Three so far, from Proofreader, arnie, and Jerry. Keep 'em coming!
November 15, 2008, 16:11
Kalleh
Mine's on the way, and thanks for doing this!
November 16, 2008, 15:59
<Asa Lovejoy>
I need more, MORE, MORE Six so far. May I have a couple more, pleeeeeeeeze?This message has been edited. Last edited by: <Asa Lovejoy>,
November 21, 2008, 20:27
<Asa Lovejoy>
I'll post the daffynitions - and the real one - while you're all chatting away Saturday!
November 22, 2008, 03:38
Caterwauller
Okey dokey - I'll send one, too!
******* "Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. ~Dalai Lama
November 22, 2008, 09:30
<Asa Lovejoy>
I let this drag out a long time, hopint that more would participate. No luck.
1. From the sport of luge, an off-center, wobbling motion of the sled which the luger must promptly correct in order to maintain competitive speed
Bethree5 offered this one, catching Kalleh.
2. The process of removing the slub from the vat of molten metal in the smelting of ore. Jerry hoped we'd confuse slub with slag, smelting Proofreader and Haberdasher.
3. Marring, depositing small amounts of ink, forming 'slubs', usually perceived as a smearing of the base or capital of a letter (Printing) Bethree5 gave us this one, thereby marring Jerry's reputation.
4. To drink in insalubrious public houses Stella offered this one, and her speech wasn't a bit slurred!
5. Giving different opinions on the same topic depending on who you're talking to. Stanley gave us this opinion of slubbing
6. Drawing out fibers (wool, cotton, etc.) and twist slightly for use in spinning. The real thing. Caterwauler sent in a daffynition that was almost exactly right, so she knew it, I recon, as did arnie (of course!) and Wordmatic.
7. testing a liquid clay mixture for the proper water content ratio before casting. Haberdasher popped in with this verbal mixture, mixing Stella in as well.
8. A slang for sluts who go clubbing. Well, now we know where Kalleh's mind is!
9. A technique for cleaning masonry using chemical peeling of the surface. Bob cleans masonry with slub, it seems, or so Stanley thinks.
10. The weathered pilings left on the site of delapidated or destroyed piers.
Proofreader's weathered piles here. Err, pilings, that is.
11. The vernacular term for the popular practice of sharing the hot tub with the neighbors in slum neighborhoods.
Jerry's been slumming with his neighbors in the word games area, and suggested this.
12. (derog.) Miscegenation; reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)
Arnie mixed this one up.
That's all folks. Anyone got another odd word?This message has been edited. Last edited by: <Asa Lovejoy>,
November 22, 2008, 09:51
<Proofreader>
It's so obvious as anyone who saw Terminator 2 can tell you. The robot's name was Slub and that is all that remained when they emptied the molten metal in #2. In fact, the picture ended with the main characters singing, "Rub-a-dub-dub, that's Slub in the tub." I always liked musicals.
November 22, 2008, 11:01
jerry thomas
Being at a loss as usual I shall cast my vote for number THREE
November 22, 2008, 14:51
haberdasher
Since they're so inezpensive I'll take two .
November 23, 2008, 03:49
BobHale
To show solidarity with the only other person who turned up to the chat last night, I shall take 3.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
November 23, 2008, 04:35
Stanley
Gawd, it could be pretty much any of them. I think I'm going to go for number 9 though.
------------------------ If your rhubarb is forwards, bend it backwards.
November 23, 2008, 14:47
Kalleh
One, please.
November 23, 2008, 21:20
wordmatic
Asleep at the switch again, I missed turning in a daffy, but I'll vote for 6.
Wordmatic
November 24, 2008, 00:53
stella
#7 looks like the most sensible of what's left.
November 24, 2008, 04:28
arnie
6. For me, please.
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.
November 27, 2008, 06:24
arnie
<BUMP>
Any more guesses? Otherwise, what's the result, Asa?
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.
November 30, 2008, 16:45
Stanley
Indeed, I feel the need to bump this thread too. I must know the answer!
------------------------ If your rhubarb is forwards, bend it backwards.
November 30, 2008, 19:06
Caterwauller
6 for moi.
******* "Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. ~Dalai Lama
December 01, 2008, 20:06
<Asa Lovejoy>
quote:
I let this drag out a long time, hoping that more would participate. No luck.
1. From the sport of luge, an off-center, wobbling motion of the sled which the luger must promptly correct in order to maintain competitive speed
Bethree5 offered this one, catching Kalleh.
2. The process of removing the slub from the vat of molten metal in the smelting of ore. Jerry hoped we'd confuse slub with slag, smelting Proofreader and Haberdasher.
3. Marring, depositing small amounts of ink, forming 'slubs', usually perceived as a smearing of the base or capital of a letter (Printing) Bethree5 gave us this one, thereby marring Jerry's reputation.
4. To drink in insalubrious public houses Stella offered this one, and her speech wasn't a bit slurred!
5. Giving different opinions on the same topic depending on who you're talking to. Stanley gave us this opinion of slubbing
6. Drawing out fibers (wool, cotton, etc.) and twist slightly for use in spinning. The real thing. Caterwauler sent in a daffynition that was almost exactly right, so she knew it, I recon, as did arnie (of course!) and Wordmatic.
7. testing a liquid clay mixture for the proper water content ratio before casting. Haberdasher popped in with this verbal mixture, mixing Stella in as well.
8. A slang for sluts who go clubbing. Well, now we know where Kalleh's mind is!
9. A technique for cleaning masonry using chemical peeling of the surface. Bob cleans masonry with slub, it seems, or so Stanley thinks.
10. The weathered pilings left on the site of delapidated or destroyed piers.
Proofreader's weathered piles here. Err, pilings, that is.
11. The vernacular term for the popular practice of sharing the hot tub with the neighbors in slum neighborhoods.
Jerry's been slumming with his neighbors in the word games area, and suggested this.
12. (derog.) Miscegenation; reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)
Arnie mixed this one up.
That's all folks. Anyone got another odd word?
December 02, 2008, 12:13
arnie
quote:
Caterwauler sent in a daffynition that was almost exactly right
CW guest-wrote a Vocabulary topic on Knitting Lingo a while back, so I'm not surprised she knew the word! In fact, I checked the thread just now as I thought that slub or slubbing was one of the words mentioned, but apparently not.
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.
December 02, 2008, 15:45
<Asa Lovejoy>
If you do it underwater is it a slubmarine?
December 02, 2008, 15:49
<Proofreader>
No, it's a purldiver
December 02, 2008, 15:58
jerry thomas
Now you're knitpicking, Proofreader.
Proofreader's not attracted to gurls. Whether bald or festooned with curls. He's exhausted his wit Writing pomes about knit And he spends his time diving for purls.
December 03, 2008, 05:33
<Proofreader>
If you do it in a taxi, is it a knitney?
December 03, 2008, 12:07
arnie
Purl-ease! Enough of the weak puns already, you knitwits!
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.
December 03, 2008, 12:18
jerry thomas
The sisters who live in the Cloister Have need for the conventional oyster. They argue all night About whether clams bite And when diving for purls they get moister.
December 03, 2008, 15:38
<Proofreader>
I'll be dragged out of here , yelling, kicking If I hear of girls' hands, needles pricking. Leave purl one to the girls As their fabric unfurls And don't blame me for all this knit-picking.
December 04, 2008, 15:40
wordmatic
Though I've knever knitted a thing, I have bought sweaters with irregular knobby wool whose beautifully printed labels explain that the little bumps that stick out, the slubs, are part of their charm and value. Slubs=slob, er, snob appeal!
