[Fictionary] PIGWIDGEON recount results

[Jean-Joseph Cote]

Right, well you're clearly a (stellar) language guy, not a math guy, so 
all is forgiven.  (Although I did make your acquaintance during a stint 
you did programming computers.)

However:
 > Apologies again for screwing that up, yall.

I was under the impression that it was inexplicably spelled *ya'll*. :-)

Jean-Joseph

On 11/25/2016 11:35 AM, eLLioTT morEton wrote:
> Dear Fictionary,
>
> Right, I screwed up the tally pretty bad.  Here are the corrected 
> returns, which, as Fran and Jean-Joseph pointed out, show a three-way 
> tie between Fran, Jean-Joseph, and Pierre.  Pierre has suggested the 
> following:
>
> ``J-J picked celatone in 2015-08, preceded shortly by Grounation Day. 
> I picked sacbe/zemi-john in 2015-02. Fran picked hobday in 2014-10. I 
> propose therefore that Fran pick a word, and if someone knows it then 
> I pick a word, and if someone knows it then J-J pick a word.''
>
> That sounds fine to me, so as lame-duck roundmeister, I hereby ordain 
> that it be made so.  Fran?
>
> Apologies again for screwing that up, yall.
>
> 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 4 = 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 4 = 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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