I'm posting this one quickly before anyone else jumps in because I haven't done one for ages and when I ran across "padipist" the other day, I thought what a great bluffing word it would make.

So definitions in a pm to me please.

And no jokes about drunken Irishmen please

Said the barman, upraising his fist,
"Sure, your name's being put on my list.
You're too drunk to drink here."
"Give me one pint of beer
Or I swear you will get padipist."

Wow, this game is jumping now! Good going, Bob!
I'll get one in anon.

Four definitions from three people now.

More please.

Where does everyone get these words???? Great one, and I'll send a daffy.

I just ran across this one in something I saw on the internet and had to look it up myself.

Eight padipists so far plus the real one.

Any more?

Isn't that what they say about Paedrick when he's drunk?

Will we be getting the definitions soon?

You'll be getting them now.

Padipist


1. A footstone

2. An instrument used in the 19th century for beating clothes.

3. An excessively studious person.

4. A Victorian gardening tool used for aerating lawns.

5. A Turkish nobleman.

6. A rice-grower.

7. A fanatical obsessive devotee of Catholic reliquary.

8. One who holds the opinion that all scholarship began with the Greeks.

9. A deacon.

10. Someone who engages in sex as a religious duty.

On the grounds that it's so boring that no one would submit it as a bluff, I'll choose 9.

#4

It's an exceptionally studious rice-growing Turkish deacon who holds the opinion that all knowledge began with Catholic sex.

As for #4, it is my understanding that Victorian women were so frigid that men had to resort to manually planting their own seed in their gardens.

I'll guess #3 for no good reason.

#5

I'll try 3.

Uh-oh. It must be 3.


[Edit to correct typo.]

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Kalleh,

quote:

Originally posted by Kalleh:
Uh-oh. I must be 3.

Funny. I thought you were older.

She's beside herself twice.

Anyone else want to guess before I post the answer?

Using the predictive power of crowd-sourcing, I'll also take a shot on number three.

I'll try #4

quote:

Originally posted by Mike:
Using the predictive power of crowd-sourcing, I'll also take a shot on number three.

around here we usually call that arnie-sourcing

quote:

Using the predictive power of crowd-sourcing, I'll also take a shot on number three.

Because I was always swayed by others' votes, I finally started a new process. I only look at what other people guess after I choose my answer. It has led to my losing more often, I suppose.

Last call for guesses. Answers tomorrow.

Since we know that arnie is right more often than not, betting on him is reasonable, but it takes away from our being able to offer any rationale for our choices.

Padipist


1. A footstone (bethree5) fooled no one

2. An instrument used in the 19th century for beating clothes. (Kalleh) fooled no one

3. An excessively studious person. (real) guessed by Geoff, arnie, Mike

4. A Victorian gardening tool used for aerating lawns. (me) fooled Proofreader, bethree

5. A Turkish nobleman. (arnie) fooled Kalleh

6. A rice-grower. (arnie) fooled no one

7. A fanatical obsessive devotee of Catholic reliquary. (Proofreader) fooled no one

8. One who holds the opinion that all scholarship began with the Greeks. (Geoff) fooled no one

9. A deacon. (Geoff) fooled Guy

10. Someone who engages in sex as a religious duty. (Guy Barry) fooled no one


Some very good definitions and I’m surprised they didn't fool more people. Kalleh wanted to know where we get these words from. I’m more interested in how people know them. Three correct answers this time round. I’m impressed and baffled at the same time.

I had seen the word in print somewhere, so was pretty sure of the definition. My memory being what it is, I was only "pretty sure," not positive.

I'd never heard of the word, so had to guess. It didn't even look vaguely familiar. Of the ten suggestions, two were my own efforts and of the other eight No. 3 seemed the most likely at the time, although I can't say why.

What did I say? From now on, I am waiting for arnie to vote!