Just noticed that I won this round (my email continues to be weird, in novel ways), so I'll send out the next candidate word shortly.<div><br></div><div>Jean-Joseph<br><br><div id="ymail_android_signature"><a id="ymail_android_signature_link" href="https://aolapp.onelink.me/eG2g?pid=NativePlacement&c=US_Acquisition_YMktg_320_EmailSignature_AttributionDL&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=US_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100002473&af_sub5=SentFromNewAOLApp__Interstitial_&af_ios_store_cpp=ce85ce34-ad0f-4811-a92b-a172743b064e&af_android_url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aol.mobile.aolapp&listing=email_signature_attribution">Sent from AOL on Android</a></div> <br> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;"> <div style="font-family:Roboto, sans-serif; color:#6D00F6;"> <div>On Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 9:55, Joshua Randall</div><div><joshuarandall.nyc@gmail.com> wrote:</div> </div> <div style="padding: 10px 0 0 20px; margin: 10px 0 0 0; border-left: 1px solid #6D00F6;"> <div id="yiv1567680600"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small;color:#000000;" class="yiv1567680600gmail_default"><span id="yiv1567680600gmail-docs-internal-guid-77646efd-7fff-a0e6-7384-752c49786b07"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">An interesting round where the real def got zero votes! J-J wins by one point with a final score of 7, and Nicolas is a close second with 6. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">J-J 7: n. An oyster fork.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ranjit 2, David 2, Pierre 1, Eric 2 </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Eric: So boring. Two points.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">NICOLAS 6: n. A decorative squadron identification on an airplane's fuselage or wing. Coined by airmen of the Escadrille de La Fayette during World War I.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Jim 2, David 1, Eric 1, J-J 1, Elliott 1</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Eric: Made me look up the Escadrille de La Fayette. One point.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Elliott: "Little code", maybe?  One point.  I suspect there's a joke hiding</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">here that I'm not getting because of not knowing enough about WWI. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">ERIC 4: n. A type of small firecracker.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Pierre 2, J-J 2</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Pierre: Two points. I hope we all know the difference between a firecracker that fails</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">to crack and a partly dried cephalopod.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">RANJIT 3: v. To cook by stirring hot liquid into beaten eggs. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margi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