Round 2077 vote for polynia now

[mshefler]

Here are 20 wonderful definitions of polynia, all but one of which, alas,
is a fake. See if you can find the correct definition by voting for your
two favorites no later than 7 PM EST, Tuesday, February 2.

1. a life form that cannot be classified as animal or vegetable.

2. [Med.] arthritis or rheumatism affecting the digits.

3. a pseudo-cereal or grain-like crop of the family Amaranthaceae, grown
primarily for its edible seeds.

4. [Rus.] bulgar wheat.

5. a complex of ribosomes strung along a single strand of messenger RNA
that translates the genetic information coded in the messenger RNA
during protein synthesis.

6. the presence in a single population of more than one genetically
distinct type, each at a frequency too high to be explained by
repeated mutation alone.

7. having uncomfortably many in-laws.

8. a laser printer that begins to approach continuous tone quality by
varying the dot size.

9. [Obs.] profound despondency; hopelessness.

10. a state of having several obsessions.

11. a bloodstream infection by multiple bacteria strains caused by lack
of proper sanitation in hospitals.

12. [Med.] infestation by intestinal worms.

13. a disease of the leg.

14. an amebic dysentery.

15. fleshy spike of flowers.

16. a slash, as in a leaf or petal.

17. the coastal region of the W central part of ancient Greece: now part
of Aetolia and Acarnania in modern Greece.

18. an area of open water surrounded by sea ice.

19. a fictional island featured in some of the science fiction stories of
Edward Thurston.

20. a collection of young hawks. [false pl. from _poly_ + _nias_ a young
hawk]

[Judy Madnick]

Too many similar definitions. <sigh>

I'll go with these:

<< 3. a pseudo-cereal or grain-like crop of the family
<< Amaranthaceae,
<< grown
<< primarily for its edible seeds.

<< 4. [Rus.] bulgar wheat.

Judy Madnick

[Dodi Schultz]

There are a whole bunch that can't possibly be the real one.

Unfortunately, that still leaves a fistful that look about equally possible.

I'll take a chance on:

4.&nbsp; [Rus.] bulgar wheat.

and

17.&nbsp; the coastal region of the W central part of ancient Greece: now
part of Aetolia and Acarnania in modern Greece.

--Dodi

[Tim Bourne]

I love 7, but I'll vote for 2 and 18, please.


Best wishes,

Tim Bourne.

PS As I am away from home at present, this comes from a temporary
address. Please address any replies to the address you usually use for me.

[Hugo Kornelis]

Hi Mike,

Yet another wonderful and diverse collection.

Definition #7 made me laugh out loud, but will not (sorry!) get my votes.
Those, I cast for:

> 9. [Obs.] profound despondency; hopelessness.

> 11. a bloodstream infection by multiple bacteria strains caused by
> lack
> of proper sanitation in hospitals.

Best, Hugo

[Daniel B. Widdis]

I'll take 1 because there should be a word for that, and 7 based on 20's
etymology.

--
Dan

[EnDash@aol.com]

Put me down for numbers 6 and 16, although I haven't the faintest clue.

-- Dick Weltz


In a message dated 2/1/2010 1:03:12 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com writes:


Here are 20 wonderful definitions of polynia, all but one of which,
alas,
is a fake.

[Paul Keating]

I vote for 4 and 18.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague

[Jim Hart]

The profusion of supposedly medical defs has left me confused and
despondent so I'll take 9 and 10.

Jim

[Millie Morgan]

12 and 19 thanks


> 12. [Med.] infestation by intestinal worms.
> 19. a fictional island featured in some of the science fiction stories of
> Edward Thurston.


Millie

[Dave Cunningham]

11 and 12 because I have a cold

Dave

[Tim Lodge]

I'll take two of the ones which seem to me to be least likely to be
true:

2 and 18 please.

-- Tim L

[Nancy Shepherdson]

I did not get the posting of the word, either, only Dodi's forwarded
message, too late.

Something's very wrong here.

Anyway, I vote for: 5 for complexity and 7 because there should be a
word!

Nancy

[Dodi Schultz]

Nancy Shepherdson wrote:

&gt; I did not get the posting of the word, either, only Dodi's forwarded
&gt; message, too late.
&gt;
&gt; Something's very wrong here.

Something evidently was, but Dan posted a message saying he believes it has now been fixed. Did you see that message?

--Dodi

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 6 and 11.

Guerri

mshefler wrote:
>
> 6. the presence in a single population of more than one genetically
> distinct type, each at a frequency too high to be explained by
> repeated mutation alone.
>
> 11. a bloodstream infection by multiple bacteria strains caused by
> lack
> of proper sanitation in hospitals.

[Daniel B. Widdis]

DS> Dan posted a message saying he believes it has now been fixed. Did you
see that message?



Actually, I posted a message saying I know what the problem is and how to
fix it, but I need Judy Russell to actually change the code on the
tapcis.com site. Hopefully it won't be too long.



--

Dan

[Toni Savage]

3 and 7 are kinda weird...

-- Toni Savage


--- On Mon, 2/1/10, mshefler <stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com> wrote:

> From: mshefler <stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com>
> Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2077 vote for polynia now
> To: Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
> Date: Monday, February 1, 2010, 11:29 AM
>
> Here are 20 wonderful definitions of polynia, all but one
> of which,
> alas,
> is a fake. See if you can find the correct definition by
> voting for
> your
> two favorites no later than 7 PM EST, Tuesday, February 2.
>
> 1.* a life form that cannot be classified as animal or
> vegetable.
>
> 2.* [Med.] arthritis or rheumatism affecting the
> digits.
>
> 3.* a pseudo-cereal or grain-like crop of the family
> Amaranthaceae,
> grown
> primarily for its edible seeds.
>
> 4.* [Rus.] bulgar wheat.
>
> 5.* a complex of ribosomes strung along a single
> strand of messenger
> RNA
> that translates the genetic information coded in the
> messenger RNA
> during protein synthesis.
>
> 6.* the presence in a single population of more than
> one genetically
> distinct type, each at a frequency too high to be explained
> by
> repeated mutation alone.
>
> 7.* having uncomfortably many in-laws.
>
> 8.* a laser printer that begins to approach continuous
> tone quality by
> varying the dot size.
>
> 9.* [Obs.] profound despondency; hopelessness.
>
> 10.* a state of having several obsessions.
>
> 11.* a bloodstream infection by multiple bacteria
> strains caused by
> lack
> of proper sanitation in hospitals.
>
> 12.* [Med.] infestation by intestinal worms.
>
> 13.* a disease of the leg.
>
> 14.* an amebic dysentery.
>
> 15.* fleshy spike of flowers.
>
> 16.* a slash, as in a leaf or petal.
>
> 17.* the coastal region of the W central part of
> ancient Greece: now
> part
> of Aetolia and Acarnania in modern Greece.
>
> 18.* an area of open water surrounded by sea ice.
>
> 19.* a fictional island featured in some of the
> science fiction stories
> of
> Edward Thurston.
>
> 20.* a collection of young hawks. [false pl. from
> _poly_ + _nias_ a
> young
> hawk]
>
>
> --
> mshefler
>

[Dodi Schultz]

&gt; DS&gt;&nbsp; Dan posted a message saying he believes it has now been fixed.

&gt; Actually, I posted a message saying I know what the problem is and
&gt; how to fix it, but I need Judy Russell to actually change the code on
&gt; the tapcis.com site.&nbsp; Hopefully it won’t be too long.

&gt; Dan

Oops, sorry. I misunderstood.

--Dodi

[Chuck]

Mike -

From your wonderful selection, I'll roll -

7. having uncomfortably many in-laws.

and

11. a bloodstream infection by multiple bacteria strains caused by lack
of proper sanitation in hospitals.

Thanks,

Chuck

[Scott Crom]

I'll have 6 and 11, please.

Scott

[Russ Heimerson]

Running late... randomly, #4 and #18.

Russ