[Fictionary] ESTAMINET revealed!

[eLLioTT morEton]

Dear Fictionary,

Eric's tallboy is comfortably taller than the rest, with 10 points to 7 
for Nick's fire-sprinkler component.  There is no need for a recount.

Haul it away, Eric!

Regards,
em

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estaminet, n. 1.  The tip of an automated fire sprinkler. 2. Historically, 
a
wax seal on a scroll.

By Nick.  7 = Eric 1 + Linda 2 + Jean-Joseph 2 + 2 for correct guess

Eric:  ``One point, because why not.''
Linda:  ``2 points for # 1 for being first''
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estaminet, n.  A form of corrosion that affects alloys containing cobalt,
causing them to be structurally compromised from the inside while 
externally
appearing sound.  Colloquially known as "cobalt crud".

By Jean-Joseph.  2 = David 1 + Linda 1

Nick:  ``I bought it up until the "cobalt crud"... but maybe that's a 
trick.''
Ranjit:  ``'estaminet' is an anagram of 'tin pest' -- almost. ?Sort of.''
Linda:  ``1 point for # 2 for being second''
Pierre:  ``Hmm, "estanimet" could be a word for "tin disease", but I've 
never heard of cobalt crud...''

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ESTAMINET, n.  The ESTAMINET model was developed by Col. John Boyd, USAF
(Ret) during the Korean War. It is a concept consisting of the following
three actions:
* Establish
* Act
* Mitigate
The 'net' concept referred to the ability possessed by flight squads that
allowed them to succeed in combat. It is now used by the U.S. Marines and
other organizations. The premise of the model is that decision-making is 
the
result of rational behavior in which problems are viewed as a cycle of
Establishment (observation and evaluation), Action, and Mitigation
(correction and reorientation).

By Ranjit.  No points.

Nick:  ``It does sound like a military abbreviation that way, but I feel 
like the US would avoid a potential French ambiguity. ''
Jim:  ``I agree that the word has that all-caps-military-abbreviation 
feel. But I don't believe this is the word those three actions would 
agglomerate into. Yet it sounds so Elliottesque!  I'm tempted, but no 
points.''


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estaminet, n.  A monk who takes care of the garden in a monastery.

By Pierre.  3 = Ranjit 1 + David 2

Nick:  ``I like that this could be a title other than gardener, but I'm 
out of
points.''
David:  ``2 points, because I once wrote a short story called "The Monk in 
his
Garden."''
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estaminet, n.  A cafe? in which smoking is allowed.

By the OED.  4 = Nick 2 + Eric 2

Nick:  ``Seemed the most believable, in a way I can't put my finger on.
(Also somewhere someone's encoding ate caf?.) ''
Eric:  ``Two points, because "estaminet" makes me think of standing on the 
sidewalk at a tall table drinking espresso and smoking a cigarette.''
Pierre:  ``What's a copyright symbol doing there?''

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estaminet, n. (fr. French) Esteem, especially great esteem.

By Linda.  1 = Jim 1

Nick:  ``Too obvious, so this is probably the real def.''
Jim:  ``Too simple and direct to be an Elliott pick -- unless he's trying 
to play against type.''
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estaminet, n.  A tallboy with glass-fronted cabinet doors and drawers,
intended for the display of specimens or curios.

By Eric.  10 = Nick 1 + Ranjit 2 + Jim 2 + Pierre 2 + Jean-Joseph 1 + 2 
for correct guess

Nick:  ``I like the parallel with cabinet.''
Ranjit:  ``I like cabinets of curiosity.''
Jim:  ``2 points, mostly for using the word 'tallboy'.''
Jean-Joseph:  ``I think I have one of these except that the drawers aren't 
glass-fronted. Actually, it doesn't have any drawers.  And it's not mine, 
although I have  it.''
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estaminet, n.  An Illyrian sword-dance.

By David.  1 = Pierre 1

Nick:  ``Seems like it would sound more Greek?''
Jim:  ``The word doesn't feel Greek to me [though of course, it is Greek 
to me, or  else I'd recuse myself this round].''
Pierre:  ``One point for reminding me of an Illyrian stringed instrument, 
the guzla,  used  in some other Fictionary game as a sample word.''

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