[Fictionary] PHUGOID results

[Jean-Joseph Cote]

Limited participation for this round, but we do have results. My comment 
about Elliott "cheating" was misleading, it was actually corruption and 
insider trading. He thought the word looked familiar, and asked a couple 
of questions about what domain it was in, and on the second try he got 
it right, and remembered the correct definition, so he played but 
intentionally did not guess correctly. Jim also recognized the 
definition once he saw the list, and so did not vote.

Looks like Eric is the winner in a landslide!

phugoid - adj. - In construction, having a mesh or waffled cross-section.
by Nick.  Eric 2, Ellliott 1 = 3 points
Eric: Kind of like fungoid, but what you gonna' do.
Elliott: Like bird bones, light but strong.  We need a word for this, so 
one point.

phugoid - adj. - Resembling an elder snail demon from the depths of time.
By David. No points.
Pierre: Is it flightless?
Elliott: ``Phu'' sounds a bit Lovecraftian, true.

phugoid - adj. - Characterized by a belief in, but dislike of, a deity 
or deities.
by Eric. Pierre 1, Elliott 2, plus 2 for correct guess = 5 points
Elliott: ``God exists and is my foe.''
Jean-Joseph: "If there were a god, I'd be active in the resistance."

phugoid - n. - A bone in birds extending from the sternum to the 
shoulder joint, posterior to the furcula.
By Pierre. 2 for correct guess = 2
Elliott: Another bird-bone def!  What are people thinking of?

phugoid - n. - The curve described by a uniform spring suspended at its 
endpoints and allowed to hang freely.
By Elliott. Jim liked it.
Pierre: If it's a string, held by a margay at one end and a manul at the 
other, it's a catenary. If it's loaded uniformly along its horizontal 
length, as in a suspension bridge, it's a parabola. If it's held by one 
Hooke at each end — I don't know! There are strings and springs, but 
what are scrings?
Elliott: I.e., a catenoid, but with a spring rather than a chain. 
Someone must have worked it out, but it's probably complicated, since it 
would depend on things like the linear density and the spring constant.
Jean-Joseph: Of /course/ someone has worked it out. Elastic catenary 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catenary#Elastic_catenary>

phugoid - n. - A long-period oscillation of an aircraft where the 
vehicle alternately pitches up and climbs, decreasing speed, and then 
pitches down and descends, increasing speed.
By combining the dictionary.com and Wikipedia definitions. Eric 1, Linda 
2, Pierre 2 = "5"

phugoid - adj. - Describing an apparently crazy-angled trapezoid, in 
which none of the angles or sides are similar, and which may turn in on 
itself, AND not be able to contain something.
by Linda. 2 for correct guess = 2
Pierre: I am having a hard time picturing this. Is ((-2,0) (2,0) (-2,3) 
(4,3)) the sort of trapezoid you mean?
Elliott: Not be able to contain a certain something, or not be able to 
contain any something?

-- 
Jean-Joseph Cote
jjcote at alum.mit.edu

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