[Dixonary] Round 2195: Replacement word BRUXISM

[Tim B]

With two DQs in the first five responses, I think it's time for another try.

The new word for this round is

*************
* *
* BRUXISM *
* *
*************

As usual, no indication of capitalisation or otherwise is implied.

New players are welcome. Don't look in a dictionary. If you know the word, let me know soon, by
email (if too many people know it, we'll pick another word).

Think up a creative, intriguing, funny or genuine looking definition that will entice your fellow
players to vote for it. Send it BY EMAIL (not as a public forum message) to me at dixonary AT
siam.co.uk, before the deadline, which is 8.30 am BST on Friday 8 April. That's 0730 UTC, 3.30 am
in New York, 00.30 am in LA, and so on.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[Michael Harrington]

Yep. I am another DQ.
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Tim B <timbourne43 (AT) virginmedia (DOT) com> wrote:

> With two DQs in the first five responses, I think it's time for another
> try.
>
> The new word for this round is
>
> *************
> * *
> * BRUXISM *
> * *
> *************
>
> As usual, no indication of capitalisation or otherwise is implied.
>
> New players are welcome. Don't look in a dictionary. If you know the word,
> let me know soon, by email (if too many people know it, we'll pick another
> word).
>
> Think up a creative, intriguing, funny or genuine looking definition that
> will entice your fellow players to vote for it. Send it BY EMAIL (not as a
> public forum message) to me at dixonary AT siam.co.uk, before the
> deadline, which is 8.30 am BST on Friday 8 April. That's 0730 UTC, 3.30 am
> in New York, 00.30 am in LA, and so on.
>
> Best wishes,
> Tim B.
>
>

[—Keith Hale—]

It looked vaguely familiar (but about 83% of English words do) ... i might
have recognised the right answer when voting time came. It's a puzzle, if
i *think* i know a word, but not sure ... i can't look it up to be sure ...

i guess i'm asking, how\when do you know if you are DQ?

[Daniel B. Widdis]

KH> i guess i'm asking, how\when do you know if you are DQ?

We had a big discussion of this a few years ago. Paul Keating has summed up
the discussion in the "Real Rules" at http://rules.dixonary.net from which I
quote:

"Knowing the definition means that the word is a part of your passive
vocabulary: you can without notice and out of context offer a reasonably
close synonym or definition for the word, in at least one sense. Being able
to make an educated guess at a definition based on etymological cues
("guessing the roots") is not the same as knowing the definition (though
not all players would agree with this statement). Recognizing the universe
of discourse to which a word belongs is not the same as knowing the
definition. Speaking the language from which a borrowing comes need not
constitute knowing the definition. Recognizing the definition in the posted
list is generally held to be the same as knowing the definition (but only if
you are right, of course)."

I've had a few rounds where I thought I knew it and would recognize it from
the defs, but when the defs were posted, either what I thought it meant
wasn't there, or there were enough similar definitions that I could not
point with certainty to the correct one. In those cases, I voted. In
others, when I recognized only one definition matching my hunch, I DQ'd.

--
Dan

[Dodi Schultz]

Keith Hale wrote:

> It looked vaguely familiar (but about 83% of English words do) ... i
> might have recognised the right answer when voting time came. It's a
> puzzle, if i *think* i know a word, but not sure ... i can't look it
> up to be sure ...
>
> i guess i'm asking, how\when do you know if you are DQ?

If you're either sure the word's announced, OR you have a strong feeling
that you might know it, you should so report privately to the dealer. In
the latter case, you can say something like, "If it has something to do
with dogs, I'm probably DQ." This will give the dealer at least a
general idea of whether or not the word's likely to come as a surprise
to most players.

At least two other players and I told Tim that we knew exactly what
bruxism means. Someone else might have said, "I think it might have
something to do with teeth," which would have told Tim that yet another
player would have recognized the real def when it appeared.

If you suddenly realize when the list of defs appears that you
definitely recognize the real one—well, we play by an honor system; you
have to so notify the dealer (again, privately) and just not vote.

[—Keith Hale—]

Ah. I remember reading the real rules, and all that makes sense. Yeah, i
think on this one i'd have seen the right answer and DQ'd. Thanks all, for
shoring up my understanding. [C8