[Fictionary] emberlucock results

[Fran Poodry]

The winner is Nick, who garnered more points than anyone else even before
he voted for the correct definition. Hutch hit the nail on the head (see
his comment at the end) - and I felt a little guilty using what is
essentially a made-up word as the word, but I was kindof hoping for
definitions like Ranjit's smoldering clock, which is what it conjured up in
my mind as well. Plus birds in general.

-Fran


emberlucock (n.)  the male of the brownish-black variety of the ruffed
grouse species.  Found mostly in mud flats or deep woods, where the lack of
white markings gives good camouflage. By Linda, 6 points

2 pts (correct guess)

1 pt (Pierre)

2 pts (David)

1 pt (Nick)

"umber" and "cock"? In fact, white markings among brown and black markings
make the best camouflage in woods, simulating spots of sunlight among
shaded areas. Consider the standard coloration of fawns (both white-tailed
and mule deer). -Hutch

Too plausible. -Elliott


emberlucock  (v.) to confuse or bewilder (nonce-word accredited to
Rabelais, c. 1469) (adj.) turmoiled, blundered or pestered, as the brain
about a troublesome business (as defined by Randle Cotgrave, c. 1611)

>From http://therumpus.net/2014/06/word-of-the-day-emberlucock/
2 pts (Linda)
2 pts (Hutch)
2 pts (Nick)
Are you trying to metagrobolize us? -Pierre
I like it! I've certainly been emberlucocked by this word: 2 points -Hutch
Ends in -ck.  I don't think Rabelais would have made up a verb ending in
-ck. -Elliott
Rabelais was sixteenth century. -David


emberlucock  (n). a self-defense league of blackleg miners (Yorkshire
dial.; etymology unknown)
By David, 1 point
1 pt (Jean-Joseph)
"etymology unknown". I can't think of a way that such a word could have
come about, so I'll admit it. Isn't that about it? :-) -Hutch
Is there mining in Yorkshire?  Yorked if I know. -Elliott
Me. With the Steeleye Span version of "Blackleg Miner" in mind. -David


emberlucock (n.) a patented smoldering cuckoo clock, used to light the fire
and boil the coffee before the household awoke. (19th c)
By Ranjit, 1 point
1 pt (Elliott)
Seems like this would destroy itself each morning. Do you have to build/buy
a new one every day? -Hutch
This one is funny, both in words and in meaning.  I wish I had one.  One
point! -Elliott
Rube Goldberg award -David


emberlucock (n.) a visual disturbance in which one hallucinates birds.
By Pierre, 1 point
1 pt (David)
Naah, this is just called "bird-watching" (says the bird-watcher) -Hutch
Somehow not plausible.  "Visual disturbance"? -Elliott


emberlucock (n.) corruption of ambrecoq. An early French cannon. Used
heavily during the Siege of Barcelona when Louis XI sold weapons to both
sides of the Catalan Civil War.
By Nick, 11 points and the WINNER!
1 pt (Ranjit)
1 pt (Linda)
1 pt (Hutch)
2 pts (Pierre)
2 pts (Jean-Joseph)
2 pts (Elliott)
2 pts (correct guess)
Well, I think the period is about right. That is, Louis XI was around
during ONE of the Catalonian Civil Wars, during which Barcelona was
besieged about every three to six months: 1 point -Hutch
Maybe.  Never heard of the Siege of Barcelona or the Catalan Civil War, and
the Louises have been known to skip numbers (I'm looking at you, XVII), so
I can't even be sure that the existence of Louis XIV implies the existence
of Louis XI.  If I vote for this one, am I endorsing the pollution of the
national mind with fake news?  What the hell, it helps my side and makes me
feel good about myself.  Two points! -Elliott


emberlucock (n.)  a boot or gauntlet molded from rigid resin directly onto
the foot or hand that cannot be removed without destroying it. Most often
used for single-use armor, occasionally in fashion applications.
By Jean-Joseph, no points
Without destroying the boot or gauntlet, or without destroying the foot or
hand? -Pierre
I have a distinct recollection of J-J talking about this concept once or
twice, so I suspect him on this one. Somehow it seems like trying to make a
boot or glove rigid would defeat one of the purposes of boots and gloves:
namely, being able to MOVE. -Hutch

Ha ha, like in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs! -Fran

When I was a kid I read about ... someone in early Spanish America, I think
people in the Inca empire, doing this with latex to make running shoes.
But for armor?  How do you reconcile ``can't be pierced or smashed'' with
``can be removed''? -Elliott


emberluckock (v.r.) 1. to become trapped in a waistcoat by eating so much
that the buttons cannot be unfastened.  2. to unwittingly take up a
responsibility that cannot easily be got rid of. By Elliott
2 pts (Ranjit)
I ate so much this Thanksgiving I emberlucocked. Had to cut the buttons
off. True story! -Hutch

This must happen sometimes to hobbits and Gilded Age robber barons. -Elliott


And a silly def: emberlucock, n. A secret fire-type Pokémon unlockable only
at the South Pole. By Nick

I don't get it.... -Elliott

Other comments:

I really like the smoldering cuckoo clock and being trapped in a waistcoat
[as recently as T-Day], but the rigid boots are too much for this
non-fashionista. -Linda

To be honest, I'm having a hard time accepting that this is actually a real
word AT ALL!!!!! -Hutch


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*Fran Poodry*
*Oregon, USA*



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