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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Here are
the results for the ROUNCEY ballot! <br>
<br>
It was a very close round, but the winner is <b>Ziv</b> with <b>7 points</b>.<span> </span>Ziv, I think you have a mandate now to be
lively and joyous in an archaic manner. <br>
<br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">General comments for the round:<br>
<b>Jeff H</b> - Several of these
fictionitions strike me as being of a very subtle political bent. Not sure if
that's just my pareidolia, but if so, good on yerz!!!<br>
<b>EM</b> - </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Thanks for running the round. I hope it's the
plant that turns inside out.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sorry,
Elliott, the correct definition was </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">the</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
all-purpose horse, which received the following:<br>
<br>
<b>Votes</b>: Jeff H (1), Jim M (1)<br>
<b>Comments:</b><br>
<b>ZS</b> - Aw man I love this definition,
and by meaning alone I'm very tempted, but something about the phrasing sounds
un-dictionary-ish. I'm divided but I have to go with my style gut. <br>
<b>JH</b> - On seeing this one, I had a
distinct impression of having heard this word used this way: 1 point<br>
<b>PA</b> - </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">An interesting etymological story is how the
five-syllable Latin word "paraveredus" (a spare horse for carrying
messages) turned into the German monosyllable "Pferd".<br>
<b>JM</b> - 1 point for the phrase
“all-purpose horse”.<br>
<br>
Now for your lovely fictitious definitions!<span>
</span>I had a lot of fun reading these.<span>
</span>As always, the creativity of this group astounds!</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">rouncey </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">-
adj. (of plant-based imitation meat products) Inauthentically homogeneous.<br>
<b>Author</b>: Elliott M. <br>
<b>Comments</b>:<span> </span><br>
<b>EC</b> - </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Nice! Can it be extended to improbably homogeneous
groups of people?<br>
<b>ZS</b> - Though I'm a frequent consumer
of plant-based imitation meat products, I've never thought about their
homogeneity...<br>
<b>JH</b> - </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Spam!
Spam! Spam! Spam! Spam! Spam! Spam! Spam! <br>
I know Spam is not plant-based, but it definitely qualifies as an
"imitation meat" product :-D<br>
<b>JM</b> - </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Just too specific an ambit.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">rouncey</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
- 1. n. A person who is deliberately ignorant of a topic. Ex. <i>Don't
bother trying to explain transistors - he's a rouncey and will just ignore you.
</i>2. adj. Describing a rouncey. Ex. <i>He's a rouncey twit who refuses
to learn about climate change.<br>
</i><b><span>Author</span></b><span>: Fran P<br>
<b>Votes</b>: 2<br>
<b>Comments</b>:<br>
<b>JH</b> - </span>I really want there to
be a word for this. To the point where I'm voting for it even though I believe
it's NOT the real definition. 2 points<br>
<b>EM</b> - </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">There are multiple kinds of deliberate ignorance,
and it seems to me like the term would be more useful if it referred to a
specific one. Ignorant about X because you think your learning time better
spent on Y? Or because you want to be able to tell the judge that you
don't know anything about that? Or because you don't want knowledge that might
lead to impure thoughts? Etc.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">rouncey</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> - n. A hat big enough to fit your
large hairdo without mussing it. In use since Medieval times in England.<br>
<b>Author</b>: Linda O<br>
<b>Votes</b>: 1<br>
<b>Comments</b>:<br>
<b>PA</b> - </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">One point for trying to wear a bicycle helmet over
my two buns.<br>
<b>JM</b> - “Your” sounds undictionarylike.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">rouncey</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
- n. Frisbee polo.<br>
<b>Author</b>: <span> </span>David R<br>
<b>Votes</b>: 1<br>
<b>Comments</b>:<br>
<b>EC</b> - </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Oh good lord, entertaining but terrifying. After the
first missed catch must I descend amidst the thundering hooves?<br>
<b>ZS</b> - </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Oh dear,
I'm sure someone has tried this. But don't you catch a frisbee with two hands?
I don't know anything about horseback riding, but I'd think you want to keep at
least one hand on the horse...<br>
<b>JH</b> - I'm trying desperately to
figure out how Frisbee polo would work.<br>
<b>EM</b> - </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">One point, because I know so little about polo that
no objections occur to me.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">rouncey</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
- adj. 1. Untrustworthy. 2. Disreputable. 3. Charismatic.<br>
<b>Author</b>: Jim M<br>
<b>Votes</b>: 1 + 1 + 2 (+1 for the correct
definition): 5<br>
<b>Comments</b>:<br>
<b>EC</b> - Only slightly less plausible
and nice editorializing in def#3. One point.<br>
<b>ZS</b> - I love the semantic change this
is suggesting - 2 points <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">rouncey</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
- n. (Chiefly Scot.) A small, steep-sided, creekbed, often dry in summer.<br>
<b>Author</b>: Eric C<br>
<b>Votes</b>: 1<br>
<b>Comments</b>: <br>
<b>ZS</b> - I also got Scottish vibes on
first seeing the word -- unfortunately I think it's more likely that someone
else had the same instinct as me than that I was actually right about it.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">rouncey</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
- n. Any non-animal topiary, such as an abstract shape.<br>
<b>Author</b>: Nicolas W<br>
<b>Votes</b>: 2 + 1 + 2 = 5<br>
<b>Comments</b>:<br>
<b>ZS</b> - Pretty sure this isn't it, but
goodness I want there to be a taxonomy of topiary, so 1 optimistic point. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">rouncey</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
- adj. (archaic) Lively, joyous.<br>
<b>Author</b>: Ziv S<br>
<b>Votes</b>: 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 7<br>
<b>Comments</b>:<br>
<b>EC</b> – Boring but plausible. 2 pts.<br>
<b>JH</b> - I like it. But I'm out of
points. Give this my imaginary tie-breaker point<br>
<b>EM</b> - </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">I am having vague memories of the Tigger song from
the Disney Winnie-the-Pooh movie, where Tigger describes his species in a
series of four adjectives ending in -ounc(e)y:<br>
``They're bouncy, ...ouncy, ...ouncy, ...ouncy,<br>
Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun''<br>
But it's more likely that another player was inspired by that song, than that
Disney actually used an ``(archaic)'' word.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><img alt="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif" width="1" height="1"></span><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">rouncey</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
- n. An elaborately printed paper tag used to seal a package of consumer goods
to assure quality. <br>
Author: Ranjit B<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">rouncey</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
- n. Any of several South Africal herbs of the genus Cylisma, which bear
flowers on the inside of a hollow stalk, which turns inside-out as the fruit
ripens.<br>
<b>Author</b>: Pierre A<br>
<b>Votes</b>: 2 + 2 = 4<br>
<b>Comments</b>: <br>
<b>ZS</b> - South African plant names I
would expect to look more Dutch-y or more Bantu-y? I suppose it could be
southern Africa rather than South Africa, but I have to pass this one up.<br>
<b>PA</b> - </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">I thought of this as I was waking up from a dream in
which I was in a grocery <br>
store and saw various imaginary vegetables. I checked my sentbox and I wrote <br>
"African".</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <br>
<b>EM</b> - </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">That's kind of a cool idea. Two points.<br>
<b>JM</b> - I can’t quite picture this,
which perhaps is why I like it so much. 2 points!</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></p>
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