[Fictionary] Pannage Results

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Dear Elliott, If life were fair, men would ride side-saddle. A quote I wish I had made up. Linda

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From: Nicolas Ward <ultranurd at gmail.com>
To: fictionary at swarpa.net
Subject: [Fictionary] Pannage Results
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:31:22 -0400

I thought this was a great set of definitions, too. Good participation all.

Jim: I really like this crop - congrats to all entrants!
Elliott: The defs this round were pretty imaginative, I thought.

Eric convinced 5 fictioneers with his waterwheel, and all for 2 points
each; I think it's safe to say I lost given that everyone guessed the
real definition. :oP

Eric: 12 = 10 + 2
David: 6 = 5 + 1
J-J: 4 = 3 + 1
Hutch: 2 = 0 + 2
Pierre: 1 = 0 + 1
Elliott: 1 = 0 + 1
Linda: 1 = 0 + 1
Jim: 1
Ranjit: 1
Nora: 1
Nick: 0

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David

pannage, n. The right of a lord of fishermen serfs to demand the first
catch of fish of the season.

Ranjit: poisson de seigneur?
Hutch: I know that "murage" and "pavage" are something to do with medieval
taxes--something connected with tolls or taxes for the upkeep of roads
in a city. This fictionition feels similar. 1 point
J-J: Ah, feudal water rights...
Elliott: Like droit du seigneur for fish!  Much more civilized.  Two points.
Nora: fishermen serfs? what a great concept! They may have existed,
too, so I will give it two votes.

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Pierre

pannage, n. A race in which swimmers pick up small floating objects as
they swim.

J-J: I'm imagining the swimmers with draggy musette bags slung over
their shoulders which they tow through the water after filling  them
with rubber duckies, because stuffing them into their Speedos would
be, well...
Elliott: LEECH-DASH.  Whoever picks up the fewest wins.
Nora: A different kind of pant-age!

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Eric

pannage, n. The proportion of energy that may be extracted, at a given
location, by a fall-type water wheel (a breast-shot, overshot, or
backshot wheel).

Jim: 2
Ranjit: 2
Pierre: 2
J-J: Sounds plausible.  Well-written, anyway.  Two points.
Elliott: Hmmm.  Proportion of what energy?  The total potential plus
kinetic energy of the inflow?  I would expect a dictionary to specify
that.
Linda: Two points for the water-wheel energy. At an early age, our
grandson Kestrel was interested in mills, and we took him on a lot of
old mill tours in RI.  His family makes their own energy with solar
and wind power, but Kestrel's first tree house (from age 3) had an old
bicycle wheel for a "water wheel", that he could turn "ON" or "Off".

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Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pannage by way of
http://www.kokogiak.com/logolepsy/

pannage, n. The seasonal practice of turning out pigs in a forest to
forage for fallen nuts.

Jim: 1
David: 1
Ranjit: 1 pt because i like pigs (and nuts)
Hutch: I know that "murage" and "pavage" are something to do with medieval
taxes--something connected with tolls or taxes for the upkeep of roads
in a city. This fictionition feels similar. 2 point
Eric: Two points.  Because I love the fact that there used to be "pig
boys", like cowboys but, not.
Pierre: 1
J-J: Gotta give my remaining point to something...
Elliott: How do you recapture them afterwards?  Are pigs that tame?  One point.
Nora: I don't for a minute believe this one, but I love pigs, so I
will give it one point.
Linda: One point for the pig foraging--around here we have so many
deer that they are pests in gardens and landscaping.  It became worse
in the year of too few acorns in the woods.

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J-J

pannage, v. To incorporate unprocessed items such as straw or thin
wooden strips into a weave.

David: 2
Eric: One point.  Otherwise least implausible.
Elliott: Not sure why you'd want to do that, though.

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Hutch

pannage, n. Baking, esp. bread-making.

Pierre: Discounted as being too obvious, as would anything having to do with
broken-down cars.
Elliott: Tempting, but the second n makes me suspicious.  Also, I like novelty.
Linda: Pannage really sounds like a bread baking term, though.

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Elliott

pannage, n. A bicycle or velocipede designed to be ridden sidesaddle.

Jim: I suspect Elliott is Staying Whimsical here...
J-J: I'd think I would have seen one of these, given my acquaintance
with antique bicycles.  In any case, it sounds marvelously awkward and
impractical.  And probably inspired by "pannier".
Elliott: Mine.  ``Pannage'' really sounds like a mass noun, which this
def isn't, so I don't expect many votes.
Nora: More like "caught-your-pantage"!

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Linda

pannage, n. The extra cloth you must trim from a hand-made garment for
it to fit correctly, such as around the neck, sleeves, and seams.

Jim: If it weren't written in 2nd person I'd've gone for it, but I
just can't picture Nick picking something so un-dictionary-sounding.
Pierre: Are you thinking of selvage?
J-J: Probably from Linda.
Elliott: Something that needs a name, but the def doesn't sound enough
like a dictionary.
Nora: Extra pantage...

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Take it away Eric!

--Nick


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