[Fictionary] Foumart Results

[Nicolas Ward]

Finally assembled the results and Ranjit's polymer narrowly edged out
David's cheese and correct guess for the round win.

A lot of great defs this round and I'm glad my selection of an animal
triggered some metagame double fake-outs.

Take it away Ranjit!

Ranjit 6
David 3 + 2
Eric 2 + 1
Pierre 2
Elliott 2
Linda 1
J-J 0

Elliott — Hey, these are interesting and plausible.  Whatever am I to do?

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David

foumart, n. Scrap wax and cheese fed to goats and pigs.

Ranjit 1
Elliott 2

Ranjit —  I like playing with the wax that comes on babybel cheeses, but
eating it? - well, yes, I'm sure my dog would eat it, so why not goats and
pigs too?

Elliott — In an age where there's lots of scrap wax, can people afford to
feed
cheese to pigs?  And I doubt wax is digestible, so why feed it to animals
instead of melting it down and making more candles?  (If it is digestible,
then how come wax candles don't attract mice?  Tallow candles, sure, but
wax?). ``His intimate frieds called him `Candle-ends', And his enemies,
`Toasted-cheese'.'' But ... dang it, this is the only one left, so two
points.

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Linda

foumart, adj. Fulfilling

J-J 1

J-J — Let's get this points thing out of the way

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Ranjit

foumart, n. An artificial polymer derived from crab shells, used in
manufacture of decorative moldings and costume jewelry in late 19th - early
20th c.

Linda 2
David 1
Elliott 1
Pierre 2

Ranjit — I was thinking of Hemacite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemacite
when i wrote this. I'd imagine that foumart jewelry, warmed by body heat,
would have a most amazing smell.

Elliott — I don't believe it, but I like the idea.

J-J — That seems early for polymers.

Pierre — Go fly a chitin!

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Northumberland Words, Volume 1 by Harry Haldane

https://books.google.com/books?id=eEUOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA301&lpg=PA301&dq=foumart+northumberland&source=bl&ots=rvy4DtLXgd&sig=ACfU3U0MIhhj97R9g3Hynohn0Y4jnqFBcw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjXrIze3vXgAhXmjVQKHRaWDjUQ6AEwC3oECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=foumart%20northumberland&f=false

foumart, n. A European polecat, Mustella putorius.

David 2
Eric 1

Eric — Surely no-one in these latter days would try the obvious "obscure
animal". Plus it has "fume" in its name. So this must be a fake out, and it
really *is* the answer.

Elliott — Hmmm, like a marten.  But ``putorius''?

Elliott — So where'd they get ``putorius'' from?  ``Putridus'', sure, but
``putorius''?  It's not in Lewis and Short. I'll check the Oxford Latin
Dictionary when I get home.

Elliott — Aha, here we go:
putorius, putorii
skunk
Age: Latin post 15th - Scholarly/Scientific (16th-18th centuries)
Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
Source: Calepinus Novus, “Modern Latin”, by Guy Licoppe (Cal)
http://latin-dictionary.net/definition/32387/putorius-putorii

J-J — Violates the "never vote for random organisms" rule.

J-J — (Well, I guess it's the random animal.  Also apparently known as the
common ferret, and supposedly derived from the term "foul marten".)

Pierre — There's only one 'l' in Mustela, but there are five locks.

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Pierre

foumart, n. 1. A store in an insane asylum. 2. A store operated by a
mentally ill person.

Eric 2

J-J haha

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Eric

foumart, adj. A style of medieval wooden church construction typified by
post and lintel structure, split-log walls, and posts set on stone
foundation columns, formerly common in Serbian Orthodox churches.

Linda 1
Pierre 1

Ranjit — This is the only believable one, and that's why I don't believe it.

Elliott — Doesn't sound Serbian enough, but it makes me want to go
international
dancing.

J-J — Maybe... but it doesn't seem like a very Slavic word.

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Elliott

foumart, n. An obscene constellation.

Ranjit 2

Ranjit Ha!

J-J — I have a T-shirt depicting little-known (fictional) constellations,
and
I also sent one to my college roommate (whom I have not seen since
college).  He is now a fairly important astronomer, but when we were
undergraduates, I would tell him that the asteroids he was discovering
weren't enough, if he really wanted to be renowned he needed to discover
a new constellation.

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J-J

foumart, n. A plastic ring that snaps over the lug nuts on a wheel to deter
them from unscrewing.

Elliott — Deterrence!  Because the only language inanimate objects
understand is
force.

J-J — On a recent trip to Chile, I saw this on our tour bus, which is where
I
got the idea.  I suppose it must have a name, but I have no idea what it is.

Pierre — Isn't this a sort of cotter?
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