[Fictionary] Real Def wins the Contest, plus 3-way tie. What to do? Help!

Sat May 31 11:14:26 EDT 2014

I can volunteer to run one, I have a bunch of words stored up for the
purpose.

Matt

On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 11:02 AM, lindafowens at netzero.com <
lindafowens at netzero.com> wrote:

> ANTWACKY  BALLOT--Responses and Answers Revealed-------  Lucky Thirteen
> ----- May, 2014
> The words look preposterous, and so do most of the definitions.
>  Excellent!  JJ
> Lots of people focused on the “wacky” part of the word.  Y’all are very
> silly people.  I’m surprised     to see so few adjectives.  Jim
> It feels like this should be an adjective (now that I have submitted my
> noun fiction-ition), so that’s the way I’m voting.  Hutch
> This word attracted a very clever and diverse set of defs.  Elliott
> 1)      antwacky, n. (fr. Hungarian Midwestern Dial.) – A member of a
> crime syndicate employed by a union to enforce a picket line during a
> strike.
> David Randall, one point from JC Ravage
> I know only a little Hungarian, but this doesn’t look Hungarian to me. JJ
> Whack. Elliott
> 2)      antwacky, n.  A boat used by sponge divers in the Adam’s Bridge
> area.
> Pierre, One point.
> Doesn’t really sound Tamil. Matt.
> One point.  David Randall
> 3)      Antwacky: an acknowledgment of a receipt of a paper for
> submission to a Belgian academic journal.
> David Van Stone.  0 points.
> Antwerp plus…Acknowledgement?  Elliott
> Ah, yes, the Antwerp –Acknowledgement.  JJ
> 4)      antwacky, n. A sticky paste used to affix ribbons to maypoles.
> Nicolas, 2 points.
> One from Pierre.
> Works much better than non-sticky varieties of paste.  JJ
> Tacky. I love this idea. Elliott
> 5)      antwacky, n. an abbreviated symphony performed outdoors in
> inclement weather.
> Jean-Joseph, 1 point for correct answer.
> 6)      antwacky, n. sticky toffee fudge.
> Ranjit, 2 points, including one for correct guess.
> That’s what the girl behind the counter claimed, but it was really just
> maypole paste that had been sitting around for too long.  JJ
> Tacky. Elliott
> One point for most believable.  Nicolas
> 7)      antwacky, n. Debris flung from a crashed wagon and therefore
> forfeit to the Crown.
> There must also be word for the goods tossed out before the crash in an
> attempt to prevent the wreck.  JJ     Jettison? Linda
> JC Ravage, 2 points for correct guess.
> Afflatus award!  Jim
> In other words, the government is stuck with the cleanup? Elliott
> 8)      antwacky (n, colloq.) That state of agitation of a housecat when
> it races about the house
> apparently without external reason.
> Fran, 4 points.
> Normal behavior for cats, as far as I know. Except the ones that don’t
> move at all.  JJ.
> Linda—I have had two such cats, at least.
> 2 points. Jim
> Antsy plus wacky.  I like this one but out of points.  Elliott
> 9)      antwacky, adj.   old-fashioned, out-of-date. High Scorer:  10
> points: 2 each from Elliott, Hutch, Matt, and JC Ravage; one each from
> Ranjit and JJ.
>
> Correct Definition from Internet Site: *edX: 64 Slang words and phrases
> you will only understand* *if you’re from the north of England.*  From
> deliberate mispronunciation of “antique” (Liverpool).
> A funny pronunciation of ‘antique’?  Ranjit.  1 point.
> Some kind of a corruption of “antique-y”, perhaps?  Good for one point. JJ
> Antique.  Yeah, this sounds plausible. Two points.  Elliott
> One point for the adjective. David Van
> Stone
> 10)   antwacky, n. 1) Polka derby, a sport in which points are scored by
> colliding with other couples and knocking them down.  2) Music fit for this
> purpose.
> Elliott, 5 points, including 2 points for correct guess.
> Another game we’ll need to play at the Fictionary picnic.  JJ
> One point for great whimsy. Jim.
> 2 points, and I’d like to request a polka version of *Yakety Sax.*
> Ranjit.
> Whack. The 19th Century didn’t have mosh pits yet, but that doesn’t mean
> they didn’t have fun!  Elliott
> 11)   antwacky, n. [from “Thackaray’s Combination Shovel”, a two-headed
> shovel manufactured briefly in the 1830’s] a combination of two things into
> one (e.g. a spork).
> Hutch, 2 points for correct guess.
> Honorable mention. Jim
> At first I thought Combination Shovel was supposed to be the title of a
> book, but then I noticed how Thackaray was spelled.  Elliott
> Isn’t this a dinglehopper?  Nicolas
> 12)   antwacky, n. A song in a musical which has no connection to the
> plot.
> Jim:  5 points: 2 each from David R and Nicolas; one point from Hutch.
> 1 point—I don’t know if this has a word, but I want it to.  Matt
> Wacky.  This definitely needs a word, but I am out of points.  Elliott
> 2 points for my past life dealing with these insertions in Sondheim and
> G&S.  Nicolas
> 13)   antwacky, adj.  Strongly bound together.
> Matt: 5 points:  2 points for correct answer, one point from Hutch, and 2
> points from JJ.
> Probably some weird physics term. Two points. JJ
> Tacky. Is this a physics word?  Elliott.
> One point for the adjective, David Van Stone
>
> Yikes! WE have a three-way tie among Elliott, Jim, and Matt!
>
>
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