[Fictionary] inchpin results

[eLLioTT morEton]

No one has said that they know SQUOYLE, so that's the word.  Please have 
defs in by March 7th.  I already have defs from Pierre, Linda, David, and 
Nick.

Regards,
em

On Sat, 22 Feb 2020, eLLioTT morEton wrote:

> OK, thanks, Linda.  Hope your eyes and your monitor come to mutually 
> satisfactory terms.  I hereby accept the meistership of the next round. Let's 
> start the bidding with
>
> SQUOYLE
>
> Please let me know within a week (i.e., by Feb. 29th) if this word won't work 
> for you.  Otherwise, defs are due by a week after that (i.e., March 7th).
>
> Regards,
> em
>
> On Sat, 22 Feb 2020, lindafowens at netzero.net wrote:
>
>>  Elliott, could you take the next round? I'm just getting used to my new
>>  Windows 10 with glitches built in, and my eyes are still a bit sore from
>>  the glare of the screen, but I'm working on it.  I'll take another round
>>  soon if there's another tie.  Linda Had to retype my name as it's time to
>>  rest the old headlights.
>>
>>  ---------- Original Message ----------
>>  From: E Cohen <eac at inbox.com>
>>  To: "fictionary at swarpa.net" <fictionary at swarpa.net>
>>  Subject: [Fictionary] inchpin results
>>  Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:24:01 -0500
>>
>>  I'm so sorry that after all your lovely and prompt definitions and
>>  votes, personal matters kept me from posting this for so long.
>>
>>  The real def is the deer's sweetbread, and this round's result is a tie
>>  between Linda and Elliott, each with five points.
>>
>>  --------------------------------------------
>>  General comments:
>>
>>  Jean-Joseph: Eliminating obscure organisms and obvious jokes about what
>>  the word superficially seems to mean (like the joke definition I thought
>>  of sending in, "a critical but essential component" doesn't leave many
>>  choices.  But I'm delighted to see such high participation this round.
>>  Glorious!
>>
>>  Linda: Great selection, love the Sprite def--must try it.
>>
>>  Ranjit: I have no idea which is the true definition so I'm voting for
>>  the ones I think are the funniest.
>> 
>>
>>  --------------------------------------------
>>  Real definition:
>>
>>  inchpin, n. (obs). Deerâ??s sweetbread.
>>
>>  4 points: 1 Elliott, 2 Pierre, 1 Jean-Joseph
>>
>>  Elliott: I can see how come it's obsolete.  One point for being
>>  unrelated to ``inch'' or ``pin''.
>>
>>  Jean-Joseph: One point by elimination.
>>
>>  Hutch: Wild mountain oysters :-D
>>
>>  Nicolas: Ew.
>> 
>>
>>  --------------------------------------------
>>  Elliott
>>
>>  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
>>
>>  Elliott: Mine.  Determined not to be inspired by the actual meanings of
>>  ``inch'' and ``pin'', I let ``inch'' be ``ink'' (like pinch/pink,
>>  stench/stink, linch(pin)/link), and ``pin'' be ``pen''.
>>
>>  Fran: These two are hilarious. I loved them but I am not giving them any
>>  points.
>>
>>  Jean-Joseph: Absolutely not correct, but definitely worth two points.
>>
>>  Hutch: And the ants eat away the sugar-soaked paper, leaving the message
>>  to be read from the negative space? Does this actually WORK???
>>
>>  Nicolas: My son would love this.
>> 
>>
>>  --------------------------------------------
>>  Fran
>>
>>  inchpin, n. 1) Any of the Rhabditida family of nematodes, commonly found
>>  as a parasite in the small intestines of reptiles and amphibians, and
>>  primarily endemic in the subtropics. 2) Any short, thin parasitic
>>  roundworm found in the gut of an animal.
>>
>>  3 points: 1 Jim, 1 Pierre, 1 Nicolas
>>
>>  Pierre: That's an order; families end in -idae. Still, I give it a point.
>>
>>  Hutch: I never vote for scientific terms.
>>
>>  Nicolas: 1 point, realistic and gross.
>> 
>>
>>  --------------------------------------------
>>  Jean-Joseph
>>
>>  inchpin, v. To fraudulently list a person as a dependent on a tax
>>  document.
>>
>>  3 points: 2 Jim, 1 correct vote
>>
>>  Jim: I like that it's a verb.
>>
>>  Hutch: Seems a curiously specific sort of crime with very little
>>  remuneration.
>>
>>  Nicolas: Maybe this does have a word, but I'm out of points.
>> 
>>
>>  --------------------------------------------
>>  Pierre
>>
>>  inchpin, n. (Scots Gaelic innispeann, island feather.) An auklet of the
>>  species Aethia nesiota, found in the Hebrides.
>>
>>  2 points, correct vote
>>
>>  Elliott: I like it, but I'm out of points.
>>
>>  Hutch: I never vote for scientific terms
>>
>>  Nicolas: Porg?
>> 
>>
>>  --------------------------------------------
>>  Hutch
>>
>>  inchpin, n. A nail driven lightly into a board to hold a measuring tape
>>  in place. v. to drive in such a nail.
>>
>>  3 points: 2 Linda, 1 David
>>
>>  Jim: A very sensible etymology presents itself. Therefore, too
>>  plausible. No points.
>>
>>  Nicolas: This is probably the real one.
>> 
>>
>>  --------------------------------------------
>>  Linda
>>
>>  inchpin, n. A spacing device for drilling holes in a belt or similar
>>  piece of leather or other material.
>>
>>  5 points: 1 Fran, 2 David, 2 Nicolas
>>
>>  Fran: Very believable, 1 pt.
>>
>>  Hutch: Too similar to mine.
>>
>>  Nicolas: 2 points for the special awl (?)
>> 
>>
>>  --------------------------------------------
>>  Nicolas
>>
>>  inchpin, n. 1) The primary equipment for miniature tabletop bowling, a
>>  game briefly popular after the World's Columbian Exposition. 2) Any
>>  inexperienced local politician ineffectually running for state or
>>  national office.
>>
>>  3 points: 1 Hutch, 1 Linda, 1 Ranjit
>>
>>  Jean-Joseph: Entertaining enough that I almost  gave this one a vote.
>>
>>  Hutch: Isn't there a new Columbian Exposition every two or four years?
>>  Which one? And how do we go from "tabletop bowling" to a political
>>  term??? This is weird enough to be real: 1 point
>>
>>  Nicolas: Mine, sassing Mayor Pete.
>>
>>  Ranjit: 1 point and the I Think That's Probably Elliott Or David Award.
>> 
>>
>>  --------------------------------------------
>>  David
>>
>>  inchpin, n. The crime boss of a small city.
>>
>>  2 points: 2 Elliott
>>
>>  Eliott: Two points for being very funny and not being a kind of pin.
>>
>>  Fran: These two are hilarious. I loved them but I am not giving them any
>>  points.
>>
>>  Hutch: a "kingpin" but only for "inches".
>>
>>  Nicolas: Hahaha
>> 
>>
>>  --------------------------------------------
>>  Jim
>>
>>  inchpin, adj. A Shakespearean insult deprecating anotherâ??s manhood.
>>
>>  4 points: 2 Fran, 2 Hutch
>>
>>  Jim: Why did I make this an adjective? It would make much more sense as
>>  a noun. I mean, yeah, it could be used as an adjective, like in â??thou
>>  inchpin blaggard!â??, butâ?¦ remind me to proofread before sending in my
>>  entries in the future!
>>
>>  Fran: Very believable: 2 pts.
>>
>>  Hutch: This feels very Shakespearean. 2 points
>>
>>  Nicolas: Doesn't sound like Willy Shakes to me?
>> 
>>
>>  --------------------------------------------
>>  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
>>
>>  Hutch: Much too good a word for them.
>>
>>  Nicolas: If you give them an inchâ?¦
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>
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