[Fictionary] WANION!

[Hutch]

GLAAH! I just saw this

I'm going to be on vacation for a couple of weeks here and mostly away from
computers. I have to decline. (The fact that I was the PREVIOUS word picker
also makes me inclined to decline :-) ) Next highest score after me was
Pierre. Want to take it?

BB,
Hutch

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On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 8:19 PM, David Randall <withywindle at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> Hutch and the Dictionary both have 7 points. The Dictionary says it's
> Hutch's turn.
>
> Best, David
>
> *******
> Eric: Three ion/electron-related definitions, and I won't have any!
> *******
> RANJIT
>
> wanion, n.  n atom or molecule that is weak and pale due to an excess or
> deficiency of electronic humors.
>
> Correct Guess (2) = 2 POINTS
>
> Jean-Joseph: Ha.  Ha ha.  Ha ha ha ha…
>
> Pierre: Hahaha!
> *******
> PIERRE
>
> wanion, n. An electronic device used to deplenerate a grammeter.
>
> Correct Guess (2) + Linda (2) = 4 POINTS
>
> Jean-Joseph: A retro/turboencabulator reference, if I'm not mistaken.
> Nice.
> *******
> HUTCH
>
> wanion, n. [Br. naut. slang.] Any small fish (as sardines) caught on-board
> and prepared as alternatives to the usual fare of salt beef. Best known for
> its appearance in the phrase "wi' a wanion" referring to something out of
> the ordinary and positive. (Origin unknown: Some sources claim that the
> origin of the term is "with onions"; while other sources state that onions
> would not have been standard fare on British ships.)
>
> Jean-Joseph (2) + Melissa (2) + Ranjit (1) + Linda (1) = 7 POINTS
>
> Jean-Joseph: Very nice touch, putting in an etymology and then declaring
> that it's wrong.  Two points for boldness, and for the fact that I have
> nothing snarky to say about this one.
>
> Eric: Almost got points, would have been much more plausible had it
> stopped after the first sentence.
> *******
> LINDA
>
> wanion, adj.  A popular brand name of the early 1900's often seen on
> railway cars to describe steel pipes and other products made in PIttsburg,
> PA, and used in steam powered items, such as locomotives, and mill
> machinery.  Later, in WWI and WWII, Wanion described high-quality steel
> products of all types.
>
> 0 POINTS
>
> Jean-Joseph: Pittsburg*h*
> *******
> DICTIONARY
>
> wanion, n. Curse; vengeance. From the phrase "in the waniand (mone)", in
> the time of the waning (moon), i.e., in an unlucky hour.
>
> Eric (2) + Ranjit (2) + Pierre (2) + Melissa (1) = 7 POINTS
>
> Eric: And so, once again, I must plump for the least-improbable. Two
> points.
>
> Jean-Joseph: I prefer to inflict retribution when I *am* feeling lucky.
> *******
> NICK
>
> wanion, n. In social modeling, an individual who tends towards negative
> emotions, thus damaging the mood of their clique.
>
> Jean-Joseph (1) = 1 POINT
>
> Jean-Joseph: I get depressed just thinking about the fact that there
> would be such a thing as "social modeling", but there probably is.  Which
> means that the existence of the field of study itself would alter the thing
> that it's studying by turning me into a wanion.  Assuming I even have a
> clique.  I might be considered a hermit, since the people I hang around
> with (you guys) I've never even met.  After all that, I guess I'd better
> give this my remaining one point.
> *******
> MYS
>
> wanion, n. The rent charged by the operators of poorhouses in Victorian
> England to their tenants.
>
> Correct Guess (1) + Eric (1)+ Pierre (1) = 3 POINTS
>
> Eric: Perhaps more plausible than the curse, but I can't give it more than
> one point because I HATE TO THINK THAT VICTORIAN POORHOUSES CHARGED RENT.
> One point.
> *******
> ERIC
>
> wanion, n. The wheeled sled used for warm-weather practice of natural
> track luge.
>
> Correct Guess (2) = 2 POINTS
>
> Jean-Joseph: So this is to street luge as mountain biking is to road
> biking?  I know a guy who does (or at least used to do) street luge.  He
> has no teeth, but I think it's unrelated -- he still had a few when I met
> him.
>
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