Kamalayka is the new bluffing game word. Post your daffynitions by about Wednesday or so.

In the old days I would have walked a milayka for a Kamalayka...

The PM is in the mail.

I forgot to say that you should send the daffynitions by PM. So far I only have Hab's! Let's get going, Wordcrafters.

Okay...I can't post the daffynitions tonight because I only have 3 now: Arnie's, Hab's and CW's.

Pretty please?????

This one has been like pulling teeth...
[BTW, are pulling teeth really that hard? Funny analogy...but that's another post!]

I have 5 daffys only, and I will add one myself. I really wish I had more because I am 99.9999999999999999% sure that no one has heard of this word before. However, with only 6 definitions you have a better chance of guessing.

Please send me daffys those of you who are remiss! I have from Hab, Asa, CW, Tinman, and Arnie. Tomorrow is D-Day (posting of daffynitions)!

Here are the daffynitions (and one correct definition!) for "kamalayka":

1) A Ukranian horse-drawn vehicle with high wooden sides, used for transporting building materials.

2) A shirt made of seal guts.

3) Trouble of any kind, great or small. From the Hawaiian word Kamulayki.

4) The Kamalayka, built in 1954, was one of Washington State's first ferries, part of the "Mosquito Fleet." After 10 years of service it was sold to a fish-processing plant in Alaska, which used it for another ten years as a floating fish-processing lab. It sat rusting in a harbor in Alaska for about 25 years when it was rediscovered and brought back to Seattle to be restored. Several years were spent trying to secure financing to restore "the Slug," as it was affectionately called, but to no avail. Eventually it was bought by a San Francisco shipyard for scrap.

5) A small stringed instrument, similar to a Balalayka.

6) Faux fur trim around collars and gloves.

7) One of the minor Hindu Brahmanic gods,the god of love.

8) A Russian folk stringed instrument similar to a domra, but without frets.

Hehehe - some great daffys this time!

I really like the looks of them all, from a comic perspective, but I'd like to choose #3, please.

I'll pick 1.

Tinman

I'll boldly go where no man has gone: be 4 !

Come on, Arnie...I want to bluff you this time!

2 is too ridiculous so I'll have that one please. (And I'd like one for Christmas too.)

I'm with Bob; 2) for me please.

Any more guesses?

Alright. I am going to put this one to bed. And I am NOT happy about the outcome! I was sure that I had everyone this time.

1) A Ukranian horse-drawn vehicle with high wooden sides, used for transporting building materials. Bob's...guessed by Tinman

2) A shirt made of seal guts. Grandiloquent Dictionary...guessed by Bob and Arnie Frankly, since it is only in one dictionary, I am wondering if it is really a word.

3) Trouble of any kind, great or small. From the Hawaiian word Kamulayki. Kalleh's...guessed by CW

4) The Kamalayka, built in 1954, was one of Washington State's first ferries, part of the "Mosquito Fleet." After 10 years of service it was sold to a fish-processing plant in Alaska, which used it for another ten years as a floating fish-processing lab. It sat rusting in a harbor in Alaska for about 25 years when it was rediscovered and brought back to Seattle to be restored. Several years were spent trying to secure financing to restore "the Slug," as it was affectionately called, but to no avail. Eventually it was bought by a San Francisco shipyard for scrap. Tinman's...guessed by Hab

5) A small stringed instrument, similar to a Balalayka. Hab's...guessed by no one

6) Faux fur trim around collars and gloves. CW's...guessed by no one

7) One of the minor Hindu Brahmanic gods,the god of love. Arnie's...guessed by no one

8) A Russian folk stringed instrument similar to a domra, but without frets. Asa's...guessed by no one

Alright. I am going to put this one to bed. And I am NOT happy about the outcome! I was sure that I had everyone this time.

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Originally posted by Kalleh:
Alright. I am going to put this one to bed. And I am NOT happy about the outcome! I was sure that I had everyone this time.

If it's any consolation I had no idea at all and picked the one I thought sounded least likely to be right.

I'm guessing that arnie knew it.

(And don't forget I want one for Christmas)

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I'm guessing that arnie knew it.

Wrong guess this time!

Mine was purely a guess based on the same reasoning as yours - it was so unlikely it had to be true.

Hey, you didn't give me time to guess!!! WAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So sorry, Asa. I guess I was so annoyed that Bob and Arnie got it right that I quit early!

I really do wonder if it is actually a word. I [i]only[i] is cited (as far as I know) in the online Grandiloquent Dicationary.

So sorry, Asa. I guess I was so annoyed that Bob and Arnie got it right that I quit early!

I really do wonder if it is actually a word. It only is cited (as far as I know) in the online Grandiloquent Dicationary.

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Originally posted by Kalleh:
So sorry, Asa. I guess I was so annoyed that Bob and Arnie got it right that I quit early!

I really do wonder if it is actually a word. It only is cited (as far as I know) in the online Grandiloquent Dicationary.

I think it's used in one of Peter Freuchen's books, but I can't find it right now.

Well, I don't understand why it is only in one dictionary then. Interestingly, if you put it in Google, the first site that comes up is our Bluffing Game!

I just Googled it and found a Greek site referring to apartments near the "Aerodromo Kamalayka." Where's Museamuse - she can tell us if there's a Greek meaning that's different, or if you can rent a room next to the seal guts shirt airport.

I Googled it, too, and came up with this science fiction site. Look at those "K" words! It says that the shirt is waterproof, though that could just be in science fiction.

Since no-one else has volunteered, I've started a new game: olamic.