Since Haberdasher managed to pull off a "first" in the Bluffing Game, maybe I can get us back to normal, with Jo and arnie getting this one, but nobody else! :-)

Send me your daffynitions by PM, pleeeeeeeeze!

mine's on the way.

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I've only got three so far. I'll wait until Kalleh gets back home. I hope she'll inspire others to offer daffynitions!

Oh...I'm home. We had a marvelous time!

Now it's catch up time. I just peaked at my work emails and am already depressed.

Mine is on the way!

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I just peaked at my work emails and am already depressed.

I know what you mean. I went back to work today as well and was greeted by a huge list of emails. I took all day just catching up. Normal tasks went by the board.

It's 2:00 p.m. here now, and I am making it through...I'm on email #46. That's all I've done all day, though. One email (written awhile ago) needs a "rush" edit of a 44-page document because she had "misunderstood" the editor's timeframe. That one might not get done on time!

I've got six so far. How about some of you who haven't played before? Click on my name, then on Invite to a private message, then write a guess at the definition of Desmodromic without looking it up! Let your imagination run wild!

Here are the daffynitions, and the real one too:

1. A system of mathematics believed to have been developed by the ancient Phoenicians and primarily employed in cartography.

2. Wretched; miserable

3. Of or pertaining to a yoked team of horses upon a course, as in a chariot or wagon race.

4. Tending to stick together; clannish

5. A professional acrobatic performer.

6. Pulling and pushing something along a set axis, as in the valves of an internal combustion engine equipped with such a system.

7. Relating to the lands and estates surrounding a manor or country house.

8. Gee-up, its a bookie of course.
From its etymology: Desmo = tied or fastened, dromic = course or race course.

OK, ladies and gentlemen, your task is to decide which is the REAL desmodromic!

I'm pulled toward #6 but only half-way, so I'll take THREE.

Hab, I'll pick up the slack and go for #6. Even if I do feel like #2.

Six for me, Asa.

#4, please.

My other definition (a camel named Desmond) isn't there so I'll take 3 please.

I'll try 3., please

Wow...Jo and arnie have chosen different ones; this could be interesting.

I'll take a chance on 2.

Pearce, are you going to submit a guess, or pick the correct one? I'll wait another day for Pearce and anyone else to pick a definition, whether you posted a "daffynition" or not.

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Originally posted by Asa Lovejoy:
Pearce, are you going to submit a guess, or pick the correct one? I'll wait another day for Pearce and anyone else to pick a definition, whether you posted a "daffynition" or not.

No 3. please

1. A system of mathematics believed to have been developed by the ancient Phoenicians and primarily employed in cartography.

Submitted by Jo, no takers

2. Wretched; miserable

Arnie's daffynition, but he's not miserable since fooling Wordmatic.

3. Of or pertaining to a yoked team of horses upon a course, as in a chariot or wagon race.

There is no joy in London tonight, for arnie, mighty arnie, has struck out!!! This one I threw in just to make things interesting! Most of you saw the two Greek roots, Desmos and Dromos and picked this one accordingly. Pearce even went so far as to post the roots in his daffynition!
It fooled arnie, Haberdasher, Bob Hale, and Pearce.

4. Tending to stick together; clannish

Haberdasher's daffynition fooled Kalleh.

5. A professional acrobatic performer.

Kalleh's trapeze act took on-one in.

6. Pulling and pushing something along a set axis, as in the valves of an internal combustion engine equipped with such a system.

As usual, Jo picked the right one. How she could possibly have known is beyond me!!! Maybe being the victor here is some small recompense for her present woe. Here's a link from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmodromic_valve The system, and likely the term, was devised in England by Frank Hadfield Arnott about 1910.

7. Relating to the lands and estates surrounding a manor or country house.

Bob Hale's submission, which fooled no-one.

8. Gee-up, its a bookie of course.
From its etymology: Desmo = tied or fastened, dromic = course or race course.

Pearce knew what he was talking about, but still fooled no-one.

I'm somewhat surprised that the people with anatomical knowledge didn't concoct a daffynition based on ligaments, since the "desmos" prefix applies to them as well.

By picking such an obscure term that it's not even in most dictionaries I thought I could fool everybody. Alas, it was not to be. Who's next with another difficult word?

Great word, and great suggestions! I can't believe I missed the whole thing! I've obviously been gone all week. Sigh.

As punishment for your being AWOL, you have to supply the next word!

Great word, Asa...and good daffynition besides.

We'll have to ask Jo how she got it when she is feeling better.

I'm home. Doing okay. When I was younger my father and I used to challenge each other to learn something about what we each did. He was an engineer; I taught linguistics. We came up with some imaginative topics. He thought I would be bored silly with learning about desmodromic engines. I found the whole idea fascinating. I wish I could find the poem I wrote. Imagine my delight when I saw the word... but then, Asa is a mechanic is he not?

Hey, CW, where's your word? No word? No tickets for King Tut! (Sorry for the inside joke, fellow wordcrafters.)

Gack! I can't think of a word . . . and I'm having trouble finding one. I'll do it now, though . . . I REALLY wanna see King Tut! (I mean, I know the song and everything . . .)