[Fictionary] Re: CAGASTRIC - Results (or should that be "catastrophic" :-)

[Hutch]

I was feeling like something had been left undone when I sent this and
raced off to work:  As is obvious, Mr. Randall by several lengths.

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Hutch <hutchinson.jeff at gmail.com> wrote:

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> BB,
> Hutch
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> First, general comments:
>
> Ranjit Bhatnagar: Out of cagastrism, I eliminated all the ones about
> digestion or metabolism, leaving two.
> J-J Cote: Since all of these look suspicious, I'll vote for the ones that
> look the least likely. Two points for the releasing of latches, and one for
> the Polish trainer.
> Linda F Owens: Did I even get a chance to make up a def? Can't remember
> back that far. One point for the auroxes and two for the ear wax--hope they
> aren't mine. Oh, I get rid of ear wax with ear coning--but I have to get my
> husband to cone my ears and he always seems to be too busy lately. He likes
> having his coned however. Very relaxing. Alternate method is H2O2--a little
> dripped in and later swabbed out gently. Linda
>
> And a special treat:
>
>     When the last aurochs died
>     Under an evil star
>     The trainer of them sighed
>     And so he traveled far.
>     His cerumen flows now
>     For never more he'd drink
>     The milk of ancient cow
>     He could not bear to think.
>     The doc dripped in his ear
>     The drug till it was full
>     That again he could hear
>     The lowing of the bull.
>     - Pierre Abbat -
>
> And now the detailed results:
>
> cagastric - adj. - a remark that makes one cringe. His cagastric remark
> about my hair made me want to run into the shower and wash out all that
> lime green glitter gel.
> Linda F Owens : 0
>
> cagastric - adj. - releasing two latches at the same time to fling down a
> rope. Axaractes pulled the cagastric trigger, and Phidippides and the other
> runners started racing.
> Pierre Abbat : 4
>     Ranjit Bhatnagar : 1
>     Fran Poodry : 1
>     J-J Cote : 2
>     [Ed. Note: I must say that I never did figure this one out.]
>
> cagastric - adj. - relating to or caused by the body's digestive processes
> but not of them. The patient was suffering a cagastric soreness after three
> days of diarrhea, and was prescribed a healing cream to apply after
> subsequent episodes.
> Fran Poodry : 0
>
> cagastric - n. - [fr. Polish] a trainer of war aurochses. The cagastric
> walked forlornly along the streets of Vilna, sighing for the steppes of his
> youth.
> David Randall : 8 (votes) + 2 (correct guess) = 10
>     Ranjit Bhatnagar : 2
>     Fran Poodry : 2
>     J-J Cote : 1
>     Pierre Abbat : 2 [Aurochsen (the second part is cognate to "ox", and
> the German plural ends in "en"). Two points] [Ed. Note: I would have
> thought "auroxen" myself, similar to the plural for computer cases (and
> computers in general) "boxen" (from "Vaxen", the plural for Vax miniframes)
> :-D ]
>     Linda F Owens : 1
>
> cagastric - adj. - of diseases, originating under an ill star. We no
> longer believe in cagastric causes for illness and deformity.
> Real definition - 4
>     David Randall : 2 [But scrofula comes from Aldebaran in the summer sky]
>     Melissa Shaner : 2
>
> cagastric - n. - a medication that inhibits the production of earwax. This
> study investigated the antifungal properties of ripesterone, which is
> normally prescribed as a diaphoretic and a cagastric.
> Jean-Joseph Cote : 5
>     David Randall : 1 ["The Joshua Randall Award for Earwaxical
> Vocabulary" -- my son Joshua has been fascinated with earwax over the
> years.]
>     Pierre Abbat : 1 [This is obviously the real one, from Greek κακο
> αστρο.] [Ed. Note: I hope Pierre's Greek comes through: "kako astro" or
> have I misread it?]
>     Linda F Owens : 2
>     Melissa Shaner : 1 [The cerumen makes me suspicious but 1]
>
>


-- 
BB,
Hutch

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