[Fictionary] Lirp Results

[JC Ravage]

This was a close one.  A lot of disagreement on how many definitions were
even plausible.  Every definition got at least one vote, but in the end
Jean-Joseph Cote's elongated knoll beat out Elliot Moreton's cheese grater
by 1 point.

Well played!

David Van Stone: (2)
1)  Lirp - v. To fly in an uncontrolled manner, such as a bird would do
after eating overripe berries.
-At first I was thinking "birds don't get drunk". However, I have seen both
cows and deer drunk and have heard it of several predators as well (from
fruit fermenting naturally in a puddle). However, from what I know of
birds' metabolism, I would imagine that an EXTREMELY small amount of
alcohol would kill them, long before they got drunk. If this *is* the real
word, I don't believe that the 'drunk birds' bit was in the actual
dictionary definition.
-Two points for being least implausible.  A goldfinch lirping would be
especially amusing, but do they eat berries?

Elliot Moreton: (4), plus 1 for correct guess
2) Lirp – 1: n. A cheese grater that cuts on both the push and the pull. 2:
n. A nimble opportunist, a Vicar of Bray.
-I had never heard of a "Vicar of Bray" before. Cool! But I don't believe
it for "lirp"
-Is there a Vicar of Bleat?
-I'm going to give this the Most Likely To Be By David Randall Award on the
strength of the Vicar of Bray reference, even though it's by me.

Linda Owens: (3)
3) Lirp - n. The tip-most ring on a fishing pole through which to thread
the line.
-Loop?

The Grandiloquent Dictionary: (3)
4) Lirp – 1: v. To snap one's fingers. 2: n. The sound produced by snapping
one's fingers.
-I can recall seeing a noise from a cat being described as "chirrup". I can
see "lirp" being onomotopoetic
-*My* fingers don't sound like that.  This one is so blatantly
anti-plausible that I'm going to give it one point, on the grounds that why
would anyone make it up?

Pierre Abbat: (3)
5) Lirp – v. To surreptitiously affix a label or card, such as a fish
cutout, to someone's back.
-I understand why one might want to "surreptitiously affix" a sign to
someone's back. What I don't understand is why one would want to put a fish
there. "Kick me", self insults of many varieties, yes. A fish?????
-I considered submitting a definition based on "lirpa loof", so no points
to whoever did.
-Partial anagram of April?

Jean-Joseph Cote: (6)
6) Lirp - n. An elongated knoll.
-2, Because I know where one is
-The short squat ones are called goblins.

Jim Moskowitz: (1)
7) Lirp - n. The sound made by a tapir.
-I can recall seeing a noise from a cat being described as "chirrup". I can
see "lirp" being an animal sound. Tapirs make squeaky, bird-like sounds (as
well as snuffly nasal sounds).
-Partial anagram of tapir?

Nick Ward: (2)
8) Lirp - v. To issue a challenge to a rival, typically by sound utterance.
-While I like it as a 'sound' word, it doesn't sound "challenging" to me.
-Sound made by ... territorial crickets?

Ranjit Bhatnagar: (3)
9) Lirp - v. To align by eye
-Short and sweet, but I'm out of points.

A Short Story:

The two tapirs stood on the lirp, one at each end.  The larger one lirped
at the smaller, a low, gruff lirp that echoed off the valley below.  The
smaller responded with a lirp of its forepaws and a gesture to the other’s
back.  The larger one turned to glance at its own back, only then noticing
the fish cutout lirped onto its fur.  Enraged, it pawed the ground and
began to charge across the lirp toward its rival.  The smaller one kicked
up a small rock and, carefully lirping its trajectory, sent it flying
toward the larger tapir.  However, the wind caught the small rock and sent
it lirping harmlessly to one side.  The charging tapir was nevertheless
distracted by the sound, and tripped over the lirp of a discarded fishing
pole.  The smaller tapir, its attack foiled, acted the lirp, taking the
opportunity to nimbly scamper down off the lirp.  By the time the larger
one had recovered, the smaller had made good its escape.


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