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I just read this word today. Send me your definitions as soon as possible and I'll post them within the week.

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wonderful word! My answer is in PM
 
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Welcome back, Jo! Big Grin

Tinman, thank you. Mine is on the way, too.
 
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Wow! What quick responses! Arnie's came less than two hours after I posted the word! Then Caterwauller, Jo, and Kalleh chimed in today. Who knows -- maybe one of them is right!

I have to admire your abilities to coin such good definitions on such short notice. I usually can't think of one at all. I was especially impressed at the speed of Arnie's response.

Where're the rest of you? Asa, you can surely leave Sunflower alone long enough to come up with something. Maybe I should rephrase that.

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Asa, you can surely leave Sunflower alone long enough to come up with something.

Ahhh, I wouldn't bank on that, Tinman! Wink
 
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Last chance to submit a definition! So far I have six very good ones (seven, counting the correct one), but I could always use more. I'll post them Friday evening or Saturday morning.

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Come on, people...we need more than 6! The board seems to be slow right now, for some reason.
 
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Well, I guess Asa hasn't come up for air long enough to submit a definition, so I'll post what I have.

Quercitron

1. A naturally-occurring, organic, environmentally safe insect repellent.

2. An amusement ride popular in the 1940s.

3. A machine found in penny arcades during the 1930s and 1940s. Users would insert a penny, put their hand on the "question ball" and ask a question. Then they would push the ball downward and a spinner would activate, finally stopping at their "answer".

4. The use of symbols instead of swear words, i.e. #@*!

5. A cucumber-like fruit that has a strong taste of lemons.

6. A yellow dye obtained from the inner bark of the black oak, Quercus velutina (also called quercitron oak); the tree itself; or the bright orange inner bark of the tree.

7. An elementary particle, one of the group of particles collectively known as quarks.

8. A cork-making machine

9. A small glassy body containing no crystals, probably of meteoritic origin.

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Well, I guess Asa hasn't come up for air long enough to submit a definition, so I'll post what I have.

Big Grin

Number 1, please. [I strongly suggest that no one follow suit because I am always wrong! Mad]
 
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I am voting for number SIX.

~~~ jerry
 
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Asa, you can surely leave Sunflower alone long enough to come up with something.

Ahhh, I wouldn't bank on that, Tinman! Wink


Wellll, fooey! I couldn't remember where this round was located! You didn't start a new thread, and I lost track! Oh, well,,, next time...

As for leaving Sunflower alone, I have to - she went back to Indiana, doggone it! Frown (Just temporary, though)
 
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Oh, I'll vote for five, even though I've submitted no daffynition.
 
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I like 3


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I'll take #6 please
 
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I guess #2.


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Wellll, fooey! I couldn't remember where this round was located! You didn't start a new thread, and I lost track! Oh, well,,, next time...

Ahh, it seems you are a bit befuddled, Asa (can't imagine why!). This is a new thread! Wink
 
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I'll choose to parse it as "-citron" rather than "querci-" and therefore Take Five.

(And one of Dave Brubeck's more striking pieces it is, too.)


But I do like three!
 
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_Take Five_
(And one of Dave Brubeck's more striking pieces it is, too.)



I totally agree! There was a great folk group from Michigan that played that song on mandolin, fiddle and hammered dulcimer - truly fabulous.


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Six for me, please. Smile


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I've only had seven guesses so far. Even the befuddled Asa managed to log on long enough to play. Of course, he's temporarily sidelined from his favorite sport and has nothing better to do. Come on and take a guess! You can't win if you don't play. I'll post the answers (and the winners, if there are any) Wednesday.

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Number six seems to be the most logical, so that is my guess.
 
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Can I guess even though I didn't submit a daffynition (chronic writers' block)? If so, I'll choose 4, because I like it and want it to be this.

And if I'm wrong, is there a word for this? There must be!
 
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(I'll post the answers, if there are any) quoth the metal mensch.

Oh, fie, that means I didn't get it right! Well, maybe Sunflower did, so it'll kinda be in the family if so. Big Grin
 
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Quercitron

1. A naturally-occurring, organic, environmentally safe insect repellent.
jerry thomas submitted this definition and fooled Kalleh.

2. An amusement ride popular in the 1940s.
This was my entry; Caterwauller chose it.

3. A machine found in penny arcades during the 1930s and 1940s. Users would insert a penny, put their hand on the "question ball" and ask a question. Then they would push the ball downward and a spinner would activate, finally stopping at their "answer".
jo she fooled Bob with this definition.

4. The use of symbols instead of swear words, i.e. #@*!
Caterwauller has been looking for a word for this. Unfortunately, this isn't it, but Cat thought it was. I guess you'll just have to keep writing those swear words out, CW! Besides, it's jucier that way!

5. A cucumber-like fruit that has a strong taste of lemons.
Our champion, arnie, submitted this definition and managed to fool Asa and haberdasher.

6. A yellow dye obtained from the inner bark of the black oak,Quercus velutina (also called quercitron oak); the tree itself; or the bright orange inner bark of the tree.
This is the real definition.
Sunflower said that "number six seems to be the most logical..." Well, she was right, and so were jerry, jo, and, of course, arnie.

7. An elementary particle, one of the group of particles collectively known as quarks.
Bob Hale must have been thinking of one of the strange quarks, but nobody else was.

8. A cork-making machine
haberdasher submitted this one, but nobody guessed it. It's not so far-fetched, really, since cork comes from the cork oak, Quercus suber.

9. A small glassy body containing no crystals, probably of meteoritic origin.
From our meteorologist, Kalleh. This sounds like a marble from outer space. Nobody bought it.

Four of the ten people who played got the right definition! That's pretty good. I don't think these were just lucky guesses, though. Sunflower, on her very first shot at this game, got it right. Would you, Sunflower, honor us by presenting the next word? Maybe some of your logic will rub off on Asa.

Tinman

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I'll try to find a word today and post it this evening.

Thanks for your encouragement! I'm not nearly as word-smart as Asa!
 
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That's what i was thinking. It sounded like an elementary partical name to me and I threw in the bit about quarks for authenticity. I guess everyone here either knows too much or too little about them to have been fooled.


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Thanks for your encouragement! I'm not nearly as word-smart as Asa!


HA! You are too! I'm sure you'll post a good 'un!
 
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It's a good thing I like all of you so much because if I didn't, I would have quit long ago! I hate always losing! Mad
 
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It's a good thing I like all of you so much because if I didn't, I would have quit long ago! I hate always losing! Mad


Don't feel like the Lone Ranger, Kalleh! As you noticed, Sunflower, who keeps telling me she's no good with words, just kicked my butt! Wink
 
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As you noticed, Sunflower, who keeps telling me she's no good with words, just kicked my butt! Wink

And on the first try!

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And we all love her for it!


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And we all love her for it!


Gosh, CW, you really know how to make a guy feel good! Wink
 
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