[Fictionary] inchpin results

[eLLioTT morEton]

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> Real definition:
>
> inchpin, n. (obs). Deers sweetbread.

> Elliott: I can see how come it's obsolete.  One point for being unrelated to 
> ``inch'' or ``pin''.

Amazingly, the OED says that the etymology is exactly what it appears to 
be, ``inch (the twelfth part of a foot)'' plus ``pin (a short piece of 
wood, metal, or plastic)''.  What the d---l has that to do with deers' 
brains?

> inchpin, n. A secret message written in Sprite and read by laying the paper 
> on an anthill.
>
> 5 points: 2 Jean-Joseph, 2 Ranjit, 1 correct vote
>
> Jim: Thank You Elliott award

Your Welcome Jim Award.

> Hutch: And the ants eat away the sugar-soaked paper, leaving the message to 
> be read from the negative space? Does this actually WORK???

They're supposed to congregate on the sugary bits.

> Hutch: I never vote for scientific terms.

Why not?

> Pierre
>
> inchpin, n. (Scots Gaelic innispeann, island feather.) An auklet of the 
> species Aethia nesiota, found in the Hebrides.

I liked the Inchkenneth, Inchkeith, etc. etymology.


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> Ranjit
>
> inchpin, n. A Flat Earth believer.
> 	Jean-Joseph: I guess I don't have any specific reason to exclude 
> this, but I'm out of points.
>
> Ranjit: author's note: because flat, earth, inch, and pin are all kinds of 
> worms

But so is round.

Regards,
Elliott