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Bluffing Game: Holodomor

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June 28, 2019, 18:02
Geoff
Bluffing Game: Holodomor
Since the previous game has stalled, I'll attempt to renew interest with holodomor Don't look it up, just PM me with a guess, whether serious or whimsical.
July 01, 2019, 03:46
Geoff
Hello, anybody here?
July 02, 2019, 03:10
sattva
Sorry, I have been focusing on other things, like Taiwan and birthdays. I have important paperwork I need to finish, also. I promise to get to Holodomor by the end of the week, even with more relatives coming to town!
July 02, 2019, 04:55
BobHale
I can get something to you tomorrow


"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
July 02, 2019, 11:27
Kalleh
Mine's in. Great word!
July 02, 2019, 14:40
sattva
So's mine.
July 02, 2019, 19:21
Geoff
I've got daffynitions from you three, thanks! Now how about the rest of you? Bob? Greg? CJ? B35? Shufitz? Others?

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July 02, 2019, 21:37
BobHale
Sent mine


"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
July 05, 2019, 13:43
Geoff
I need more participation! Pleeeeeease!
July 13, 2019, 13:36
Geoff
Holodomor daffynitions

Which is the real one?

1. A room, such as a barracks, wherein an entire group sleeps.

2. From Ukrainian, death by famine.

3. domestic imp or ghost, poltergeist, from the Finnish

4. HOLODOMOR - motorcycle-owners shorthand
for "HOw LOud DOes MOtor Rev?"
(as DINK is for Double Income, No Kids
and BOGO is for Buy One, Get One
and FOMO is for Fear Of Missing Out)

5. An instrument that shows the speed of
rotating blades on a helicopter.

6. The thin, curved, neck-like part of a
watering can.

5. A faux pas involving using another name
for a person instead of their real name.

6. A person whose total higher education
occurred at Notre Dame in Indiana.

7. A type of Japanese hotel where every
facility is provided in the smallest
possible space.

8. An island that is owned and inhabited by a
single person or single family.

9. Wall art from pictures; archaic.

10. a complete set of architectural drawings
and specifications for an estate and its
grounds; also, the person who creates
them

One's for real. Which is it?
July 15, 2019, 14:10
Geoff
Is anybody out there?
July 15, 2019, 18:32
haberdasher
Haven't the foggiest. I'll take a wild stab at 8.
July 15, 2019, 19:22
BobHale
No idea... 6?


"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
July 17, 2019, 05:37
Geoff
Just Bob and Haberdasher? Where are the rest of you?
July 17, 2019, 20:26
sattva
I can't seem to decide, yet. Originally, this post was suppose to be my guess, but I kept changing my mind. I will try to decide soon.
July 18, 2019, 08:41
bethree5
This is definitely the best set of bluffing-game guesses in recent memory. My instinct says go with #2 - from Ukrainian - but I won't be surprised if that turns out to be yet another clever daffynition...
July 18, 2019, 09:08
sattva
quote:
Originally posted by bethree5:
This is definitely the best set of bluffing-game guesses in recent memory. My instinct says go with #2 - from Ukrainian - but I won't be surprised if that turns out to be yet another clever daffynition...


I was trying to decide between a few, but mostly 2 and 10. Since you are going for two bethree5, I'll take #10.
July 18, 2019, 09:24
bethree5
Indeed, sattva-- that was my second choice. (Great minds think alike Wink)
July 18, 2019, 09:56
Geoff
If Kalleh will chime in I'll post the answer, but I'd like to have Greg and Shufitz too. Where are you three?
July 27, 2019, 21:17
bethree5
I wonder what means “holodomor”?
Geoff asked, but now he won’t show more.
The answer we seek
But vowed not to peek--
Inquiring minds want to know more.
July 28, 2019, 10:54
Geoff
4 and 10 are Hab's. 9 is Kalleh's. 7 and 8 are Bob's. 5, 6, 5 & 6 (!) Boy did I goof! are Sattva's. # was Bethree5's. That leaves 1 and #2 - the real one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor Ah, yes, man's inhumanity to man. Only three guesses, two of which would have been correct had Sattva followed her initial thinking, leaving Bethree5 the well-read/fed Amerracun. Hab picked Bob's daffy.

I encountered the word here: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/...in-putins-footsteps/

I hope you do better than I did, B35!

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August 03, 2019, 17:51
bethree5
Great game, Goeff! I realized when I read up on wiki that I have indeed encountered this term before - it went out the other ear. I picked it only because of the seeming connection to holocaust - but imagined someone could be fooling me w/that.

Well guess I'll pick up the baton. Been hoarding an interesting word.