Supeter is your new word. Please either send me a PM or an e-mail (nancy.spector@gmail.com) to let me know your daffynitions.

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mine is off to you via pm

Thanks, Jo and arnie for the daffynitions. I guess we only will have your 2 and the real definition because no one else has sent me a daffynition!

Come on, wordcrafters!

Changing the thread title to BLUFFING GAME - supeter might help.

Oh, arnie, that's the problem. I wondered!

I now have Jerry, Asa and Bob, but these are slow coming. I will edit the title then. Thanks!

Aha, we now have Doad and CW. I will post them tomorrow.

Hab? Cat? Tinman? Anyone else?

I'm in too.

Sorry - still thinking!

Be with you in a tick...

Be with you in a tick...

That's a new one!

I have a lot now, but I just haven't had a lot of time to post these. I will try to get them posted tonight. We have some good ones!

Finally! Sorry for the delay:

1) (n) (Architecture) The inferior portion of the gusset that joins flying buttresses and redundant members.

2) A surgical position for the patient in which the feet are higher than the head; used primarily for neurological surgery.

3) Armo(u)r for the feet.

4) c.14thC A member of the Court currently in great favo(u)r with the reigning monarch.

5) A prong that holds a jewel in a setting.

6) Masonic word for a foundation stone; dates from the Middle Ages, from Latin "sub-" below, and "petr-", stone. Often used symbolically to refer to the members' faith in God, the foundation of Masonry.

7) Legal term for any higher ranking officer of the court.

8) An abbriviation of "saltpeter," or potassium nitrate.

9) Falling flat on one's back.

10) Alchemists' term for the chemical we know as sodium nitrate; less reactive than saltpeter, which is potassium nitrate.

#3.

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can I do the next word please?

I'll guess #9.

Doad is off line until Sunday - can you wait to give the answers til he has time to guess? (a very direct request)

I like 3 too but I like 5 better!

EDIT: Let me refine that a little, now that I think a bit more about how people think:

1 and 6 are basically the same. Discard both.
2 and 9 ditto
4 and 7 too
8 and 10 also

Hypothesis: similar entries were drawn by the same attempt at making up something reasonable-sounding and are betrayed by their duplication. Discard them all.

That leaves only 3 and 5.

(Go Back To Start)

[I invariably narrow things down to just a couple of options, and then choose the wrong one...]

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I invariably narrow things down to just a couple of options, and then choose the wrong one...]

Hoping that means you'll get it wrong again, I'll choose 3.

Possibly correct; the "draw" for #5 is that it suggests "support." I like the idea of it better anyway, not because it is or isn't "righter," but because it's more attractive. After all - this isn't about get-the-right-answer, it's about contrive-the-more-appealing-daffynition. Right?!

I was originally going to go for 5 because I liked it (it conjured up the prettiest image ), so, having no real idea, I'll stick with it.

5, please.

I have no idea what it means, but I like 1 and 5. I'll choose 1, which means it's probably 5. No, no, it's probably not either 1 or 5.

Tinman

Last call for answers! I will post the correct one tomorrow, and we will see how Hab did on multiple choice questions.

Bob, you definitely can have the next word!

Based on what I've found out about this game so far I now know it has to be number 3 because Arnie and Jo went for it but to keep in the spirit of the whole thing I'll go for number 1 instead. I just found that one really funny

1) (n) (Architecture) The inferior portion of the gusset that joins flying buttresses and redundant members.sent by Jerry; fooled Bob, Tinman & Doad

2) A surgical position for the patient in which the feet are higher than the head; used primarily for neurological surgery.sent by Jo; fooled no one

3) Armo(u)r for the feet.OED definition; guessed by Jo and arnie

4) c.14thC A member of the Court currently in great favo(u)r with the reigning monarch.sent by Cat; fooled no one

5) A prong that holds a jewel in a setting.sent by CW; fooled Hab, Cat, and Tinman

6) Masonic word for a foundation stone; dates from the Middle Ages, from Latin "sub-" below, and "petr-", stone. Often used symbolically to refer to the members' faith in God, the foundation of Masonry.sent by Hab; fooled Jerry

7) Legal term for any higher ranking officer of the court.sent by Bob; fooled no one

8) An abbriviation of "saltpeter," or potassium nitrate.sent by Asa; fooled no one

9) Falling flat on one's back.sent by arnie; guessed by CW

10) Alchemists' term for the chemical we know as sodium nitrate; less reactive than saltpeter, which is potassium nitrate.Red Herring; fooled no one

Good analytic skills, Hab. It's the luck of guessing that you'll have to work on!

Thanks everyone! Bob has already started the next game.

Fabulous word, Kalleh - thanks!

Damn! Where was I when the voting was happening!?!?