[Fictionary] PHUGOID results

[Hutch]

I also didn't see this one before today. *shrug*

In my case, prolly for the best, since I know the word. I've never quite
been sure WHY there's a word for this (or, more likely, I don't actually
*understand* it)

> 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."

I think that Elliott and J-J's imagined quotations are a bit strong for the
definition. It's not "hatred", "loathing", or "enmity". It's not even as
strong as "animosity" or "antipathy". It's just "dislike". For an imagined
quote, how about

     "God exists and (s)he can really be a jerk sometimes."

:-D

BB,
Hutch

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On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 8:02 AM E Cohen <eac at inbox.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
>
>
> --
> -- Eric   |   eac at inbox.com
>
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