<div dir="ltr">He was franfoozled.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM Fran Poodry <<a href="mailto:fpoodry@gmail.com">fpoodry@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Wow.<div>I don't know how I confused your inbox like that. I'm not trying to spoof Ranjit's email address, that's for sure.</div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif">¯\_(ツ)_/¯</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif">-Fran</span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM Nicolas Ward <<a href="mailto:nward@ultranurd.net" target="_blank">nward@ultranurd.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Weird... I do not know why my inbox is confusing who wrote what??</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">--Nick</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:ii_196445dd5a7cb971f161" width="1179" alt="image"></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Apr 16, 2025, at 5:08 PM, Fran Poodry <<a href="mailto:fpoodry@gmail.com" target="_blank">fpoodry@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">yeah, I definitely didn't write the one about the size of one's home. The one about being energized by unusual events sounds familiar, though. I did a terrible job the last time I ran a round, so there's a lot of room for improvement! I'll look for a word!<div>-Fran</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM Ranjit Bhatnagar <<a href="mailto:ranjit@moonmilk.com" target="_blank">ranjit@moonmilk.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Actually, I wrote the <i>rumfisker</i> definition, so this likely means that Fran is the winner!</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM Nicolas Ward <<a href="mailto:nward@ultranurd.net" target="_blank">nward@ultranurd.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Once again forgot about my round, probably because I'm ramfeezled from work; thanks for the reminders. Looks like Ranjit came out on top with their energized def (plus many of you seeing through my boring Scottish one).<br>
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Ranjit 6+1<br>
Eric 3+2<br>
Hutch 2+2<br>
Pierre 0+2<br>
Fran 2<br>
Jim 1<br>
Joshua 0<br>
J-J 0<br>
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I also missed David's fictionition in thread/search attachment, sorry!<br>
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--Nick<br>
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Hutch: For several hours after first seeing the list, I did not recall having seen the word before. Then my steam engine fictionition slowly propelled itself from my memory. I guess my brain is "ramfeezled" (by several of the fictionitions) today. :-D<br>
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Ranjit<br>
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ramfeezled, adj. Energized by surprising or unusual events or circumstances.<br>
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2+2+2<br>
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Ranjit: 2 energized points<br>
Hutch: I like this, but somehow I doubt there's a word for it. Such self-awareness is fairly unusual in people.<br>
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Fran<br>
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ramfeezled, adj. Overly concerned with the size of one's home, or constantly seeking to upgrade to a larger home. Coined by English-speaking fans of the Danish reality show Luksusfælden (The Luxury Trap) from the word rumfisker (space fisher).<br>
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Eric: Style points for going all in<br>
David: 2, because it should be<br>
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Merriam-Webster (Nick)<br>
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ramfeezled, adj. Fm. Scottish. Worn out; exhausted.<br>
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1+2+2+2<br>
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Ranjit: 1 exhausted point<br>
Eric: Sorry to do this, but two points for boring -- i.e., plausible.<br>
Hutch: This definitely feels Scottish. 2 points<br>
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Joshua<br>
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ramfeezled, adj. Untrimmed and unlit; e.g. a candle wick.<br>
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Jim<br>
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ramfeezled, adj. Conned by a duplicitous religious figure.<br>
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1<br>
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Hutch: "duplicitous religious figure"? Isn't that iterative, redundant, duplicative repetition<br>
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Pierre<br>
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ramfeezled, adj. Colloq. Afflicted by the neurological symptoms of Boulon-<br>
Joseph-Tongue disease.<br>
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Eric: No points, but you know I'm about to look up whether that's a real thing.<br>
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Eric<br>
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ramfeezled, adj. Maddened by lust.<br>
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1+1+1<br>
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Hutch: Somehow "acting like a ram": 1 point<br>
Pierre: Originally said of sheep, I suppose<br>
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Hutch<br>
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ramfeezled, adj. Fr. jargon used by early steam engineers. Specifically, describing a steam engine in which the piston has slipped or jammed in its guide tube; generally, describing a non-functioning steam engine.<br>
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1+1<br>
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Eric: Almost! One point, would have gotten two but "guide tube" instead of<br>
cylinder seems off<br>
David: 1, for trainspotting vibes.<br>
Hutch: Mine. I should have generalized it further to "anything non-functional"<br>
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ramfeezled, adj. Painted in a manner intended to resemble corrosion.<br>
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</blockquote></div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><i>Fran Poodry (she/her)</i></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><i>Oregon, USA</i></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><i><br></i></div><div style="font-size:small"><i><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-size:14px;line-height:18px">“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” </span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-size:14px;line-height:18px"><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-size:14px;line-height:18px">― </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/61107.Margaret_Mead" style="color:rgb(102,102,0);text-decoration:none;font-size:14px;line-height:18px" target="_blank">Margaret Mead</a></font><br></i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><i>Fran Poodry (she/her)</i></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><i>Oregon, USA</i></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><i><br></i></div><div style="font-size:small"><i><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-size:14px;line-height:18px">“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” </span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-size:14px;line-height:18px"><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-size:14px;line-height:18px">― </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/61107.Margaret_Mead" style="color:rgb(102,102,0);text-decoration:none;font-size:14px;line-height:18px" target="_blank">Margaret Mead</a></font><br></i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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