[Dixonary] Rnd 2261 COMMANDUCATE - Vote Now

[John Barrs]

Here are 20 definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and wisdom
by our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide which is the
definition that was submitted by the dumb dictionary

Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to
this one), before the deadline..

1:00 pm on Tuesday, 06 Dec 2011 in the UK 11:30 pm in parts of Oz
8:00 am East Coast USA 5:00 am West Coast USA

New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may
vote.

JohnnyB

1. ambidextrous

2. to swallow whole

3. a squat, yellow parsnip

4. a minor Turkish official

5. to chew thoroughly [Obs]

6. to prefigure indistinctly

7. of equivalent power or strength

8. _sl_ basic military training (UK)

9. having a double-articulated lower jaw

10. to inspire by example, esp. to motivate the young

11. to train for military leadership [coinage ca. 1995]

12. to deliberately speak exclusively in the form of questions

13. [Mil.] to authorize a brevet appointment before going into battle

14. preparatory college for those intending to enter a Catholic order

15. to divert a legal case to administrative, as opposed to chancery,
disposition

16. any member of those avian species in which both upper and lower jaws
are moveable

17. in the science of Artificial Intelligence, the ability to find patterns
in a stream of input

18. to condition a pattern of behavior by repeating the instructions that
cause it to happen [robotics]

19. a nation which is under the protection of more than one other state,
usually because it has no government of its own

20. authoritatively instructing or teaching the masses for absolute and
undeniable acceptance; a technique also associated with forced
indoctrination or "brain washing", (originated:1954 by author C. S. Young,
"Brainwashing and the Korean War")

[Judy Madnick]

I think these are all fake -- or all real (except for mine, of course) -- or...oh, well. Time to guess. Verb? Noun? Oy!!

Okay. I'll vote for these "short and sweet" definitions:

<< 4. a minor Turkish official

<< 7. of equivalent power or strength

Judy Madnick

[Tim Lodge]

Johnny

I find it hard to believe that it's a parsnip, so I'll vote for that
one. I think it's unlikely to be brainwashing so my other vote goes
to that.

> *3. a squat, yellow parsnip
>
> 20. authoritatively instructing or teaching the masses for absolute and
> undeniable acceptance; a technique also associated with forced
> indoctrination or "brain washing", (originated:1954 by author C. S. Young,
> "Brainwashing and the Korean War")

-- Tim L

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 7 and 13.

Guerri

John Barrs wrote:
>
> 7. of equivalent power or strength
>
> 13. [Mil.] to authorize a brevet appointment before going into battle

[Dodi Schultz]

Proving that I read almost all the way to the end, I'll choose

> 15. to divert a legal case to administrative, as opposed to chancery,
> disposition

and

> 18. to condition a pattern of behavior by repeating the instructions
> that cause it to happen [robotics]

—Dodi

>
> 19. a nation which is under the protection of more than one other state,
> usually because it has no government of its own
>
> 20. authoritatively instructing or teaching the masses for absolute
> and undeniable acceptance; a technique also associated with forced
> indoctrination or "brain washing", (originated:1954 by author C. S.
> Young, "Brainwashing and the Korean War")
>
>
>

[Steve Graham]

I'll take 3 and 16 please

3. a squat, yellow parsnip
16. any member of those avian species in which both upper and lower jaws are
moveable



Steve Graham

_____

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too
dark to read. Groucho Marx

[Millie Morgan]

A very convincing bunch of defs
.... I'll try 7 and 18 thanks

7. of equivalent power or strength
>
> 18. to condition a pattern of behavior by repeating the instructions that
> cause it to happen [robotics]
>


Best wishes
Millie

[—Keith Hale—]

16 + 19 for me, please.

On 4 Dec 2011 18:51, "Millie Morgan" <milliemmorgan (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

A very convincing bunch of defs
.... I'll try 7 and 18 thanks

> 7. of equivalent power or strength
> >
>
> > 18. to condition a pattern of behavior by repeating the instructions
> that cause it to happen [robo...
>


Best wishes
Millie

[Dave Cunningham]

OK -- recalling the "good old days" ... If it meant "co-" something,
it would not have the double m... ruling out 1, 9, 16 and 19.
Ruling out "command" in all forms scratches 4, 5, 8, 11, 13, 19
(again) and 20 ...

Leaving 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14, 15 and 18.

Thinking - it is likely a verb or adjective ... thus not 3, 14 or
17.

Oh heck ... being wrong again I will settle on 12 and 15.

Dave

On Dec 4, 4:41*pm, John Barrs <johnnyba... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
> Here are 20 definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and wisdom
> by our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide which is the
> definition that was submitted by the dumb dictionary
>
> Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to
> this one), before the deadline..
>
> *1:00 pm on Tuesday, 06 Dec 2011 in the UK 11:30 pm in parts of Oz
> *8:00 am East Coast USA 5:00 am West Coast USA
>
> New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may
> vote.
>
> JohnnyB
>
> 1. ambidextrous
>
> *2. to swallow whole
>
> *3. a squat, yellow parsnip
>
> *4. a minor Turkish official
>
> *5. to chew thoroughly [Obs]
>
> *6. to prefigure indistinctly
>
> *7. of equivalent power or strength
>
> *8. _sl_ basic military training (UK)
>
> *9. having a double-articulated lower jaw
>
> 10. to inspire by example, esp. to motivate the young
>
> 11. to train for military leadership [coinage ca. 1995]
>
> 12. to deliberately speak exclusively in the form of questions
>
> 13. [Mil.] to authorize a brevet appointment before going into battle
>
> 14. preparatory college for those intending to enter a Catholic order
>
> 15. to divert a legal case to administrative, as opposed to chancery,
> disposition
>
> 16. any member of those avian species in which both upper and lower jaws
> are moveable
>
> 17. in the science of Artificial Intelligence, the ability to find patterns
> in a stream of input
>
> 18. to condition a pattern of behavior by repeating the instructions that
> cause it to happen [robotics]
>
> 19. a nation which is under the protection of more than one other state,
> usually because it has no government of its own
>
> 20. authoritatively instructing or teaching the masses for absolute and
> undeniable acceptance; a technique also associated with forced
> indoctrination or "brain washing", (originated:1954 by author C. S. Young,
> "Brainwashing and the Korean War")

[Matthew]

My votes go to:

1. ambidextrous

and

17. in the science of Artificial Intelligence, the ability to find
patterns
in a stream of input


--Matthew Grieco

[Tim B]

11 and 20, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[France International]

I'll vote for 2 and 5 because one of them must be right.

[Nancy Shepherdson]

No idea. I'll take 9 and 20 as being most bizarre.

Nancy

[Paul Keating]

Today is Sinterklaas in the Netherlands and so I’ve been gobbling seasonal cookies such as amandelstaafjes (a pastry roll filled with frangipane), pepernoten (small spicy hemispherical cookies about the size of a fingertip), speculaas (BrE biscuits, spiced with cinnamon and ginger), and chocolate letters.

So I’ll vote for the eating defs: 2 and 5.

[EnDash@aol.com]

Who knows? Numbers 3 and 18 seem as likely as any of the others.

-- Dick Weltz

3. a squat, yellow parsnip

18. to condition a pattern of behavior by repeating the instructions that
cause it to happen [robotics]

[Stephen Dixon]

Hahaha... 2 (swallow whole) & 5 (chew thoroughly) are exact opposites. What
do you do with that? Give me:

# 6 - prefigure

#10 - inspire by example

steve d

[Tim Lodge]

You could have played some of those delicious-sounding words, if only
we played the game in Dutch!

-- Tim L

On Dec 5, 9:40*pm, "Paul Keating" <keat... (AT) acm (DOT) org> wrote:
> Today is Sinterklaas in the Netherlands and so I’ve been gobbling seasonal cookies such as amandelstaafjes (a pastry roll filled with frangipane), pepernoten (small spicy hemispherical cookies about the size of a fingertip), speculaas (BrE biscuits, spiced with cinnamon and ginger), and chocolate letters.
>
> So I’ll vote for the eating defs: 2 and 5.

[Toni Savage]

4 and 16 are highly unlikely...


-- Toni*


>________________________________
>From: John Barrs <johnnybarrs (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
>To: Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
>Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2011 4:41 PM
>Subject: [Dixonary] Rnd 2261 COMMANDUCATE - Vote Now
>
>
>Here are 20 definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and wisdom by our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide which is the definition that was submitted by the dumb dictionary
>
>Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to this one), before the deadline..
>
>*1:00 pm on Tuesday, 06 Dec 2011 in the UK 11:30 pm in parts of Oz
>*8:00 am East Coast USA 5:00 am West Coast USA
>
>New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may vote.
>
>JohnnyB
>
>1. ambidextrous
>
>*2. to swallow whole
>
>*3. a squat, yellow parsnip
>
>*4. a minor Turkish official
>
>*5. to chew thoroughly [Obs]
>
>*6. to prefigure indistinctly
>
>*7. of equivalent power or strength
>
>*8. _sl_ basic military training (UK)
>
>*9. having a double-articulated lower jaw
>
>10. to inspire by example, esp. to motivate the young
>
>11. to train for military leadership [coinage ca. 1995]
>
>12. to deliberately speak exclusively in the form of questions
>
>13. [Mil.] to authorize a brevet appointment before going into battle
>
>14. preparatory college for those intending to enter a Catholic order
>
>15. to divert a legal case to administrative, as opposed to chancery,
>disposition
>
>16. any member of those avian species in which both upper and lower jaws are moveable
>
>17. in the science of Artificial Intelligence, the ability to find patterns in a stream of input
>
>18. to condition a pattern of behavior by repeating the instructions that cause it to happen [robotics]
>
>19. a nation which is under the protection of more than one other state,
>usually because it has no government of its own
>
>20. authoritatively instructing or teaching the masses for absolute and undeniable acceptance; a technique also associated with forced indoctrination or "brain washing", (originated:1954 by author C. S. Young, "Brainwashing and the Korean War")
>
>
>
>
>
>

[Chris Carson]

1 and 19.

Chris

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 4, 2011, at 4:41 PM, John Barrs <johnnybarrs (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

> Here are 20 definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and wisdom by our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide which is the definition that was submitted by the dumb dictionary
>
> Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to this one), before the deadline..
>
> 1:00 pm on Tuesday, 06 Dec 2011 in the UK 11:30 pm in parts of Oz
> 8:00 am East Coast USA 5:00 am West Coast USA
>
> New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may vote.
>
> JohnnyB
>
> 1. ambidextrous
>
> 2. to swallow whole
>
> 3. a squat, yellow parsnip
>
> 4. a minor Turkish official
>
> 5. to chew thoroughly [Obs]
>
> 6. to prefigure indistinctly
>
> 7. of equivalent power or strength
>
> 8. _sl_ basic military training (UK)
>
> 9. having a double-articulated lower jaw
>
> 10. to inspire by example, esp. to motivate the young
>
> 11. to train for military leadership [coinage ca. 1995]
>
> 12. to deliberately speak exclusively in the form of questions
>
> 13. [Mil.] to authorize a brevet appointment before going into battle
>
> 14. preparatory college for those intending to enter a Catholic order
>
> 15. to divert a legal case to administrative, as opposed to chancery,
> disposition
>
> 16. any member of those avian species in which both upper and lower jaws are moveable
>
> 17. in the science of Artificial Intelligence, the ability to find patterns in a stream of input
>
> 18. to condition a pattern of behavior by repeating the instructions that cause it to happen [robotics]
>
> 19. a nation which is under the protection of more than one other state,
> usually because it has no government of its own
>
> 20. authoritatively instructing or teaching the masses for absolute and undeniable acceptance; a technique also associated with forced indoctrination or "brain washing", (originated:1954 by author C. S. Young, "Brainwashing and the Korean War")
>
>
>

[scott crom]

I'll have 7 and 11, please -- baby needs a new pair of shoes.

Scott

[Daniel Widdis]

5 because it makes no sense and 18 because it makes too much sense.

--
Dan

From: John Barrs <johnnybarrs (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
Reply-To: Dixonary <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 21:41:50 +0000
To: Dixonary <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
Subject: [Dixonary] Rnd 2261 COMMANDUCATE - Vote Now

Here are 20 definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and wisdom by
our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide which is the
definition that was submitted by the dumb dictionary

Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to
this one), before the deadline..

1:00 pm on Tuesday, 06 Dec 2011 in the UK 11:30 pm in parts of Oz
8:00 am East Coast USA 5:00 am West Coast USA

New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may
vote.

JohnnyB

1. ambidextrous

2. to swallow whole

3. a squat, yellow parsnip

4. a minor Turkish official

5. to chew thoroughly [Obs]

6. to prefigure indistinctly

7. of equivalent power or strength

8. _sl_ basic military training (UK)

9. having a double-articulated lower jaw

10. to inspire by example, esp. to motivate the young

11. to train for military leadership [coinage ca. 1995]

12. to deliberately speak exclusively in the form of questions

13. [Mil.] to authorize a brevet appointment before going into battle

14. preparatory college for those intending to enter a Catholic order

15. to divert a legal case to administrative, as opposed to chancery,
disposition

16. any member of those avian species in which both upper and lower jaws are
moveable

17. in the science of Artificial Intelligence, the ability to find patterns
in a stream of input

18. to condition a pattern of behavior by repeating the instructions that
cause it to happen [robotics]

19. a nation which is under the protection of more than one other state,
usually because it has no government of its own

20. authoritatively instructing or teaching the masses for absolute and
undeniable acceptance; a technique also associated with forced
indoctrination or "brain washing", (originated:1954 by author C. S. Young,
"Brainwashing and the Korean War")

[Jim Hart]

Just in time I hope.

The question we all ask is would Mr Barrs offer us one of his vast
store of ancient and obscure words, or would he deal a contrarian
word, something neologism perhaps, or simply something absurd such as
a parsnip? And what would he expect us to expect? I have pondered
many an hour, now I must choose...

.... the robotic parsnip: 3 and 18

Jim