[Fictionary] ROUNCEY results!

Thu Nov 12 18:59:43 UTC 2020

Here are the results for the ROUNCEY ballot!

It was a very close round, but the winner is *Ziv* with *7 points*.  Ziv, I
think you have a mandate now to be lively and joyous in an archaic manner.

General comments for the round:
*Jeff H* - Several of these fictionitions strike me as being of a very
subtle political bent. Not sure if that's just my pareidolia, but if so,
good on yerz!!!
*EM* - Thanks for running the round.  I hope it's the plant that turns
inside out.

Sorry, Elliott, the correct definition was the all-purpose horse, which
received the following:

*Votes*: Jeff H (1), Jim M (1)
*Comments:*
*ZS* - Aw man I love this definition, and by meaning alone I'm very
tempted, but something about the phrasing sounds un-dictionary-ish. I'm
divided but I have to go with my style gut.
*JH* - On seeing this one, I had a distinct impression of having heard this
word used this way: 1 point
*PA* - An interesting etymological story is how the five-syllable Latin
word "paraveredus" (a spare horse for carrying messages) turned into the
German monosyllable "Pferd".
*JM* - 1 point for the phrase “all-purpose horse”.

Now for your lovely fictitious definitions!  I had a lot of fun reading
these.  As always, the creativity of this group astounds!

*rouncey *- adj. (of plant-based imitation meat products) Inauthentically
homogeneous.
*Author*: Elliott M.
*Comments*:
*EC* - Nice! Can it be extended to improbably homogeneous groups of people?
*ZS* - Though I'm a frequent consumer of plant-based imitation meat
products, I've never thought about their homogeneity...
*JH* - Spam! Spam! Spam! Spam! Spam! Spam! Spam! Spam!
I know Spam is not plant-based, but it definitely qualifies as an
"imitation meat" product :-D
*JM* - Just too specific an ambit.

*rouncey* - 1. n. A person who is deliberately ignorant of a topic.  Ex. *Don't
bother trying to explain transistors - he's a rouncey and will just ignore
you. *2. adj. Describing a rouncey.  Ex.
*He's a rouncey twit who refuses to learn about climate change. **Author*:
Fran P
*Votes*: 2
*Comments*:
*JH* - I really want there to be a word for this. To the point where I'm
voting for it even though I believe it's NOT the real definition. 2 points
*EM* - There are multiple kinds of deliberate ignorance, and it seems to me
like the term would be more useful if it referred to a specific one.
Ignorant about X because you think your learning time better spent on Y?
Or because you want to be able to tell the judge that you don't know
anything about that?  Or because you don't want knowledge that might lead
to impure thoughts?  Etc.

*rouncey* - n. A hat big enough to fit your large hairdo without mussing
it. In use since Medieval times in England.
*Author*: Linda O
*Votes*: 1
*Comments*:
*PA* - One point for trying to wear a bicycle helmet over my two buns.
*JM* - “Your” sounds undictionarylike.

*rouncey* - n. Frisbee polo.
*Author*:  David R
*Votes*: 1
*Comments*:
*EC* - Oh good lord, entertaining but terrifying. After the first missed
catch must I descend amidst the thundering hooves?
*ZS* - Oh dear, I'm sure someone has tried this. But don't you catch a
frisbee with two hands? I don't know anything about horseback riding, but
I'd think you want to keep at least one hand on the horse...
*JH* - I'm trying desperately to figure out how Frisbee polo would work.
*EM* - One point, because I know so little about polo that no objections
occur to me.

*rouncey* - adj. 1. Untrustworthy.  2. Disreputable. 3. Charismatic.
*Author*: Jim M
*Votes*: 1 + 1 + 2 (+1 for the correct definition): 5
*Comments*:
*EC* - Only slightly less plausible and nice editorializing in def#3. One
point.
*ZS* - I love the semantic change this is suggesting - 2 points

*rouncey* - n. (Chiefly Scot.) A small, steep-sided, creekbed, often dry in
summer.
*Author*: Eric C
*Votes*: 1
*Comments*:
*ZS* - I also got Scottish vibes on first seeing the word -- unfortunately
I think it's more likely that someone else had the same instinct as me than
that I was actually right about it.

*rouncey* - n. Any non-animal topiary, such as an abstract shape.
*Author*: Nicolas W
*Votes*: 2 + 1 + 2 = 5
*Comments*:
*ZS* - Pretty sure this isn't it, but goodness I want there to be a
taxonomy of topiary, so 1 optimistic point.

*rouncey* - adj. (archaic) Lively, joyous.
*Author*: Ziv S
*Votes*: 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 7
*Comments*:
*EC* – Boring but plausible. 2 pts.
*JH* - I like it. But I'm out of points. Give this my imaginary tie-breaker
point
*EM* - I am having vague memories of the Tigger song from the Disney
Winnie-the-Pooh movie, where Tigger describes his species in a series of
four adjectives ending in -ounc(e)y:
``They're bouncy, ...ouncy, ...ouncy, ...ouncy,
Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun''
But it's more likely that another player was inspired by that song, than
that Disney actually used an ``(archaic)'' word.

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*rouncey* - n. An elaborately printed paper tag used to seal a package of
consumer goods to assure quality.
Author: Ranjit B

*rouncey* - n. Any of several South Africal herbs of the genus Cylisma,
which bear flowers on the inside of a hollow stalk, which turns inside-out
as the fruit ripens.
*Author*: Pierre A
*Votes*: 2 + 2 = 4
*Comments*:
*ZS* - South African plant names I would expect to look more Dutch-y or
more Bantu-y? I suppose it could be southern Africa rather than South
Africa, but I have to pass this one up.
*PA* - I thought of this as I was waking up from a dream in which I was in
a grocery
store and saw various imaginary vegetables. I checked my sentbox and I
wrote
"African".
*EM* - That's kind of a cool idea.  Two points.
*JM* - I can’t quite picture this, which perhaps is why I like it so much.
2 points!

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