[Fictionary] PIGWIDGEON results!

[Fran Poodry]

So, three way rock-paper-scissors?

On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 4:10 PM, J-J Cote (jjcote at alum.mit.edu) <
jjcotedsl at verizon.net> wrote:

> Hmm, I think 1 + 1 + 2 also equals 4...
>
>
> Sent from my smahfone.
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: eLLioTT morEton
> Date:2016/11/19 18:29 (GMT-05:00)
> To: Fran Poodry
> Cc: fictionary at swarpa.net
> Subject: Re: [Fictionary] PIGWIDGEON results!
>
> Oh, sorry, right, Fran.  You're tied with Pierre, 4 to 4.  Rock, scissors,
> paper?
>
> e
>
>
> On Sat, 19 Nov 2016, Fran Poodry wrote:
>
> > I think 2+1+1=4, but with all that has happened in 2016 maybe I'm wrong.
> > ;-)
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 5:28 AM eLLioTT morEton <em at swarpa.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear Fictionary,
> >>
> >> Pierre's stone-lifter edges out Josh's iron wedge and Jean-Joseph's fish
> >> to capture the laurels this time.
> >>
> >> I had expected some defs involving widgeons (a kind of duck), but didn't
> >> get any.  Several of yall, being better-read than I, knew something
> about
> >> this word that I did not:
> >>
> >> Linda:  Hmm, I saw this word somewhere --could it have been in an old
> Natl
> >> Geog?
> >>
> >> Hutch:  When eLLioTT posted this word, I was thinking it sounded
> familiar.
> >> But when I saw the ballot, I remembered why I thought it familiiar. ...
> I
> >> think! ... Unless I'm mistooken, "Pigwidgeon" was the name of one of the
> >> owls that delivered messages to Harry Potter's Gryffindor housemates at
> >> Hogwart's. We shall see ...
> >>
> >> Jean-Joseph:  Huh.  I thought it sounded familiar.  It's apparently also
> >> the name of Ron Weasley's first pet owl.
> >>
> >> Haul it away, Pierre!
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> em
> >>
> >>
> >> ____________________________________________________________
> ____________________
> >> pigwidgeon (v.t.)  To force an oversized joint of meat into a pot or
> >> kettle.
> >>
> >> JACOB 2 = Ranjit 2
> >>
> >> Hutch:  Very tempting! Had I not decided it had to be something fairy, I
> >> coulda gone here. Give this one an imaginary tie-breaker vote.
> >>
> >> Ranjit:  2 points for the pig-wedging
> >>
> >> ____________________________________________________________
> ____________________
> >> pigwidgeon (n.)  In Welsh lore, a spirit of benevolent chaos which
> visits
> >> farms and stirs up animals and objects.  Visits result in lost items
> being
> >> found, recovery of relationships gone bad, and refreshing change.
> >>
> >> FRAN 2 = Linda 2  Hutch 1  correct guess 1
> >>
> >> Linda:  Two points for the Welsh benevolent spirit if it cleans up some
> of
> >> my clutter.
> >>
> >> Hutch:  Due to the link to Harry Potter, I'm voting for the fairy tale
> >> definitions: 1 point
> >>
> >>
> >> ____________________________________________________________
> ____________________
> >> pigwidgeon (n.)  A sugar packet used as a wedge to prop up a wobbly
> table.
> >> (v.) To use a pigwidgeon.
> >>
> >> RANJIT 0
> >>
> >> ____________________________________________________________
> ____________________
> >> pigwidgeon (n.)  The fattest clay pigeon that can be shot out of the
> >> skeet-throwing machine.
> >>
> >> LINDA 2 = David 2
> >>
> >> ____________________________________________________________
> ____________________
> >> pigwidgeon (n.)  A device for lifting a stone, consisting of several
> parts
> >> that
> >> are assembled in a hole in the top of the stone.
> >>
> >> PIERRE 4 = Fran 2  Jean-Joseph 1  correct guess 1
> >>
> >> ____________________________________________________________
> ____________________
> >> pigwidgeon (n.)  A whortleberry tart.
> >>
> >> DAVID 0
> >>
> >> Hutch:  Also tempting, but from a different point of view. I'm hungry!
> >>
> >>
> >> ____________________________________________________________
> ____________________
> >> pigwidgeon (n.)  1.  A fairy, dwarf, imp, or elf.  2.  (Derogatory) A
> >> small or insignificant person or thing; a stupid or contemptible person.
> >>
> >> OED 6 = Fran 1  Pierre 1  Hutch 2  Jean-Joseph 2
> >>
> >> Hutch:  Due to the link (?) to Harry Potter, i'm voting for the fairy
> tale
> >> definitions. As my recollection seems to indicate that the owl named
> >> Pigwidgeon was a very small owl, I'm giving this one my 2-point vote: 2
> >> points
> >>
> >> ____________________________________________________________
> ____________________
> >> pigwidgeon (n.)  A wedge of iron, used to support a piece of iron which
> is
> >> being shaped.
> >>
> >> JOSH 3 = Pierre 2  David 1
> >>
> >> ____________________________________________________________
> ____________________
> >> pigwidgeon (n.)  A blue and yellow fish, sometimes with spots, sometimes
> >> with warts.
> >>
> >> JEAN-JOSEPH 3 = Linda 1  Ranjit 1  correct guess 2
> >>
> >> Pierre:  Of what family? What shape? Any other features? This is about
> as
> >> vague as the
> >> dogdrave.
> >>
> >> Ranjit:  1 point for the fishy fish fish
> >>
> >> ____________________________________________________________
> ____________________
> >> pigwidgeon (n.)  Under Elizabethan pre-Imperial unit standardization,
> the
> >> amount of wood that one subject may take from a royal forest each winter
> >> month.
> >>
> >> NICK 0
> >>
> >>
> >> ____________________________________________________________
> ____________________
> >>
> >> HUTCH submitted no def, but gets 2 points for a correct guess.
> >>
> >>
> >> ============================================================
> ====================
> >> Joke defs:
> >>
> >>
> >> pigwidgeon (n.)  A tove with a doupee.
> >>
> >> JEAN-JOSEPH
> >>
> >>
> >> pigwidgeon (n.) - the feeling of sheer joy felt on election night when
> >> your favored candidate, against all probability, wins
> >>
> >> DAVID
> >>
> >>
> >
>



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*Fran Poodry*
*Oregon, USA*



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