[Fictionary] streuble cabbaging frogmouth hurrah

[Ranjit Bhatnagar]

The eyes have it! The real definitions are from an article about cheese
making. The holes in Swiss cheese are known as "eyes". More details below.

And the winner is Nora with 16 points - probably one of the largest leads
ever won by a definition that wasn't the real one. Take the wheel, Nora -
it's your turn to drive the bus!

(You might notice that Pierre cast three 1-point votes rather than a
2-pointer and a 1-pointer. Is that legal? I'm going to allow it, but I
invite you all to glare sullenly at Pierre if you disapprove. I attribute
it to youthful high spirits.)

- Ranjit



*Fran: 1 point*
streuble - n. - wooden disk for pressing fermenting sauerkraut below the
liquid level in the frogmouth
cabbaging - n. - a weight for holding the streuble down, often decorated
with carving.
frogmouth - n. - crock for fermenting sauerkraut in

Nora: These terms are related, and having to do with German things, and
streuble sounds Germanic, so I will give this definition one point!

Josh: 1 point (I'm not sure I believe it, but think it deserves credit for
something)

Nicolas: To quote Weird Al: I. HATE. SAUERKRAUT.

Hutch: I'd love for these to be the words, but I just can't believe the
phrasing of the streuble definition.

Elliott: ``Crock'' is no doubt meant as a coded hint, which I hereby take.



*Nora: 16 points*
streuble, n. in lace-making, the finest part of the lace that connects the
more substantial and intricate needlework.
cabbaging, n. large, goffered ruffles, layered about the neck in decorative
18th and 19th century men's clothing.
frogmouth, n. in the industrial process of knitting, the term for the hole
created by the machinery as it makes the tubes for sweaters, sleeves,
socks, etc.

Fran: 2 points
Nicolas: 2 points, on the grounds that I somehow got close to the real def.
That or someone else was thinking much like me.

David: 2 points

Hutch: 2 points. related but only distantly. All three definitions are
phrased very believably.

Elliott: Interesting and plausible.  In fact, by far the most plausible def
of the lot.  Two points.

Josh: 2 points

Linda: 2 points - My great-grandmother was a lace-maker, and I've been
neglecting my fiber arts lately.

Pierre: I'm waffling between ruffles and frills. One point for each.

Jean-Joseph: One point.



*Linda: 2 points*
streuble, n.  A unit of measurement relating to possible voting percentages
in an upcoming election.
cabbaging, v.  Trying to bolster a candidate's attibutes by filling up his
or her biography with attributes that may or may not be true, but could be
true.
frogmouth, n.  A politician who waffles a lot on issues.

Nicolas: 1 point for picturing the current slate of frogmouths.

Pierre: British left waffles on Falklands. Who ate them? One point and
fifteen streubles.

Eric: Cabbaging is a lovely thought, though no points.

Nora: Hahaha! Gets my laugh votes.

Hutch: That last one definitely OUGHT to be right.




*How Does Swiss Cheese Get Its Holes?*
*The New Yorker, June 10, 2015
<http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/how-does-swiss-cheese-get-its-holes> -
2 points*
streuble, n. an overabundance of small eyes
cabbaging, n. overcrowded, irregular eyes
frogmouth, n. spindle-shaped eyes

*“It’s the hardest cheese to make well,” Stephanie Clark, a dairy
specialist at Iowa State University, told me. “There are so many steps in
the process, and the list of things that can go wrong is almost endless.”
In addition to blindness, Swiss cheese can suffer from streuble (an
overabundance of small eyes just under the rind); cabbaging (overcrowded,
irregular eyes); frogmouth (spindle-shaped eyes); or any one of about a
dozen other defects, including dull or dead eyes, in which the eye walls
lack what Clark described as the “preferred shiny lustre.”*

Jean-Joseph: 2 points.

Nicolas: Creepy.

Nora: Spiders!

Hutch: The eyes have it? No, sorry

Elliott: What's the normative number of eyes?  And what kind of eyes are we
talking about here?  The ones you see with?  The ones you stick thread
through?



*Nicolas: 6 points*
streuble, n. A high-necked bodice, similar to a dirndl.
cabbaging, n. A multilayer decorative frill emerging from sleeve or collar;
popular in late 19th century Saxony.
frogmouth, n. 1. An extremely pronounced grimace or frown triggered by
pulling the platysma taut. 2. A historical medical diagnosis, probably
thyromegaly.

I'm sorry, Nicolas - I lost track of your sample sentence while compiling
the ballot:  "As everyone knows, improper cabbaging on your streuble can
lead to frogmouth."

Eric: Two points. Based mostly on the frogmouth. And the ridiculousness of
all the other contenders. Although isn't a dirndl a kind of skirt . . . ?

Nora: This person thinks like me, or is the dictionary because of the
clothing reference. Also, I like that frogmouth is a deep frown, which
seems plausible, but not as related. But it makes me think of Beeker from
the old Muppet Show!  Two points

Pierre: I'm waffling between ruffles and frills. One point for each. Besides,
I'm guessing, some body part that is wide or flat, "platysma" is also Lojban
for making planned silence.

Linda: 1 point- Need to resume sewing medieval costumes for SCA--my son
Greg and his family are very active, with his wife Daphne having quite an
input and output.

Hutch: The first two are great, but how is a grimace or frown related to
the other two. Ranjit said the word had related meanings ... I think?

Elliott: Hmm, another frothy-lace def for ``cabbaging''.  Frilly, colorful
ornamental cabbages are popular in public spaces now, but were a new one on
me when I first saw them in the early 1990s at MIT.  Before then, I don't
think I would have been able to see any connection between lace and cabbage.





*Pierre: 1 point*
streuble, n. A small dish used to hold water for washing the fingers.
cabbaging, n. Decoration consisting of brassicaceous flowers painted on the
border of a container or dish.frogmouth, n. A ceramic container with a
lune-shaped opening on the side.

Hutch: 1 point. But isn't "lune" an old fictionary word?
Nora: These terms are nicely related, and I thought about giving this one
points, so runner-up points.



*David:*
streuble - n. - a six-inch black millipede native to Burma
cabbaging - n. - a Burmese skink with a red-and-yellow argyle pattern
frogmouth - n. - a Burmese carnivorous plant

Nicolas: Sounds too German for a British colony?

Nora: Gets my animal vote; however, this looks like a definition I may have
written, so no points. :)

Hutch: It's never scientific/natural history. Which means that one of these
days someone is going to pick a word/words like these to throw everybody
off. Is this the time? But a skink with an ARGYLE pattern??????




*Eric: 1 point*
streuble, v. To thrash about ineffectively. "As the lieutenant streubled,
the NCOs led the retreat under fire."
cabbaging, adj. inferior, unpleasant. "I usually like frozen pizza, but
this is  cabbaging."
frogmouth, n. guy-wire from the bottom of the fuselage to the wing in a
high- or shoulder-wing monoplane. "Don't tighten the frogmouth, it goes
taut once the wing is under load."

Elliott: One point for the illustrative quotations, but I don't believe it.

Nicolas: This is probably it? I like the WWI def.

Nora: Now that I have The Muppet Show reference in my head, I see their
little arms streubling around in my mind!

Hutch:  I know a little about planes and I've never heard that guy-wire
referred to as a "frogmouth". And I'm not sure why/how it would or could
get named so. "Frogmouth" just doesn't seem like it should refer to such a
linear thing.




*Jean-Joseph: 2 points + 2 for correct guess = 4*
streuble - n. - A common-law dentist.
cabbaging - v. - Scouring of the teeth and gums with coral.
frogmouth - n. - A dental patient whose payments are in arrears.

Fran: 1 point, because I like it but I don't think it is real.
Eric: Ah, the phrase "common-law dentist" is alone worth a point. Plus
there's the painful, painful cabbaging. One point.
Nicolas: If you stay with the same dentist for 10 years...

Hutch: "Common-law" dentist? Does he practice law rather than dentistry? Is
there law specific to dentistry?

Pierre: Common-law dentist? I'm guessing this is Elliott.

Elliott: Is coral safe to use as a dentifrice?  It's a bit scratchy, I
should think.




*Hutch: 1 point*
streuble - v.i. - to pick vegetables for storage before they are ripe; the
intent being to allow them to ripen in storage
cabbaging - n. - a storage location (i.e. root cellar) for vegetables
picked before they are ripe
frogmouth - n. - a small, usu. ceramic cylinder used to raise stored
vegetables out of the reach of vermin

David: 1 point

Nicolas: Veggies might be too on the nose, but how else would cabbaging
come up?

Nora: I like that streuble is a verb, but not quite buying the rest of it.

Hutch: Mine. Looking at them again now, the concept works but the cabbaging
definition is not particularly well-written. I'm guessing that I'll pick up
a couple for the "v.i." identification. (That is, I will if I got it right;
I still have the worst time identifying transitive versus intransitive
verbs.) But anyone who actually reads the definitions carefully will vote
elsewhere.

Elliott: Vermin are pretty agile; I'd be surprised if a small ceramic
cylinder were enough.
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