Member posted December 07, 2008 04:06
The new word is:
balter .
Let me have your daffynitions by PM. please!
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<Proofreader> posted December 07, 2008 07:04
On the way!
Member Just sent mine. WM
Member Mine has been sent.
Member I've received six daffynitions so far, from Proofreader, Asa Lovejoy, wordmatic, stella, Kalleh, and jerry thomas. Any more for the Skylark?
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Member you should have mine now
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<Proofreader> posted December 12, 2008 19:12
I just had a thought about Balter. Is he not the same Balter Rawltar Who consoled our poor Jeb At his life's lowest ebb Before Jeb had christened Gibraltar?
Member Last orders! Any more entries?
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Member The daffynitions:
acronym for Better Arrive Late Than Earn Regrets ... (this is a regionalism, found only in the area of North Chicago) an intestinal ailment in horses, caused by a parasite a floating hoist used in wooden ship construction a rough-hewn shelf for the display of hunting trophies a type of wooden fishing boat to stick together a shelter or resting place of a wild animal; a hole or den to divide a field into smaller parcels of land (Slang) fall on one's head when riding at full speed Guess away!
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Member Three for me, please.
<Proofreader> posted December 14, 2008 05:39
Eight for me. I recall that the French people who had the nous around their necks were put into these fields for burial. The first burials allowed for each grave to have an enormous amount of land surrounding it, but as the war progressed and more an more were executed, the fields had to be subdivided and became smaller and smaller until the final bodies were buried standing up. Oh, the horrors of war!
<Asa Lovejoy> posted December 14, 2008 10:29
I may prove myself to be another part of a horse's anatomy, but I'll take two.
Member I'll take #5, please. Wordmatic
Member #3 for me, please.
Member No idea. I'll try 5.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
Member Any more guesses? I see Stella is missing from those who provided daffynitions. You don't have to have sent in a daffynition first, though!
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Member Sorry, Arnie. It's, you know, Christmas.
I haven't got a clue either so I'll stick with #6. Thanks.
Member The results:
acronym for Better Arrive Late Than Earn Regrets ... (this is a regionalism, found only in the area of North Chicago) This came from jerry (not north Chicago) an intestinal ailment in horses, caused by a parasite Proofreader's suggestion, fooling Asa a floating hoist used in wooden ship construction Asa's effort, which conned Kalleh and jerry. a rough-hewn shelf for the display of hunting trophies From Wordmatic's library, but too rough to fool anyone a type of wooden fishing boat Stella's invention, which mislead wordmatic and Bob. to stick togetherThe true definition . Stella guessed right! Maybe I should have posted these answers a day earlier? a shelter or resting place of a wild animal; a hole or den From Kalleh; no takers to divide a field into smaller parcels of land This came from Bob and fooled Bethree and Proofreader (Slang) fall on one's head when riding at full speed My own daffynition which failed to attract any interest Who's up next?
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<Asa Lovejoy> posted December 17, 2008 19:02
Is this a record? Three of our daffynitions fooled two people. Good going, Stella! A stellar job!
Member Thanks, Asa. It was a combination of
luck intuition and
guesswork deductive reasoning.
Member Dang. And I thought mine was so good! Nice word, Asa.
Member Maybe they balter when they stick together in Kiwiland? Where'd you find the word, Arnie? Wordmatic