Since there's a lull in the limericks I'll keep the wordplay section going with this word. Send me a fake, fanciful, fraudulent, or frivolous daffynition by PM - and DON'T look up the real meaning!
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
October 22, 2012, 05:20
Geoff
I have daffynitions from three of you so far - all very good! Keep 'em coming!
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
October 23, 2012, 15:30
Geoff
Here are the results:
1. A dermabrasion or exfoliant instrument.
My own effort to skin someone. Didn't rub anyone the right way.
2. An acolyte; a follower.
The right one. Usually it's an inferior, not an equal, say the dictionaries. Arnie and Tinman knew it.
3. What a fencer says when he realizes his sword is missing.
Proofreader tried to stick someone with his rapier wit, to no avail.
4. A poem concerned with death and destruction.
Proofreader's, who fooled Kalleh, Bob, and bethree5.
5. A cozy nook.
Zmježd's submission. Nobody cozied up to it.
6. The empty feeling after joy in another's misfortune has faded.
Obviously written for Kalleh, by bethree5.
7. A model of filial devotion
B35 again.
8. The child of an incestuous union
And again.
9. A drama term for the character who resolves the entanglements by supernatural intervention.
Kalleh's version of Deus Ex Machina, I suppose.
10. A eulogy that is written, but not necessarily delivered orally at a funeral.
Arnie's scholrly-sounding submission
11. The world's first virtual porcine entity.
Bob's submission. Was he thinking of Pink Floyd?
12. Someone with a severe allergy who has lost his Epinephrine Auto-Injector
Bob's again
13. A medical sub-dermal injector used to insert drugs under the skin.
Bob one more time!
14. A recently discovered Greek tragedy possibly by Aeschylus.
If pronounced as four syllables, it kinda sounds plausible - except I made it up.
There you have it - now what?This message has been edited. Last edited by: Geoff,
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
October 23, 2012, 17:09
<Proofreader>
Said poor Cyrano, sad and forlorn, "There's a thief rues the day he was born. He has taken my sword And, I'll tell you -- my lord -- I feel naked with my epigone."
I know the def so I'll pass.
October 23, 2012, 21:03
Kalleh
You sure got a lot in a short time!
I could swear I knew it, until those daffys. My inclination is to take #6 because I think it was meant for me. But, I'll take #4.
October 24, 2012, 01:28
arnie
Proof,
You should still enter even if you know the real answer. You don't have to give the proper definition, just vote!
I'll try 2.
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.
October 25, 2012, 12:03
<Proofreader>
quote:
You should still enter even if you know the real answer. You don't have to give the proper definition, just vote!
And what particular advantage accrues if I vote? If I vote for the one I know, it means nothing. Should I vote for one I know is wrong, I look stupid.
October 25, 2012, 17:46
Geoff
quote:
Originally posted by Proofreader:
And what particular advantage accrues if I vote?
I get another voter! Vote early; vote often! Only two votes so far. Where is everybody?
BTW, two of the stupid ones are the ones I added.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
October 25, 2012, 23:11
BobHale
4
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
October 27, 2012, 06:25
bethree5
hmmmm. I'll try #4
October 28, 2012, 04:58
Geoff
Anyone else?
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
October 28, 2012, 10:51
tinman
I'll guess 2. I'd like to believe it was 14, but, I don't think so.
October 28, 2012, 17:04
<Proofreader>
It actually means "the first virtual porker." E-pig-one
October 29, 2012, 04:03
BobHale
quote:
Originally posted by Proofreader: It actually means "the first virtual porker." E-pig-one
You mean as in number 11?
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
October 29, 2012, 05:34
<Proofreader>
quote:
You mean as in number 11?
?
October 29, 2012, 09:10
bethree5
Somehow 'epigone' suggests a rather extreme exfoliation therapy...
October 30, 2012, 09:26
BobHale
quote:
Originally posted by Proofreader:
quote:
You mean as in number 11?
?
11. The world's first virtual porcine entity.
(porcine = pig-like = porker first = first virtual = virtual)
As no one is likely to vote for this definition I think I can safely out myself as thiinking e-pig-one when I wrote it.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
October 30, 2012, 11:55
<Proofreader>
Sorry, Bob. I completely missed that reference and never noticed that my post duplicated your entry.
October 31, 2012, 10:03
Geoff
quote:
Originally posted by Geoff: Here are the results:
1. A dermabrasion or exfoliant instrument.
My own effort to skin someone. Didn't rub anyone the right way.
2. An acolyte; a follower.
The right one. Usually it's an inferior, not an equal, say the dictionaries. Arnie and Tinman knew it.
3. What a fencer says when he realizes his sword is missing.
Proofreader tried to stick someone with his rapier wit, to no avail.
4. A poem concerned with death and destruction.
Proofreader's, who fooled Kalleh, Bob, and bethree5.
5. A cozy nook.
Zmježd's submission. Nobody cozied up to it.
6. The empty feeling after joy in another's misfortune has faded.
Obviously written for Kalleh, by bethree5.
7. A model of filial devotion
B35 again.
8. The child of an incestuous union
And again.
9. A drama term for the character who resolves the entanglements by supernatural intervention.
Kalleh's version of Deus Ex Machina, I suppose.
10. A eulogy that is written, but not necessarily delivered orally at a funeral.
Arnie's scholrly-sounding submission
11. The world's first virtual porcine entity.
Bob's submission. Was he thinking of Pink Floyd?
12. Someone with a severe allergy who has lost his Epinephrine Auto-Injector
Bob's again
13. A medical sub-dermal injector used to insert drugs under the skin.
Bob one more time!
14. A recently discovered Greek tragedy possibly by Aeschylus.
If pronounced as four syllables, it kinda sounds plausible - except I made it up.
There you have it - now what?
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
October 31, 2012, 14:11
tinman
Originally posted by Geoff:
quote:
2. An acolyte; a follower.
The right one. Usually it's an inferior, not an equal, say the dictionaries. Arnie and Tinman knew it.
Arnie probably knew it, but I didn't. I just guessed.
October 31, 2012, 21:00
Kalleh
Oh, heck. I should have known what acolyte meant!
I was a little surprised that Bob was fooled by proof's submission since it was about poetry.
November 02, 2012, 00:26
BobHale
When I don't know I tend to pick at random. (or, to put it another way, I always pick at random. )
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
November 02, 2012, 21:02
Kalleh
Ah, that makes sense. I, on the other hand, try my darndest, and yet I always seem to get it wrong anyway.
But, I'll take #4.