[Fictionary] Yes, Virginia, there is a "shive" (or, The True Meaning of Shive)

[J-J Cote]

Ooh, tagbacks!  Don't know if I've ever done that before.

The real word for the cheap Indian cigarette is "bidi" (spelling varies).

I'm about to hit the road for the weekend myself (and when I come back, 
I'll be heading for my first day at a new job, which is an experience 
that I haven't really had since about 1991) -- I'll get a new word 
candidate out as soon as I can, maybe over the weekend..

Jean-Joseph

On 5/4/2012 1:51 AM, Hutch wrote:
> The winner, by his correct vote is J-J. Back to you, sir!
>
> However, based on comments, the most popular fictionition was
> definitely Ranjit's "secret integer".
>
> Ballot Results:
>
> shive n. 1. A  motif consisting of line segments that fit in a circle
> and converge to a point slightly outside the circle. 2. A tool for
> imprinting this motif in leather.
> Pierre Abbat
> 1
> Nicolas:  I'm having a hard time picturing the first def, even though
> I like the second def. [Ed. Note: I'm afraid I have a hard time
> picturing the first definition, too.]
> Linda:  Is this like a set of hidden eye lashes? Complicated to think
> about, but I was once fond of odd geometric figures in my art work.
> Best one incorporated a conchoid  (I was the first to ask Compton's
> Encyclopedia what that was, when I was in HS and I was trying to
> trisect an angle in my geek period)  and some lines of the same length
> in a suck-your-eye-in composition.  Lost when I gave it to my younger
> brother--who knows what he did with it??? He was much geekier than I
> was. Imaginary one-third point.
> J-J:  I can picture this, kind of like a perspective view of a cone.
> What the heck, one point.
>
> shive v. To take an alternate route which is longer, but avoids congested areas.
> J-J Cote
> 4 + 2 for a correct guess = 6
> Nicolas:  If this is a word, it seems like it would be more Googley.
> [Ed Note: "Googley???"]
> David:  Isn't this "commuting"?
> Linda:  Sounds right.
> Pierre:  Two points. Reminds me of "esquivar".
> J-J:  Mine. I can imagine the usage, "Oh, it's going to be slow
> getting through Waterbury, let's take this exit and shive around
> through Naugatuck".
>
> shive n The secret integer between five and six, in the esoteric
> novels of T. Tankara Bowe.
> Ranjit Bhatnagar
> 1
> Nicolas:  This hurts my brain.
> fictioneric:  Holy crap! A very emphatic point. If these novels turn
> out not to exist, I shall insist that the submitter write them. [Ed.
> Note: I agree! Ranjit, I think you've got your work cut out for you.
> :-) ]
> Linda:  What else did Bowe write? Linda PS five and a half imaginary points
> Pierre:  That's "bleem", which has the approximate value 5.dccbeaf in decimal.
> J-J:  Not to be confuse with "fhix", which is the name of this integer
> in Bowe's more pedestrian works. (Gotta be Elliott, right?)
>
> shive v. To annoint with oil before a death or a coronation.
> Linda F Owens
> 3 + 1 for correct guess = 4
> Nicolas:  For some reason I like the verbal image of "shiving with
> nard" (see Matthew 26). 2 points.
> David:  Shrive award.
> fictioneric:  Shrive
> J-J:  Anointing before death? Hmm, sounds like somebody is in
> possession of some ominous information ...
> Jim:  1 point
>
> shive v. To move quarried stone with log rollers.
> Nicolas Ward
> 5
> Nicolas:  Mine.
> David:  1 point
> fictioneric:  Two points. I choose this old-timey def.
> Linda:  My husband David has used rollers to move stuff, so I will
> give this 2 points.
> J-J:  Almost voted for this. Seems like it needs a word, and I'm not
> aware of one.
>
> shive n. 1. A cigarette of Indian tobacco. 2. Any cheap or low-quality
> cigarette.
> fictioneric
> 5
> Nicolas:  This seems likely to be real. 1 point.
> David:  2 points
> Linda:  Using shag tobacco? Linda do not give points for
> tobacco-related defs. Parents were chain smokers.
> Pierre:  One point.
> J-J:  I've seen a word for these, but I can't remember what it is. I
> don't think this was it, though.
>
> shive v. To steal saplings from an orchard.
> David Randall
> 0
> Nicolas:  I imagine Johnny Appleseed's nemesis was a shiver.
> Linda:  Nick? Pinch? Linda PS One-stolen apple sapling in bloom
> J-J:  Scrumping isn't aggressive enough for you? Try shiving!
>
> shive n. A broad bung hammered into a hole in the top of a cask when
> the cask has been filled.
> Oxford Dictionary
> 5
> Nicolas:  Does a bung function differently whether or not the cask is full?
> Linda:  Brave last position. 1 point. Linda
> J-J:  Beermaking word. Sounds like something Hutch would know about.
> Two points. [Ed. Note: In fact, I didn't even think about that … and
> did not, in fact, know the word before I went looking for a word for
> this round. *LOL*]
> Jim:  2 points
> Hutch: The Oxford definition included the derivation: [ME sheave:
> 'slice' (of bread), later 'piece of split wood']. I left it out to
> make it fit in better since no one had included a derivation with
> their fictionition.
>
> Some Additional Stuff:
>
> Two people included joke definitions. I didn't include them with the
> ballot because ...
>
> Linda: shive v. Australian Outback slang for removing hair from the
> face, underarms, legs, or head with a razor.
> J-J: shive interj. [from _God's apiary_] Used to express anger,
> surprise, or indignation.
>
> ... ANOTHER of you requested the meaning of the OTHER word, which I
> had stated no one had gotten correct. However, the reason I selected
> "shive" rather than "spile" was because I noticed after sending that
> email what I had missed before: the North American meaning, which
> everyone who had known the word had known correctly. I didn't want the
> real definition of "spile" to point people toward the real definition
> of "shive". When I selected them, I didn't think about the fact that
> their meanings (British meanings, at any rate) are fairly similar.
>
> Oxford Dictionary:
> spile n. 1 a small wooden peg or spigot for stopping a cask. (North
> American) a small wooden or metal spout for tapping the sap from a
> sugar maple.
>              2 a large, heavy timber driven into the ground to support
> a superstructure.
>          v. [with object] chiefly US or dialect broach (a cask) with a
> peg in order to draw off liquid.
> Origin: early 16th century: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German,
> 'wooden peg'; in spile (sense 2 of the noun) apparently an alteration
> of pile
>
> And now I believe it's time to go relax for a couple of weeks.
> aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
> BB,
> Hutch
>
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