Andabate, andanine, andaten, and eleven!

[Jean-Joseph Cote]

>> andabate, adj. Related by remarriage, as a step-sibling, half-sibling,
>> or step-cousin.
> Elliott: Maybe I'm being led astray by AGNATE, but I'm going to
> give this one two points.

Without looking it up, I'll guess that an agnate is somebody who doesn't
have a jaw, and that leaves me puzzled.  Okay, I looked it up, and it
means related on your father's side of the family.  Not puzzled any more.
 Although I did see a guy on the subway once who appeared to have no jaw,
and every once in a while, that image comes back and gives me the creeps.
Now I'm going to be wondering if he's related to my father...

>> andabate, v. To erroneously write a character in mirror-image.
> Fran: I don't get this one at all! I hope it gets explained in the
results!

Little kids do this all the time.  First graders.  They write their N's
backwards, mix up their b's and d's, etc.

[The one situation where you *do* use an apostrophe to make a plural, and
I love have a chance to do so!]

Elliott: (By the way, yall, David's novel _Clovermead_ just came out!)
Cool!  And it's on Amazon (http://tinyurl.com/25xbp) and Barnes&Noble
(http://tinyurl.com/2ldw7).  Just ordered my copy!

Jean-Joseph