[Fictionary] FADGE results

[Ranjit Bhatnagar]

Hey fictionary! Liz was the winner of the last round - are you up for
running a round, Liz? If not, maybe someone else would like to give it a go?



On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 9:57 PM Ranjit Bhatnagar <ranjit at moonmilk.com>
wrote:

> The clear winner this round is Liz's bent rod for thatching, with 10
> points! Congratulations, Liz!
>
> 2nd place goes to Fran's object collectors / object collection (and guess
> what t-shirt I am wearing right now:
> https://objectcollection.bandcamp.com/merch/oc-tiger-shirt)
>
> The real definition, from Merriam-Webster online, was the bread / bundle
> / package of wool <https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fadge>!
>
>  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
>
> fadge - n. (Cumberland dialect)  - a charm to protect against black magic,
> containing deer fat and rabbit droppings.
> Definition made with this quotation in mind:
>
> *Fadges? Fadges? We don't need no stinkin' fadges!**- David: 1 point*
> 1 point from Jim
>
>
> fadge (n., chiefly British) - a consolation prize
> *- Joe: 4 points*
> 1 point from Linda
> 1 point from Eric
> 1 point from Ziv, as a consolation prize
> 1 point from Fran
>
>
> fadge (n.) a digger of holes, primarily one whose trade was digging pits
> for latrines and other disposal of waste.
> *- Ziv*
>
>
> fadge
> (n) 1. (chiefly Scottish) a round thick loaf of bread; (chiefly Irish)
> potato cake or bread
>      2. a bundle
>      3. (Australia) an irregular package of wool weighing from 60 to 150
> pounds
>
> *- https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fadge
> <https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fadge>: 2 points*2 points
> from Eric
>
>
> fadge, n. Any of several species of butwin found in Lancashire.
>
> *- Pierre*
>
> fadge (noun); bent rod, pointed at both ends, used by thatchers to secure
> bundled straw.
>
> *- Liz: 10 points*2 points from Linda
> 2 points from David
> 2 points from Joe
> 2 points from Fran
> 2 points from Jean-Joseph
>
>
> fadge, n. Period of mental relaxation or indolence. "After Turing's latest
> push at the National Physical Laboratory, a week's biking around the Lake
> District was just the fadge he needed."
>
> *- Eric: 3 points + 2 for correct guess = 5*2 points from Jim
> 1 point from Hutch
>
>
> fadge
> 1. v. to gather or to collect random objects
> 2. n. a collection of dissimilar items
>
> *- Fran: 7 points*2 points from Ziv
> 2 points from Liz
> 1 point from Pierre
> 1 point from Joe
> 1 point from Jean-Joseph
>
>
> fadge, v. To misdeliver or incorrectly return a mailpiece.
>
> *- Nicolas: 2 points*2 points from Hutch
>
>
> fadge - v. - To prepare perishable food items for railroad transport.
>
> *- Jean-Joseph*
>
> fadge, v. to put forth an argument that you only hope will win, but
> probably will not.
>
> *- Linda: 4 points*1 point from David
> 1 point from Liz
> 2 points from Pierre
>
>
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