[Fictionary] OCHE results

[Ranjit Bhatnagar]

Aaaaand we have Pierre's jewel-prongs with 11 points, narrowly defeating
thefreedictionary.com's darts mark.  Congratulations, Pierre!  And
apologies to all for neglecting the ballot for 3 weeks.  My excuse - I got
distracted by Paris.

- ranjit
p.s. apparently it's pronounced kind of like "hockey" and was once spelled
that way.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oche


*Pierre*:
oche, n. A device for holding a jewel, consisting of several arms closed
partway over the jewel with pliers.
9 points + 2 for correct guess


Jim - 2 points
Nicolas - 2 points: I suspect there probably is a real word for this, but
not sure this is it.
Hutch - 2 points
Elliott - I've seen settings that work that way, but ``device'' suggests to
me a tool rather than part of a ring.
J-J - 1 point: Sounds like the way many diamond rings are constructed.
 I'll give it one.
Linda - 2 points for the jewel-holding device


*David*:
oche - n. - a fairy's slave
2 points + 2 for correct guess

Eric - 2 points: What a great idea.
Elliott - Ahh, like Tam Lin!  Could be, I suppose.
J-J - It almost seems like there should be a Phil Ochs joke here (and if
you decide to try to figure out what I mean by that, be warned that your
journey may turn out to be NSFW).


*Linda*:
Oche, expletive.  Fr. Afrikaans.  Used mildly, it means something like
"RATS!"  Used more wildly, it is more like an unprintable expletive.
 Possibly derived from a word that means "Ache".  Used somewhat like the
German "ACH!"

Elliott - Hunh, that's interesting.  Can you think of any English swear
word that can be used with two intensities?  (I can't, but I'm not one of
our country's great swearers.)
J-J - I'm going to reject "ache" defs, just because.


*Elliott*:
oche (n.) -- A hat equipped with a sound-collecting brim for hearing
sermons, reputedly also used for eavesdropping.

1 point + 2 for correct guess


Jim - You know, I think there is serious publishing potential in an
illustrated book that collects all of Elliott's whimsical inventions from
fictionary entries.
Nicolas - This is a great visual, but can't be real, can it?
David - 1 point
Eric - My vote for "most likely to be by Elliott".
Elliott - It would be more effective as a combination of a hat and a
starched ruff, but that just sounded too ridiculous.
J-J - Dripping with Elliottude.


*Hutch*:
oche - n. - [ comp. "ache" ] a non-painful, continuous physical sensation,
usu. not very strong
1 point for correct guess

J-J - Another "ache" def.



*thefreedictionary.com:*
oche, n (darts) the mark or ridge on the floor behind which a player must
stand to throw
[of unknown origin; perhaps connected with obsolete oche to chop off, from
Old French ocher to cut a notch in]
10 points

Jim - 1 point
Nicolas - 1 point: Plausible.
David - 2 points
Eric - 1 point: Etymology is usually the scarlet letter of fakeness, but
less implausible than some, so one point.
Hutch - 1 point
Pierre - 2 points
Elliott - 2 points: Sure, why not?
J-J - Surely somebody would have known this.


*Nicolas*:
oche, n. (fm. Chinese) A bell hung from a horn, used by Uighur herdsmen to
track their animals.
1 point + 1 for correct guess

Pierre - 1 point
Elliott - Yurt alert!
J-J - I first pictured the bell as hanging from the kind of horn that you
blow through, rather than the kind that grows out of the head of an animal,
and I wondered exactly how it was used.  I also figured, well, this round
is being run by a noted musical instrument inventor...



*Eric*:
oche, adj. in an awkward and lazy manner.
2 points + 1 for correct guess


Jim - Tempting to vote for an adjective. But... awkward *and* lazy? Awkward
implies a wasteful expenditure of effort in doing something; lazy, the
expenditure of as little effort as possible.  So I can't vote for it.
Nicolas - A rare adjective def. Makes me think it would rhyme with "gauche"
for some reason.
Elliott - Awkward *and* lazy?  I've done that biathlon, yes.
J-J - 2 points: The sort of beige, easily overlooked def that often turns
out to be right.  But maybe that's just what someone wants me to think!
 Two point anyway.




*Jean-Joseph*:
oche - n. - Variant of oak.
2 points

Eric: Not implausible, just too boring to be a real def. Unless it's a
double fake-out. . . .
Elliott - 1 point: Conspicuously inconspicuous.
J-J - Mine.  This sort of thing is worth a try once in a while.
Linda - 1 point for the oak variant



*Jim:*
no def, but 1 point for correct guess
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