[Fictionary] Tweeny

[David Randall]

Jean-Joseph awarded two points twice; I split the difference and gave 
1.5 to both his definitions. Thus Pierre wins by half a point. If 
Jean-Joseph actually meant to only award 1 point to the chicken, it's a 
tie with Eric's hardened exudate, and Eric and Pierre go into a cage match.

Carlo Goldoni's /Servant of Two Masters /spends an entire play 
elaborating on the concept of "tweeny."

David


tweeny - n. - a maid who assists both cook and housemaid

REAL: Linda (2) + Ranjit (1) + Eric (1) = 4


tweeny - n. - an iceberg, brought into unstable equilibrium by melting, 
which is poised to roll over

ELLIOTT: Jean-Joseph (1.5) + Pierre (1) = 2.5


tweeny - n. - a radish seed

RANJIT: Hutch (2) = 2


tweeny - n. - hardened exudate of the buckthorn aphid, a brittle 
translucent substance found on tree branches
ERIC: Pierre (2) + Elliott (2) = 4


tweeny - adj. - of a chicken, having red laced chest and wing feathers 
and blue neck hackles and tail feathers

PIERRE: Ranjit (2) + Jean-Joseph (1.5) + Elliott (1) = 4.5


tweeny - n. - the maid between stairs

FRAN: Eric (2) + Linda (1) = 3


tweeny - adj. - 1)  the time between childhood and adulthood; 2) 
Scottish for small and cute

LINDA: Hutch (1) = 1

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