[Fictionary] ORRA: The Results

[Fran Poodry]

Linda, I thought that was pretty clever of you, since I recently moved to
Oregon from Pennsylvania and might have chosen an Oregon word.

Living in Oregon is linguistically interesting. Instead of going "down the
shore" as one does in PA and NJ, here people go "to the coast". And
marionberry isn't an infamous mayor, it's a special Oregon breed of
blackberry. And "hipster" isn't generally used as a derogatory term.
Instead of "snopocalypse" or "snowmageddon" we had "snowlandia." Also, here
people don't boo at sporting events, unless it is at the referees.

-Fran


On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 6:40 AM, lindafowens at netzero.com <
lindafowens at netzero.com> wrote:

> HI, I went with the acronym, as when the word ORRA was proposed it was all
> in capital letters.  Didn't fool anyone, though. Linda
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Fran Poodry <fpoodry at gmail.com>
> To: "fictionary at swarpa.net" <fictionary at swarpa.net>
> Subject: [Fictionary] ORRA: The Results
> Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 12:24:22 -0800
>
> Andrew won, with 7 points.
> I may or may not give everyone's comments later.
> Here is the tally:
>
>
> 5 points:
>
> orra - det., pron., adj., adv. - (Ireland) much, many; (Scotland) few;
> rare, rarely
>
> (Ranjit)
>
> 2 points from David Randall
>
> 1 point from Andrew
>
> 1 point from Matt
>
> 1 point from Jean-Joseph
>
> 4 points:
>
> orra - n. - Territory submerged in the rest of the world when seawater is
> displaced for land reclamation.
>
> (Elliott)
>
> 1 point from Ranjit
>
> 2 points from Amelia
>
> 1 point for correct guess
>
> 2 points:
>
> orra - adj. -  A brownish, dark yellow color.
>
> (Amelia)
>
> 1 point from Nick
>
> 1 point from Hutch
>
> 0 points:
>
> orra - n. - A large water container used by ancient Illyrian people.
>
> (Pierre)
>
> 0 points:
>
> orra - interj. - "By all the gods!" [(fr. Ugr.) orale rea: lit. on the
> heads of the gods be it]
>
> (Hutch)
>
> 0 points:
>
> ORRA - n. - acronym for Our Righteous Ritual Acts, a pseudo-religious
> organization based in Portland, OR.   Some detractors call it ORegon's
> RAdicals.  Tenets are not as important as eating food together, mostly
> fresh produce, and circle and spiral dancing.
>
> (Linda)
>
> 9 points and the actual definition:
>
> orra - adj. - not matched; odd
>
> (The Oxford English Reference Dictionary)
>
> 2 points from Andrew
>
> 2 points from Matt
>
> 2 points from Nick
>
> 2 points from Jean-Joseph
>
> 1 point from Elliott
>
> 7 points:
>
> orra - n. -  A member of the Osteoglossidae family of freshwater fish
> native to Indonesia and Indochina. See SCLEROPAGES AUREUS.
>
> (Andrew)
>
> 2 points for correct guess
>
> 1 point from Jim
>
> 2 points from Pierre
>
> 2 points from Linda
>
> 4 points:
>
> orra - n. - The orbital cloud of dust around a star that eventually forms
> into planets.
>
> (Matt)
>
> 2 points for correct guess
>
> 2 points from Jim
>
> 4 points:
>
> orra - n. - A foul in curling which occurs when the thrower releases the
> stone after passing the hog line.
>
> (Nick)
>
> 2 points from Ranjit
>
> 2 points for correct guess
>
> 5 points:
>
> orra - n. - A device for stripping thorns from rose stems.
>
> (Jean-Joseph)
>
> 1 point from Linda
>
> 2 points for correct guess
>
> 2 points from Elliott
>
>
> 5 points:
>
> orra - n. - A cold east or northeast Moroccan wind that blows down from
> the Anti-Atlas Mountains in spring and early summer.
>
> (Jim)
>
> 1 point from David
>
> 1 point from Amelia
>
> 1 point from Pierre
>
> 2 points from Hutch
>
>
> --
> Fran Poodry
> Physics Educational Technology Specialist
> Vernier Software and Technology
> AMTA Past President 2013-2014
>
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Fran Poodry
Physics Educational Technology Specialist
Vernier Software and Technology
AMTA Past President 2013-2014
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