[Fictionary] Oops re Tweeny

[Jean-Joseph Cote]

Or the next time a winner is too busy to run the round, Eric steps in. 

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On Aug 8, 2018, 13:18, at 13:18, Jim Moskowitz <jim at jimmosk.com> wrote:
>May I suggest that if someone knows Pierre’s current candidate word,
>control of the round pass to Eric?
>
>And if no one knows it... well, how about for symmetry if the next time
>Pierre wins a round, Eric gets to run the next one instead of him?
>
>
>> On Aug 8, 2018, at 1:07 PM, E. A. Cohen <eac at inbox.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm always happy to run a round, I have too many words. But the
>problem with forking is that then either the winner of Pierre's round
>doesn't get to be the next wordmeister, or the winner of my round
>doesn't.
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: drandall.brooklyn at gmail.com
>> Sent: Wed, 8 Aug 2018 11:25:06 -0400
>> To: fictionary at swarpa.net
>> Subject: [Fictionary] Oops re Tweeny
>> 
>> I forgot to add points for people who got the real definition! Which
>might make Eric the winner? We’ve already started a new game, but maybe
>reserve the next one for Eric? — or whoever is the winner, if I’ve got
>that math wrong too.
>> 
>> Apologies to all.
>> 
>> David 
>> 
>>> 
>>> ---------- Original Message ----------
>>> From: David Randall <drandall.brooklyn at gmail.com>
>>> To: fictionary at swarpa.net
>>> Subject: [Fictionary] Tweeny
>>> Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 18:57:27 -0400
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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)Â  the time between childhood and adulthood; 2)
>Scottish for small and cute
>>> 
>>> LINDA: Hutch (1) = 1
>>> 
>>> 
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