Please send me, via PMs, your daffynitions for the word mongo.
April 14, 2013, 22:09
Kalleh
Hey, folks, I only have one so far!
Please send me your daffynitions (fake definition) of Mongo, via PM. I will then post all the daffynitions, along with the correct definition, and people will choose whichever one they think is the correct definition.
April 14, 2013, 23:04
BobHale
Should have mine now - so why don't I have your etymology entry?
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
April 15, 2013, 18:15
Geoff
You both have mine, and I haven't managed to confuse the two yet!
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
April 17, 2013, 23:09
Kalleh
I'll send an etymology entry tonight, Bob. I've been running a conference in California and haven't been at my computer for a few days.
How about a couple more daffynitions?
April 19, 2013, 16:44
Kalleh
I've been on the road non-stop lately and a bit MIA from WC. However, as Michael Jordan once said (and as I wish Derrick Rose would say!), "I'm back!"
Any more mongos?
April 23, 2013, 20:39
Kalleh
Okay...tomorrow I will post the daffynitions, along with the real thing.
April 24, 2013, 21:05
Kalleh
Here are the daffynitions and the one real definition. Choose the right answer and you'll win a secret prize!
Mongo means:
1) Oafish, from the character played by Alex Karras in the movie, "Blazing Saddles."
2) Spa Initialism: Men Only Naked - Girls Off (or in some spas "Out")
3) A monetary subunit of the tugrik
4) Twin brother of the evil villain in Flash Gordon movies during the 30s.
5) A spicy Cantonese dish.
6) A miscut stamp perforated only along one edge.
7) A breed of short-haired hunting dog native to Siberia.
8) Valley-speak, a variant of mondo, "very", "huge", as in "We're, like, in a mongo mess."
So guess away! I will warn you that two of the daffynitions are variants of one of the real definitions so be careful.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Kalleh,
April 25, 2013, 08:07
<Proofreader>
I was going to wait for Arnie's vote so I could join in the winning side but I'll jump on six.
April 25, 2013, 15:38
BobHale
No the faintest idea.
I shall try 8 and see if I'm right in a week.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
April 26, 2013, 08:36
Tom
I like number 1.
April 29, 2013, 20:47
Kalleh
A few more selections?
April 30, 2013, 02:20
arnie
Three's a lucky number in Mongolia*, so I'll try 3.
* Not really.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
April 30, 2013, 21:17
Kalleh
Where is Geoff when we need him?
I'll post the real answer tomorrow.
May 02, 2013, 21:07
Kalleh
Okay. Here we go:
1) Oafish, from the character played by Alex Karras in the movie, "Blazing Saddles." - Geoff fooled Tom
2) Spa Initialism: Men Only Naked - Girls Off (or in some spas "Out")I tried...but nobody has an imagination!
3) A monetary subunit of the tugrik The real definition; guessed by you-know-who
4) Twin brother of the evil villain in Flash Gordon movies during the 30s. Close, but no cigar, Proof (I say close because it was the fictional planet in Flash Gordon.)
5) A spicy Cantonese dish. Proof's...and not quite as close
6) A miscut stamp perforated only along one edge.Bob's clever one; fooled Proof
7) A breed of short-haired hunting dog native to Siberia.Bob's, but no takers
8) Valley-speak, a variant of mondo, "very", "huge", as in "We're, like, in a mongo mess." Arnie fooled Bob
So, once again, Arnie is our big winner. He fooled someone with his and he chose the real definition. Arnie, I award you the gold medal!
