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Two words, this time. They don't always appear as a pair, but are most certainly closely related.

Using a pair is a variation we had when I played this game in college. In every case, no one knew one, but not the other. I'm expecting that to be the case here.

Daffynitions should describe the pair, I think.
 
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Ah, a new variation. I shall put on my thinking cap.


"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
 
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Mine's in!
 
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You'll get mine, but, like Bob, I have to think, too. Thanks, Valentine!
 
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I have 5 in, but will wait, at a minimum, for wordmatic, BobHale, and Kalleh.

Any others? Stella? Richard English? Bueller?
 
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Mine's in.


"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
 
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Mine is in


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I've posted a def to you, Valentine (I think). I've posted it somewhere anyway. I'm not v confident about using the PM system here.
 
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Got it, Stella, and a good one it is, too.
 
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I have answers from all who played last game. I'll post them at noon.

Anyone else?
 
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Hope you have mine, too, Valentine, from 9/12. I can't tell whether I sent it properly.
 
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I got it.

I think, if a missive appears in your private messaging area, that was successfully sent.
 
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Here they are, in no particular order:

1) Spicy Middle Eastern accompaniments for grilled meat.

2) calipash: a long-stemmed clay pipe
calipee: a short, roughly fashioned pipe usually of cheap, coarse clay

3) Two different systems of exquisite, ornate prayer writing on sacred fabrics woven by a subsect of Hinduism, the Madiites.

4) In a fixed pair of calipers, the calipee is the movable arm, the calipash the immovable arm.

5) calipee - cloudburst; heavy rainstorm
calipash - storm that produces some precipitation in a form other than rain; hailstorm

6) The sublime and the profane.

7) Colonial English slang, meaning 'ebb and flow', 'comings and goings'; the vicissitudes of life. (from Kali, goddess of destructive life force)

8) Dances performed by Somali men; the former by unmarried, the latter by married men.

9) The fatty gelatinous substances attached to the shell of a turtle. The calipee is attached to the bottom shell and the calipash is attached to the top.

10) Calipash - Contemplative Jewish chanting.
Calipee - A Jewish cantor who performs contemplative chanting.


[edited to add the numbers]

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Ooh, am I first to choose! I'll take #2 thanks.
 
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After dining on huhu grubs, mountain oysters (sheep’s testicles), possum pate, and wasp larva icecream, Stella could never be expected to comprehend the intoxicating and tantalizing tastes of #1.
 
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Even though the derivation sounds just a little too pat, I'll give 7 a whirl.


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Calipee is a long stemmed pipe smoked by Somali men for sublime purposes while reciting Hindu verses in a rainstorm. Uhhhh,no...

Oh, fooey, I'll guess #3
 
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It’s a cantor performing his chants.
No, it’s dances danced in real tight pants;
Or could be some cheap pipes;
Or a turtle -- Oh! Cripes!
It’s enough to put me in a trants!
 
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Whoever wrote 7 is getting another victim.


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I just have to choose seven because of the goddess Kali, though I'd hate to be considered a destructive life force. Wink
 
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Oh Gawd.

I'm fairly certain for various reasons that about five daffynitions are not the actual one. That still leaves five, though ...

On the sole grounds that no-one has yet chosen it, I'll pick number 9.


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Yes, Arnie, I like #9 best, too.

Say, didn't I have some of that, cubed and grilled with hot pepper, the last time I was in Oz? Wink
 
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"Good night, Mrs Calipash, wherever you are!" Roll Eyes
 
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bethree5 is the big winner this time. Her definition fooled three, and she got the right one. arnie got it, too.

1) Spicy Middle Eastern accompaniments for grilled meat.
By Stella. Guessed by Proofreader.

2) calipash: a long-stemmed clay pipe
calipee: a short, roughly fashioned pipe usually of cheap, coarse clay
By BobHale. Guessed by Stella.

3) Two different systems of exquisite, ornate prayer writing on sacred fabrics woven by a subsect of Hinduism, the Madiites.
By Proofreader. Guessed by Asa Johnson.

4) In a fixed pair of calipers, the calipee is the movable arm, the calipash the immovable arm.
My fake. I tried to sucker those who thought the real words were obscure, but easy.

5) calipee - cloudburst; heavy rainstorm
calipash - storm that produces some precipitation in a form other than rain; hailstorm
By Myth Jellies.

6) The sublime and the profane.
By Asa Lovejoy.

7) Colonial English slang, meaning 'ebb and flow', 'comings and goings'; the vicissitudes of life. (from Kali, goddess of destructive life force)
By bethree5. Guessed by BobHale, Myth Jellies and Kalleh.

8) Dances performed by Somali men; the former by unmarried, the latter by married men.
By arnie.

9) The fatty gelatinous substances attached to the shell of a turtle. The calipee is attached to the bottom shell and the calipash is attached to the top.
The real one. I ran across these in Morison's biography of Commodore Perry, in his description of a feast at Newport, RI. The words appear in Billy Budd, and in one of the Aubrey/Maturin books.It is not only edible, but an essential ingredient in some turtle recipes. The calipash is greenish, and the calipee is yellowish. Origin: Probably from carapace, via Spanish, with calipee deriving from calipash.
Guessed by arnie and bethree5

10) Calipash - Contemplative Jewish chanting.
Calipee - A Jewish cantor who performs contemplative chanting.
By Kalleh.
 
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Nicely done, Valentine!
 
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I hope none of the other members on the Zoo Training Committee notice that I thoroughly missed that one.
 
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That's OK, Proofreader, it's bad form to eat the exhibits!
 
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I'm sorry I never ate either Calipee or Calipash. I understand it tastes better than snowy owl, which is very bitter and hard to chew.

There once was a young man named Howell
Who consumed a wild snowy owell.
He was told, “Down it quick
Since it seems that’s the trick
To eject its plumes from your bowell.
 
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You want to eat Snowy Owl, a widely respected member of the OEDILF community? But that's cannibalism.


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that's cannibalism.


The folks in the old Donner Party
All knew what it was to eat heart-y
On livers and spleens
And breasts, by all meens,
And even eyeballs a la carte --- eee!

Now THAT'S cannibalism!
 
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Great words, Valentine.
 
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HOOEE! I finally won something! Slow on the uptake here... got distracted trying to limerick something about calipash, cubed & grilled...

I stumbled on a new word recently, & shall try it on you-all in a separate thread.
 
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I wish I'd been online at this time. I have two limericks over at the OEDILF that fit perfectly...

It's a greenish, gelatinous goo
Some folks think is delicious, but, eww...
It lies 'neath the top
Turtle shell. Use this glop
As a calipash garnish in stew.

A gelatinous part of a turtle,
Calipee is delicious, for Myrtle.
Its name contains pee?
And it's yellow?? Well, gee—
That's one taste barricade I won't hurdle!
 
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Very nice, TrossL! You remind me that I have something to look into over there. They can't leave well enough alone. I have one that's been approved for awhile, but somebody doesn't like my AN. Grrrr. Roll Eyes

Hey, I wonder where Valentine is. He was so participative here for awhile, and then he seemed to vanish. Does anyone know? [I feel like an old mother hubbard...I also have a call our for Jerry.]
 
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Kalleh's still looking for lims on Dallas.
 
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Kalleh, I had that happen to me too. One of my approved lims and someone told me to add a comma or something and I thought, "Delete!"

Once they are approved, I'm over them.
 
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I thought about saying "delete," too, but thought I'd better be more cooperative. I have to say, though, the comment the one workshopper made was a bit snippy. It went something like, "My link is the best you'll ever find on the topic" after I had posted I'll look into it. I kinda wished I'd found a Harvard professor who disagreed with her precious link! Oh well. I've developed a thick skin, much like the armadillo I limericked on.
 
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You know I'm going to have to go look now...
 
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Kalleh, this is the wrong thread for that...
 
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Ugh! And I forgot Hab's, too!
 
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