Time for another game. I haven't hosted one for a while, so please let me have your PMs with your daffynitions of the word nyaff. Remember, no cheating and looking it up!

Mine's on the way...and thanks for doing this.

Kalleh's entry is the only one I've received so far. Come on everyone else! Get your thinking caps on and send me your daffynitions by PM!

Come, come sweet Wordcrafters...submit one!

I've had a sudden rush of submissions and now have about a dozen daffynitions all told (some people submitted more than one). A few regulars are still missing, though, so hurry if you've not yet entered!

I'll post the various entries for your delectation, plus the real definition, in 24 hours or so.

Here are the daffynititions for nyaff. I think this must be a record number. I can't remember seeing so many before. Unless you know the word, the odds are against you.

Guess away, and good luck!

1. A river sprite
2. clumsy
3. A Scottish salt cairn
4. Nautical: triangular blue banner flown to indicate high-level staff are aboard
5. cheap and nasty
6. A young professional, originally pertaining to such from Manhattan
7. An acronym: "New York -- Always Fun-loving and Friendly"
8. The annoying yelping noise made by a chihuahua, or similar small breed dog
9. An extinct genus of giraffid prevalent in Northern Africa and Southern Asia in the early Holocene
10. A marsupial's belly button lint
11. a diminutive, insignificant, or contemptible person
12. The summit of a Tibetan holy mountain
13. a hook used by fishermen
14. weak and sickly
15. A subservient woman

It's a clumsy, cheap, nasty, sickly, subservient Scottish river sprite who lives in Tibet and contemplates the possibility of marsupial belly buttons.

I have a feeling it's 6, so I'll pick 12.

I'll go with #11, which describes Wordcraft members.

Just kidding. Just kidding. I'm sorry it hit so close to home.

I'll pick 3, but there are some fun ones there! Between "weak and sickly," "clumsy" and "subservient," people don't find it a positive word, do they? As for #7? You've got to be kidding! #11 goes along with the negative perception, but the "diminutive" part almost won me over.

Wordcrafters are clever!

I'll give 15 a try.

I like the sound of #1, thanks arnie.

To be honest, I'm more convinced by a couple of those that I sent in than I am by any of the others. But since I know that those are incorrect, I'm going to have to plump for one of the others. My guess is #4.

Hurry! Last call for guesses! One entrant has yet to choose, but you don't actually need to have entered - just post your choice below. I'll post the results tomorrow.

You can guess your own if you like. I have a couple of times. It can be a tactic to persuade others to join you.

OK, Bob, which is your own?

Congratulations to Proof, who got the answer right!

Here are the results and who supplied which daffynition.

1. A river sprite - Geoff
2. clumsy - My own contribution
3. A Scottish salt cairn - Geoff
4. Nautical: triangular blue banner flown to indicate high-level staff are aboard - bethree5
5. cheap and nasty - stella
6. A young professional, originally pertaining to such from Manhattan - Michael Daws
7. An acronym: "New York -- Always Fun-loving and Friendly" - Proofreader
8. The annoying yelping noise made by a chihuahua, or similar small breed dog - Michael Daws
9. An extinct genus of giraffid prevalent in Northern Africa and Southern Asia in the early Holocene - Michael Daws
10. A marsupial's belly button lint - Proofreader
11. a diminutive, insignificant, or contemptible person - the real thing
12. The summit of a Tibetan holy mountain - Proofreader
13. a hook used by fishermen - BobHale
14. weak and sickly - BobHale
15. A subservient woman - Kalleh

See Worthless Word For The Day.

I got that right because I vividly recall my sainted old Scottish granny affectionately calling me a "nyaff." Oh, wait. No. She used to call me a worthless, bottom-feeding scumsucker. I suppose, then, it was just a lucky guess.

Does that mean I'm up?

Up what?

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Nice one, arnie!