
> 4: the primary creative force in Zoroastrianism.
>
> 5: a cocktail composed of vodka and mineral water.
>
> 6: [Russ.] a horse-drawn carriage with a folding top.
>
> 7: the house of a witch-like character of Slavic
> folklore.
>
> 8: the blood-fine paid by a murderer to the victim's
> family.
>
> 9: a Ukranian drinking game with midget female
> impersonators.
>
> 10: a variety of mud hut with thatched roof common in the
> Urals.
>
> 11: the magical all-seeing sword wielded by the blind Norse
> god Hoth.
>
> 12: any particles tending to be attractive to one another
> and to
> coalesce.
>
> 13: [obs] cavalry style huntsman's dress ["stil" = OE style
> + "yagen"
> = G to hunt]
>
> 14: a long wavelike ridge of snow, formed by the wind and
> found on the
> polar plains.
>
> 15: the process of writing Buddhist or Hindu religious
> literature,
> usually in Sanskrit.
>
> 16: _Russia_ fashionable young people [Ru. _stil_ brand +
> _l'aga_
> pants 'designer jeans']
>
> 17: In the U.S.S.R.: a young person who affects stylish
> dress as an
> expression of rebellion, nonconformity, etc.
>
> 18: (Slavic folklore) a hut perched on chicken legs and
> surrounded by
> a fence made of bleached bones, which marked the entrance
> to the
> underworld
>

[France International]

Hmm. A lot of definitions that could have been combined. But I think 2 and
17 go together best.,

[EnDash@aol.com]

These are really tough. I'll take a chance on two which seem less obvious,
numbers 3 and 10.

-- Dick Weltz


In a message dated 10/2/2009 10:52:55 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
5sfwiyj02 (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com writes:

The extended period for submitting defs has produced a total of 18
defs for STILYAGA, including one from my dictionary. Vote for TWO
definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before
the deadline:

[Tim B]

I detect some recurring themes here! I'm glad I didn't have the task of
deciding whether to combine any of them.

I'll have 7 and 10, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[Dodi Schultz]

(I'm assuming that the spelling in the message, which agrees with
the original announcement of the word, is the correct one--NOT
the one in the subject line. Not that it makes a whole lot of
deliberative difference.)

A real toughie--not least, because of the combinables (if that's
a word) like 1 and 7, and 16 and 17. Was it because one of these
is the real def? Or was it simply that the dealer considered
them, all submitted by players, sufficiently distinct to let them
all stand alone?

I hate when that happens!

I'm going to go with #6 and #16.

--Dodi

[Tim Lodge]

Sorry - my typo - it's definitely STILYAGA.

-- Tim L

Dodi Schultz wrote:
> (I'm assuming that the spelling in the message, which agrees with
> the original announcement of the word, is the correct one--NOT
> the one in the subject line. Not that it makes a whole lot of
> deliberative difference.)

[JohnnyB]

Tim

In utter confusion I'll go for the huts -- but that still leaves three
possibilities, so I'll add in the 'Slavic Folklore' condition to eliminate
one of them -

so that is #7 and #18 please


>
> 7: the house of a witch-like character of Slavic folklore.
>

>
> 18: (Slavic folklore) a hut perched on chicken legs and
> surrounded by a fence made of bleached bones, which marked
> the entrance to the underworld

JohnnyB

[Nancy Shepherdson]

I'll take 2 and 10

Nancy

[Judy Madnick]

<< 1: a witch's dwelling (Rus.)

<< 7: the house of a witch-like character of Slavic folklore.

I'll go with the witches. <G>

Judy

[Millie Morgan]

I love No.16
but

I'll go with the Russian styles:

2: [Rus] an ugly or repulsive style.
17: In the U.S.S.R.: a young person who affects stylish dress as an
expression of rebellion, nonconformity, etc.

Millie

[Paul Keating]

Leaving out the popular but clearly wrong Baba Yaga defs, 7, 10 and 18; I
vote for 2 because nearly everyone else has.

And I vote for 9 because it gave me an uncontrollable bout of chortles.
Fernando, where are you? A Ferd-def if ever there was one.

But I did wonder about 16 and 17.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague

[Daniel B. Widdis]

14 or 18 please.

--
Dan

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 8 and 14.

Guerri

Tim Lodge wrote:
>
> 8: the blood-fine paid by a murderer to the victim's family.
>
> 14: a long wavelike ridge of snow, formed by the wind and found on the
> polar plains.

[Jim Hart]

I'll take the two witch dwellings, 1 and 7,

(And a nod to #9 wondering if Fernando has returned)

Jim

And incidentally on sunday 0900 UTC will be 2000 Melbourne time as our
clocks become summerish tomorrow.

[collect]

7 and 18 -- too many witches ...

Dave


On Oct 2, 10:52*am, Tim Lodge <5sfwiy... (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com> wrote:
> The extended period for submitting defs has produced a total of 18
> defs for STILYAGA, including one from my dictionary. *Vote for TWO
> definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before
> the deadline:
>
> * * * * * * * * 10:00 BST on Sunday 4th October
> * * * * * * * * 09:00 UTC
> * * * * * * * * *5:00 AM EDT
> * * * * * * * * *2:00 AM PDT
> * * * * * * * * 21:00 Melbourne time, all on the same day
>
> 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
> athttp://tinyurl.com/ktw5pq
>
> -- *Tim L
>
> *** STILYAGA ***
>
> *1: a witch's dwelling (Rus.)
>
> *2: [Rus] an ugly or repulsive style.
>
> *3: a small tropical rainforest bird.
>
> *4: the primary creative force in Zoroastrianism.
>
> *5: a cocktail composed of vodka and mineral water.
>
> *6: [Russ.] a horse-drawn carriage with a folding top.
>
> *7: the house of a witch-like character of Slavic folklore.
>
> *8: the blood-fine paid by a murderer to the victim's family.
>
> *9: a Ukranian drinking game with midget female impersonators.
>
> 10: a variety of mud hut with thatched roof common in the Urals.
>
> 11: the magical all-seeing sword wielded by the blind Norse god Hoth.
>
> 12: any particles tending to be attractive to one another and to
> coalesce.
>
> 13: [obs] cavalry style huntsman's dress ["stil" = OE style + "yagen"
> = G to hunt]
>
> 14: a long wavelike ridge of snow, formed by the wind and found on the
> polar plains.
>
> 15: the process of writing Buddhist or Hindu religious literature,
> usually in Sanskrit.
>
> 16: _Russia_ fashionable young people [Ru. _stil_ brand + _l'aga_
> pants 'designer jeans']
>
> 17: In the U.S.S.R.: a young person who affects stylish dress as an
> expression of rebellion, nonconformity, etc.
>
> 18: (Slavic folklore) a hut perched on chicken legs and surrounded by
> a fence made of bleached bones, which marked the entrance to the
> underworld

[Christopher Carson]

I'll go with 13 and 18 this time.

Chris

[Dodi Schultz]

Jim Hart wrote:

> And incidentally on sunday 0900 UTC will be 2000 Melbourne
> time as our clocks become summerish tomorrow.


Jim, I'm not clear on what "UTC" is in relation to our time. Are
you saying that Melbourne is going to be one hour later than it
was? (I know that it's NOW--before the change--14 hours ahead of
the eastern US.)

--Dodi

[EnDash@aol.com]

UTC is what used to be called GMC (Greenwich Mean Time) In the Eastern zone
(i.e. NY) we are UTC -5 hours. That differential can change when one
place (e.g. UK) is on Summer Time and another (e.g. US) isn't. Not all the
countries who used to go on and off the "Daylight Saving" schedule
simultaneously still do it that way.

-- Dick


In a message dated 10/3/2009 1:08:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
schultz (AT) compuserve (DOT) com writes:


Jim Hart wrote:

> And incidentally on sunday 0900 UTC will be 2000 Melbourne
> time as our clocks become summerish tomorrow.


Jim, I'm not clear on what "UTC" is in relation to our time. Are
you saying that Melbourne is going to be one hour later than it
was? (I know that it's NOW--before the change--14 hours ahead of
the eastern US.)

--Dodi

[Dodi Schultz]

Dick Weltz wrote (in A to my Q about UTC):

> UTC is what used to be called GMC (Greenwich Mean Time) In the
> Eastern zone (i.e. NY) we are UTC -5 hours. That differential
> can change when one place (e.g. UK) is on Summer Time and
> another (e.g. US) isn't.

Ah. Actually, right now we're UK time -5 hours, we being on
Daylight Time (until 1 November) and they being on Summer Time
(until 26 October, according to a note I scribbled to myself at
some point).

But UTC doesn't change, right? So UK time will be the same as UTC
after 26 Oct, but now it's UTC +1 hour? Aren't we now (Daylight
Time) UTC -4 hours?

OR is UTC the same as UK time any time of year?

As you can see, I'm slightly confused.

[Chuck]

Tim -

What an interesting selection. I'll try the possibly similar -

7: the house of a witch-like character of Slavic folklore.

and

10: a variety of mud hut with thatched roof common in the Urals.

Thanks,

Chuck

[Russ Heimerson]

I'll go for #9 and #17.

Russ

[Tony Abell]

Slipping in under the wire, I'll go for the ugly house: 2 and 7:

> 2: [Rus] an ugly or repulsive style.

> 7: the house of a witch-like character of Slavic folklore.