[Fictionary] PHUGOID results

[E Cohen]

I think I was given credit for two points to the correct def, where I 
only gave it one. I also think this doesn't affect the results?


> 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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