The Official Contest

[Anonymous]

All the definitions come from Meriam-Webster Online (http://www.m-w.com/) except for my z word that was too good to omit. The contest will begin at 16:20 on this thread. A winning forum, clique, and individual will be announced shortly thereafter.

[glenn]

Note to self: If WC gets ahead, send email to Traci to get some IP's blocked.

[Steve White]

How could they get ahead, glenn?

Traci and the other moderators are already on alert to be editing or deleting their posts.

[Mulan]

AIMLESS rule!!

[Hagbard Celine]

AIMLESS RULE!!

[Lara Croft]

Yeah we do!! :smile:

[Gandalf]

AIMLESS, not clueless!

[ne11er]

What kind of contest is this?

[Mulan]

Natasha Fatale just joined the AIMLESS. Aimless RULE!!

That makes 4 WC members and 2 RF members - truly a cross-cultural clique

[Dr T Non-Fan]

Kramer, slapping down his $100: "I'm OUT!"

[Gordon Shumway]

AIMLESS rule!

Yeah they do.

[Hagbard Celine]

AIMLESS....AIMLESS....AIMLESS!!!!!

I'm getting pumped.

I hope I remember to show up...

[Anonymous]

Remember to put your forum stamp and your clique stamp.

[Anonymous]

Two-minute warning

[Hagbard Celine]

Where's the synch or swim thread anyway?

[Anonymous]

Begins with A; 3 syllables; excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain
Begins with B; 3 syllables; one present but not taking part in a situation or event
Begins with C; 3 syllables; a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure
Begins with D; 4 syllables; a state of feeling unwell or unhappy
Begins with E; 4 syllables; a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments
Begins with F; 3 syllables; a settlement of jerry-built shacks lying on the outskirts of a Brazilian city
Begins with G; 3 syllables; a sweet syrupy hygroscopic trihydroxy alcohol C3H8O3 usually obtained by the saponification of fats and used especially as a solvent and plasticizer
Begins with H; 4 syllables; uproar
Begins with I; 5 syllables; the route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one
Begins with J; 3 syllables; a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path
Begins with K; 1 syllable; a hardy cabbage (Brassica oleracea acephala) with curled often finely incised leaves that do not form a dense head
Begins with L; 4 syllables; a sea monster defeated by Yahweh in various scriptural accounts
Begins with M; 4 syllables; a condition in which the visual images come to a focus in front of the retina of the eye resulting especially in defective vision of distant objects
Begins with N; 1 syllable; to be a persistent source of annoyance or distraction
Begins with O; 4 syllables; a combination of contradictory or incongruous words
Begins with P; 2 syllables; to treat with extreme or excessive care and attention
Begins with Q; 2 syllables; soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot
Begins with R; 2 syllables; to direct, supervise, and control
Begins with S; 2 syllables; a stone or faience beetle used in ancient Egypt as a talisman, ornament, and a symbol of resurrection
Begins with T; 4 syllables; the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks
Begins with U; 3 syllables; the pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft palate
Begins with V; 2 syllables; a member of the clergy who exercises a broad pastoral responsibility as the representative of a prelate
Begins with W; 2 syllables; affected with dizziness, mild nausea, or weakness
Begins with X; 3 syllables; one attracted to foreign things (as styles or people)
Begins with Y; 2 syllables; to utter persistent complaints
Begins with Z; 4 syllables; a kind of monomania in which the patient believes himself transformed into one of the lower animals

[Boink]

avarice

[G. Ringo]

Avarice
Bystander

[General Kenobi (ret.)]

Aimless, WC

itinerary

[Tomoyo]

avarice

[Flora]

yammer
xenophile

wc chicks

[Hagbard Celine]

"Begins with A; 3 syllables; excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain "

Avarice

WC
Aimless

[Mr. Grim]

myopia

RF

[G. Ringo]

Charisma
Ecology

[General Kenobi (ret.)]

L leviathan WC aimless

[Flora]

wobbly
woozy

wc chicks

[Nature Boy]

Pamper
Nag

whooooo

[Patience]

wobbly

[Gandalf]

vicar

[General Kenobi (ret.)]

v vicar aimless wc

[Boink]

quagmire
RF

[Flora]

ullula
uvula

wc chicks

[G. Ringo]

Glycerol
Hullabaloo

[Flora]

vicar

wc chicks

[Tomoyo]

pamper

[General Kenobi (ret.)]

w woozy aimless wc

[Gandalf]

charisma

[Flora]

teetotalling

wc chicks

[Mr. Grim]

teetotaler

RF

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[G. Ringo]

Itinerary
Juggernaut

[General Kenobi (ret.)]

y yammer wc aimless

[Hagbard Celine]

pamper

Aimless
wc

[Flora]

scarab

wc chicks

[Gandalf]

glycerin

[General Kenobi (ret.)]

u uvula wc aimless

[Flora]

quagmire

wc chicks

[Nature Boy]

zoomorphism


whooooooooo

[Patience]

teatotaller

[Boink]

Kale
RF

[G. Ringo]

Kale
Leviathan
Myopia

[General Kenobi (ret.)]

q quagmire wc aimless

[Gandalf]

kale

[Flora]

nag

wc chicks

[Hagbard Celine]

i giv up

two dum to play this gaem

[Bama]

hullabaloo

[Flora]

oxymoron

wc chicks

[Nature Boy]

quarry

whooooooooo

[Boink]

teatotaller
RF

[Flora]

myopia

wc chicks

[Gandalf]

myopia

[G. Ringo]

Noodge
Oxymoron
Pamper

[General Kenobi (ret.)]

p pamper wc aimless

[Anonymous]

Ambition
Bystander
charisma
Ecology
Hullaballoo
Itinerary
Kale
Myopia
Oxymoron
Quagmire
uvula
vicar
woozy
xenophile

WC Chicks

[Patience]

pander

[Tomoyo]

Oxymoron

WC

[Flora]

myopia

wc chicks

[Gandalf]

oxymoron

[Bama]

hullabaloo

WC Chick

[Patience]

pamper

[General Kenobi (ret.)]

o oxymoron wc aimless

[Flora]

juggernaut

wc chicks

[Boink]

nag
RF

[Flora]

kale

wc chicks

[Gandalf]

quagmire

[Patience]

nudge

[G. Ringo]

Quagmire
Scarab
Teetotaling

[General Kenobi (ret.)]

n nag wc aimless

[Flora]

hullabaloo

wc chicks

[Patience]

kale

[Gandalf]

uvula

[Flora]

itinerary

wc chicks

[Patience]

jugernaut

[G. Ringo]

Uvula
Vicar

[Nature Boy]

bukkake

aimless

[Anonymous]

Myopia
Uvula
Woozy
Ambition
Itinerary
Xenophile

(I had a whole bunch and lost them! ugh!)


WC CHicks

[Gandalf]

scarab

[G. Ringo]

Whoozy
Xenophile

[Patience]

ecology

[Flora]

ecology

wc chicks

[Patience]

downtrodden

[Patience]

charisma

[Patience]

bystander

[Flora]

bystander

wc chicks

[G. Ringo]

Yammer
Zoomorphy

[Boink]

glycerine
RF

[Flora]

dejectedness


wc chicks

[Flora]

pander
pamper


wc chicks

[Mulan]

avarice

[Patience]

viceroy

[Anonymous]

down-in-the-dumps

wc chicks
Darn, I'm late...

[Gandalf]

teetotalism

[Flora]

glycerine
glycerol

wc chicks

[G. Ringo]

Disenchantment

[Ammie]

d*mn synch problem! Argh!

WC Chicks
Charisma

[Lara Croft]

favela

[Patience]

oxymoron

[Ammie]

WC Chicks

Statue

[Anonymous]

Avarice – Bashful
Bystander – Gregor Grub
Charisma – Gregor Grub
D
Ecology – Gregor Grub
Favela – Lara Croft
Glycerol – Gregor Grub
Hullabaloo – Gregor Grub
Itinerary – Obi-Wan Kenobi – Aimless – WC
Juggernaut – Gregor Grub
Kale – Bashful – RF
Leviathan – Obi-Wan Kenobi – Aimless – WC
Myopia – Grim – RF
Nag – The Nature Boy - whooooo
Oxymoron – Flora – Chicks - WC
Pamper – The Nature Boy - whooooo
Quagmire – Bashful – RF
R
Scarab – Flora – Chicks - WC
Teetotalling – Flora – Chicks - WC
Uvula – Flora – Chicks - WC
Vicar – Gandalf
Woozy – Flora – Chicks - WC
Xenophile – Flora – Chicks - WC
Yammer – Flora – Chicks - WC
Z

[Ammie]

Vicar
WC Chicks

[Ammie]

Disenchantment

[Another day in Paradise]

D*mn internet crashed for a minute - but I'm finally in...


b - bystander
c - charisma
e - ecology
g - glycerol
h - hullaballoo

WC Chicks

[Gandalf]

discomfiture

[Flora]

restrain

wc chicks

[Mr. Grim]

disenchantment

[Anonymous]

zoophobia

chicks

[Mr. Grim]

rule

[Anonymous]

Hint D: New Latin, from Greek, hard to bear

[Maine-iac]

Dysphoria

Wc
WC Chicks

[G. Ringo]

Dysphoria

[Mr. Grim]

disillusionment

[Anonymous]

Hint R: 1 : a rod for ramming home the charge in a muzzle-loading firearm
2 : a cleaning rod for small arms

[G. Ringo]

Ramrod

[Patience]

restrain

[Mr. Grim]

re-loader

[Flora]

despondency

wc chick

[Anonymous]

Avarice – Bashful
Bystander – Gregor Grub
Charisma – Gregor Grub
Dysphoria – Maine-iac – Chicks - WC
Ecology – Gregor Grub
Favela – Lara Croft
Glycerol – Gregor Grub
Hullabaloo – Gregor Grub
Itinerary – Obi-Wan Kenobi – Aimless – WC
Juggernaut – Gregor Grub
Kale – Bashful – RF
Leviathan – Obi-Wan Kenobi – Aimless – WC
Myopia – Grim – RF
Nag – The Nature Boy - whooooo
Oxymoron – Flora – Chicks - WC
Pamper – The Nature Boy - whooooo
Quagmire – Bashful – RF
Ramrod – Gregor Grub
Scarab – Flora – Chicks - WC
Teetotalling – Flora – Chicks - WC
Uvula – Flora – Chicks - WC
Vicar – Gandalf
Woozy – Flora – Chicks - WC
Xenophile – Flora – Chicks - WC
Yammer – Flora – Chicks - WC
Z

[Boink]

zoomorphosis ha!
RF

[Tomoyo]

Restrict

RF
(sorry, mistakenly put WC before)

[G. Ringo]

Zootropism

[G. Ringo]

Zoanthropy

[Maine-iac]

ramrod

Wc
WC chicks

[Flora]

zoomorphism

wc chick

[Mr. Grim]

zoomorphism

[Gandalf]

require

Aimless, RF

[Mulan]

bystander

[Anonymous]

The first four letters are
zoan.

The word will be invalid if nobody gets it in two minutes.

[Boink]

zoomorphosized
RF

[G. Ringo]

Zoanthropism

[Anonymous]

Zenomorphism
Zoomorphistic
Zulumorefisted
Zudomoarfishing
Zoomomorefooskin
Zenomoreforeskin

[Mulan]

Wuzzie

[Anonymous]

4 syllables

[Flora]

zoanmorphism

wc chick

[Mulan]

Temperence

[Anonymous]

Zoanthropic
Zoanmorphic
Zoanthropy
Zoanthromic
Zoantubic

chicks

[Mulan]

Sorry I was late...had a meeting that ran over.

[Lara Croft]

Zoanism? :smile:

[Boink]

zoanuncle

[G. Ringo]

Zoanimism

[Nature Boy]

zoana kerns?

whooooooooooo

[Anonymous]

Avarice – Bashful
Bystander – Gregor Grub
Charisma – Gregor Grub
Dysphoria – Maine-iac – Chicks - WC
Ecology – Gregor Grub
Favela – Lara Croft
Glycerol – Gregor Grub
Hullabaloo – Gregor Grub
Itinerary – Obi-Wan Kenobi – Aimless – WC
Juggernaut – Gregor Grub
Kale – Bashful – RF
Leviathan – Obi-Wan Kenobi – Aimless – WC
Myopia – Grim – RF
Nag – The Nature Boy - whooooo
Oxymoron – Flora – Chicks - WC
Pamper – The Nature Boy - whooooo
Quagmire – Bashful – RF
Ramrod – Gregor Grub
Scarab – Flora – Chicks - WC
Teetotalling – Flora – Chicks - WC
Uvula – Flora – Chicks - WC
Vicar – Gandalf
Woozy – Flora – Chicks - WC
Xenophile – Flora – Chicks - WC
Yammer – Flora – Chicks - WC
Zoanthropy – Gregor Grub/miss nacho???

[Anonymous]

Zoandidit
Zoandidnot
Zoandidtoo
Zoanisbad
Zoanisnot
Zoanistoo
Zoanmyfriend

chicks

[Ammie]

Isn't Nature Boy playing for two teams? :wink:

[Flora]

Nature Boy did declare himself a member of chicks, but just kept his usual sig - can we have a ruling?

[Anonymous]

Bashful 3
Gregor Grub 7
Maine-iac 1
Lara Croft 1
Obi-Wan Kenobi 2
Grim 1
The Nature Boy 2
Flora 7
Gandalf 1
Miss nacho 1

[Hagbard Celine]

I'd like to point out that Gandalf and Lara are part of team Aimless.

Oh...and I'm dum.

[Flora]

good game GG!

[Gandalf]

Thanks, team, at least we hit them with a balanced attack.

Nice contest, EK.

[Anonymous]

Chicks 8
Aimless 2
whooooo 2

Clearly, he was whooooo.

[Ammie]

GG and Flora, I'm impressed! :smile:

[Gandalf]

But lousy scoring, EK.

No rule specified we had to state allegiance in each post, and Lara and I declared ours within the thread.

[Flora]

ok so he was whooo
"miss" nacho played as a chick
and Gregor Grub came in second all by himself!

[Lara Croft]

Like I said before, I think Flora's last name is Webster!

[Hagbard Celine]

EK

Didn't you see my post about Gandalf and Lara.

And CLEARLY, Grubb intended to play for Aimless.

Therefore...AIMLESS wins!

Good game Chicks, better luck next time! :wink:

[Ammie]

If he's whooooo, then I'm considering turning in my lifetime membership! :wink:

[Anonymous]

Rebel Forum
Bashful 3
Gregor Grub 7
Grim 1
Gandalf 1

Water Cooler
Maine-iac 1
Lara Croft 1
Obi-Wan Kenobi 2
The Nature Boy 2
Flora 7
Miss nacho 1

What about miss nacho and Gandalf?

[Nature Boy]

ammie : i'm not playing for two teams, you must be thinking of bolt.

[Gandalf]

Here's looking at you, Chicks!

[Anonymous]

Chicks 8
Aimless 4*
whooooo 2

* with Gandalf and Lara Croft

[Nature Boy]

i think it's time for a heel turn... my 2 measly points seem to have a lot of importance in the wc-rebel guerilla.

what am i to do ??

whoooooooooooo

[Gandalf]

"What about miss nacho and Gandalf?"

If she's interested (and is a she), I am.

[General Kenobi (ret.)]

Chicks rule. The Force must be strong with them.

[Hagbard Celine]

This is how I picture the chicks.

http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/gallery/1098064/photo_20_hires.jpg

[Nature Boy]

never underestimate gravity



whooooooooo

[Gandalf]

Aimless, where are we meeting for drinks?

(Giving up hope that the Chicks will graciously invite us to join them.)

[Hagbard Celine]

How 'bout the Prancing Pony?

[Gandalf]

Sounds good. Have directions?

[Anonymous]

I’m looking for zoanthropism. I didn’t find it under onelook (http://www.onelook.com/).

[Ammie]

Hmm, I would love to join for drinks, but I don't recall being invited. :sad:

[Anonymous]

Gregor Grub, I didn't find it under Yahoo. It will make a difference to the game. Do you protest or have a link with pronunciation and definition?

[Gandalf]

EK,

Stop looking for zoanthropism. Look for the Prancing Pony. Our clique has no hard feelings. Even Wolverine is welcome to buy a round.

[Gandalf]

Ammie,

But of course we want you. Just a communications mixup between HC and me over who was doing the inviting.

What's your pleasure?

[Ammie]

How about something fruity? Maybe a seabreeze? :grin:

[Nature Boy]

something fruity ? i'm'fraid bolt is not available at this moment.

whoooooooooo

[Gandalf]

One seabreeze coming right up. And mooseheads all around for the rest.

Sorry to flirt and run, but I've got to get offline now. Lousy internet connection here at the Prancing Pony.

[Mulan]

See you all there....

[General Kenobi (ret.)]

The Prancing Pony. You will never find a more wretched hive of . . . . Oops, wrong place. Sorry. It's pretty nice here, except for that hobbit dancing on the table over there.

[Gandalf]

(Stumbling aimlessly after too many Mooseheads).

Boy, can that Ammie party! Why did I try to keep up with her? Time to take up teetotalling.

Hmmm, teetotalling... that doesn’t look quite right, but then, nothing looks quite right now , except Ammie :smile:.

Didn’t someone leave a dictionary link around here? (Cliquing aimlessly, then getting lucky , with the dictionary link, not Ammie :sad:).

That’s odd. Teetotalling isn’t a word. It’s teetotalism.

Hmm, If the WC got credit for teetotalling, and the RF was first with teetotalism, the contest should be a 13-13 tie.

Maybe I’ll remember to file a protest tomorrow..

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[Mulan]

Gosh, I've had one too many margaritas. I'm feeling very dizzy. What a party!! What are we celebrating again?

[Another day in Paradise]

So, does anybody have a hangover today?

You boys better be glad I didn't show up last night for drinks, because I know what Ammie likes at a bar and we always share it! :wink:

[Ammie]

:smile:
I remember that night with Bama, Draco and Collard Greene. And the night in Chicago... Those were good times, and last night gets added to the good night list. Oh, my head!

[Gandalf]

And I thought I was Aimless before...

[Anonymous]

Begins with T; 4 syllables; the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks
Begins with Z; 4 syllables; a kind of monomania in which the patient believes himself transformed into one of the lower animals

My difficulty in coming to a final decision is based on my lack of knowledge. When I say the word ‘prism’ there are two syllables, but this could be just the way I speak. Is teetotalism four or five syllables? Is zoanthropism four or five syllables?

[General Kenobi (ret.)]

If Merriam Webster is the guide, then teetotalism has five syllables (so should it be "and sometimes y, w and m"?).

They give the last syllables as:
"-t&l-i-z&m"

The ampersands represent vowel sounds, and the dashes divide syllables.

[Gandalf]

If you had heard me trying to say either teetotalling or teetotalism last night, it could have been anything from 1 to 6+ syllables. Never again so many Mooseheads, even to keep up with Ammie and Mulan.

OWK,

You should remain neutral. Your WC loyalty is admirable, but points for Aimless are also at stake. :smile:

The official dictionary has tee·to·tal·ism
Surely it is the dots that represent syllable breaks; what else could they be?

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[General Kenobi (ret.)]

Alas, Jedi Knights are guardians of truth. You've got a point, though--there's no way that prism can be hyphenated as pris-m. Maybe there's a distinction between written and pronounced syllables. Draco may want to consult with the WC's Amateur Linguist on that one.

[Gandalf]

Still stumbling aimlessly. Oh, drat, I've wandered into the wrong contest thread by mistake. I'm sure the official contest's N answer was nag, so this must be the official scoring for the preliminary contest:

Begins with N; 3 syllables; a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs
are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless; ni·hil·ism – Flora – WC Chicks

Hope I can find my way back to the official contest thread to call this to EK's attention. Or even better, to find my way back to Ammie or Mulan. :smile:

[Steve White]

Obi-Wan Kenobi: "Draco may want to consult with the WC's Amateur Linguist on that one."

Without taking sides, since I am registered in both RF and WC, may I point out that perhaps a third-party arbiter would be more appropriate for an issue between the RF and the WC? I could post the question in the Desert, if you don't mind waiting a month or so for a response.

[Anonymous]

Gandalf makes a valid point in regards with the ‘ism’ controversy. Regardless whether there is or is not four syllables in zoanthropism, there is prior precedent. The last question should be whether zoanthropism is or is not a verifiable word like teetotaling (http://www.notredame.ac.jp/cgi-bin/wn?cmd=wn&word=teetotaling).

[General Kenobi (ret.)]

A google search for it returns only two web sites, both referring to a PlayStation 2 game (guess we know what Draco/Ebenezer was doing instead of studying). I say it is not a real word.

[Anonymous]

I took zoanthropy from my dictionary at home. I don’t like playing video games unless there is another real person playing right next to me to whom I would berate with trash talk. I don’t own any video game system. Worse than that, I requested the specific dictionary as a birthday present one-year because I just wanted it.

[Gandalf]

Hmmm. Allowing something not in the official dictionary when you say (except for Z) that the words are from the official dictionary seems highly dubious. Surely EK had teetotalism in mind when he picked the definition (which should have make the syllables question trivial).

But since the issue to EK is merely whether it is a valid word anywhere, I concede to Flora's usage, recognizing her noteworthy performance for the chicks (and hoping to get back into her good graces).

Now, has anyone seen Ammie or Mulan recently?

[Hagbard Celine]

I think Ammie's over at the WC. Haven't seen Mulan today.

[Ammie]

Oh, my head! :wink:

[Gandalf]

Thanks for the tip, Hagbard, but the WC won't allow Gandalf over there.

Their software can't tell the difference between trolls and wizards.

Nice people, though, when I meet them elsewhere.

[Nature Boy]

yeah ammie but that darn wall sure is suffering too, this morning.

whoooooooooooo

[Flora]

ah, controversy - wouldn't be a Draco game without one! :wink:

[Hagbard Celine]

Gandalf,

If you're interested in defecting, I think you can send an email to the powers that be over at the CAS site and request access.

"If you promise not to be a troll..."

[Mulan]

I'm here! Just got up for a nip of the hair of the dog. You all have a good night last night? Everyone get home OK? (I know some of you slept on the floor of my apartment - thanks for leaving without waking me!)

G'nite. Must get more sleep!

[Anonymous]

My first post on this thread.
All the definitions come from Meriam-Webster Online except for my z word that was too good to omit.
Obviously I was wrong. It would be simple enough not to award credit, but unfortunately that would be biased as well. I am truly at a loss.

Gregor Grub
Joined: Sep 11, 2001
Posts: 68 Posted: 2001-11-15 16:39
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Zoanthropy
Huh? I didn’t see this yesterday. Hold on.

[Ammie]

but that darn wall sure is suffering too, this morning

Makes me feel better already! :smile:

[Gandalf]

Hagbard,

"If you're interested in defecting,"

No defector I, not from RF, not from Aimless. Interested only in visiting from time to time.

"'If you promise not to be a troll...'"

Well, if you're going to be so restrictive...

[Gandalf]

EK,

Despite the posturing, I'm fine with T being awarded to WC, the Chicks, and Flora.

'Teetotaling' has been confirmed to be a word, and it's not reasonable to expect competitors to know which words happen to be in any particular dictionary.

Congratulations to the winners. Glad we could give you something of a challenge.

[Anonymous]

Official Results

Avarice – Bashful
Bystander – Gregor Grub
Charisma – Gregor Grub
Dysphoria – Maine-iac – Chicks - WC
Ecology – Gregor Grub
Favela – Lara Croft
Glycerol – Gregor Grub
Hullabaloo – Gregor Grub
Itinerary – Obi-Wan Kenobi – Aimless – WC
Juggernaut – Gregor Grub
Kale – Bashful – RF
Leviathan – Obi-Wan Kenobi – Aimless – WC
Myopia – Grim – RF
Nag – The Nature Boy - whooooo
Oxymoron – Flora – Chicks - WC
Pamper – The Nature Boy - whooooo
Quagmire – Bashful – RF
Ramrod – Gregor Grub
Scarab – Flora – Chicks - WC
Teetotalling – Flora – Chicks - WC
Uvula – Flora – Chicks - WC
Vicar – Gandalf
Woozy – Flora – Chicks - WC
Xenophile – Flora – Chicks - WC
Yammer – Flora – Chicks - WC
Zoanthropy – Gregor Grub at 16:39

Rebel Forum 13 – Water Cooler 13
Gregor Grub 8
Flora 7
Bashful 3

WC Chicks 8
Aimless 4

[Nature Boy]

who said i was with the wc ?

mmmhhhhh..... not a lot of space mountain cadets in there. i'll stay with the wc for now. just because mike boa looked at me strange when i registered in atlanta.



whooooooo

[Gandalf]

Wow, I thought RF needed both T and Z for 13-13. You mean with T to us or thrown out we would win?

WC still deserves T.

But glad to see those congratulations to the winners now includes the RF as well.

Super job, GG (and Flora). Way to carry us (GG, not Flora).

Now, please, with vocabularies like yours, can't you come up with a sentence for "paucity"?

[General Kenobi (ret.)]

Perhaps there is a paucity of topics to which paucity applies.

[Flora]

You have provided a paucity of motivation for me to expend my energies thusly.

[Flora]

and once again GG, good job!

I guess I did not know -thropy. I was very stuck on -morphism which just means having (or bestowing) the characteristics.

[Gandalf]

And special kudos to Lara and Maine-iac, for nailing what look like by far the most obscure non-Z words on the list.

[G. Ringo]

"thropy" is a metanalysis.

Zo-anthrop-y is from Greek zoon, animal, anthropos, human being, and -ia, a feminine abstract noun ending.

[Gandalf]

Well, of course, Gregor. That much was obvious. It was the counting syllables that threw me off. :smile:

Good job.

[Gandalf]

Flora (in WC): "'Anotherwards' instead of 'In other words' - has any one else ever seen this? I thought it was odd."

Ebenezer would probably score it as correct.

[Ammie]

Given past experience, it could just be Flora's home keyboard. :wink:

[Gandalf]

Oops. My partial quote introduces confusion.

In context, Flora's WC post was objecting to "Anotherwards", Flora was not using "Anotherwards".

You know Flora's typing better than I, so it is conceivable that she intended to object to a different non-word, but it would be quite a parlay to guess it.

[crabber]

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