[Fictionary] LIMBERHAM results

[Ranjit Bhatnagar]

Hooray! My definition was absolutely a gosport, so it feels a bit like
cheating.

I would prefer not to take responsibility for the next round - *Eric C*,
would you do the honors?



On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 1:13 PM Elizabeth Heffner <elheffner at googlemail.com>
wrote:

> Votes and comments for LIMBERHAM
>
> Well met once more, fellow word-loving humans.     A very British round
> reared its head, politely, this time around.   The winner by the tiniest of
> nose tips, was Ranjit B with 7 points, followed at a sportsmanlike gallop
> by Eric C with 6 points and a slightly more sedate canter by David R with
> 5 points.
>
> Ranjit was also awarded no fewer than three Gosports.
>
> General comments:
>
> Jim: As someone who was born and raised in the Philadelphia suburb of
> Cheltenham (pronounced not "CHELT-num" as the British do, but
> "CHEL-ten-ham”), I was expecting a bunch of British Isles definitions. And
> I was not disappointed!
> Hutch: Well, it looks like almost everyone thought it sounded generally
> British.
>
> In fact, the correct definition, which received 0 votes, was:
>
>  n. a supple-jointed person; figuratively: a fawning, obsequious person.
>
> Nicholas: More literally limber.
> Jim: Much too on the nose. A limber ham!
> Hutch: Hmm, too literal. Don't think so.
>
> Onward now to that which is delicious and fictitious!
>
> Linda O
> n. A small village in Kent, England, known for its sweet hops.
>
> Nicholas: It does sound like a town.
>
>
> David R:  5 points
> (Liverpool dial.)  n.      1) (fr. Limberham’s Extra-strength Turpentine,
> ext. 1826-1932) strong turpentine; 2) strong, foul distilled spirits; 3)
> strong, foul tea.
>
> Hutch: This just feels believable: turpentine lending its name to other
> strong-, foul-smelling liquids. 2 points.
> Ziv: One point for the years of operation of the company. I suppose the
> great depression hit the turpentine industry as much as anyone else!
> Ranjit: i always like defs that have a literal and then an analogical
> definition! 2 points.
>
>
> Nicholas W: 2 points
> n. in mortise and tenon construction, a small extension piece added to a
> beam or other member that was cut too short.
>
> Nicholas: mine!
> Jim: 2 points!
> Hutch: It seems like such an extension would tend to defeat the whole
> purpose of the mortise and tenon???
>
> Jim M: 3 points
> n. a cotton twill hat traditionally worn in southwest England.
>
> Nicholas: Another English place, but sounds the most plausible to me.  2
> points!
>
> Eric C: 6 points
> n.  genericized mark name for heavy-duty triple-wall cross-corrugated
> cardboard.
>
> Eric: My def. I hadn't planned it, but was so pleased to get to use three
> compound adjectives in a row.
> Nicholas: Seems too specific to have its own name but probably this is
> real.
> Hutch: Boring! Which means that it's probably real.
> Ranjit: 1 point, so convincingly boring
> Elliott: 2 points for *not* being limber.
>
>
> Pierre A:
> n. (from the fish market in Limberham, a town on the River Limber) any of
> the ships that sail up the River Limber selling fish caught by doggers.
>
>
> Nicholas: Another English place name!
> Hutch: Moderately sure that there is no River Limber ... at least, not
> one that reaches the sea (any of them)
>
>
> Ranjit B: 7 points
> n. (also “Limberham  tube”) a speaking tube used in early aviation for
> communication between seats of open-air aircraft.
>
>
> Ziv: This is just the right amount of quaint and just the right amount of
> feasible for me (knower of nothing about aircraft) -- 2 points
> Eric: Brilliant. *Exactly* what the word sounds like it should be. Two
> points.
> Nicholas: I’ve seen these at the Museum of Flight I think? 1 point.
> Jim: I love the image, and it likely existed, although I bet hand signals
> were more effective given the engine- and wind-noise. 1 point.
> Pierre: Gosport award.
> Fran: Gosport (from when that was the fictionary word, waaaaaay back in
> the day.)
> Elliott: Wait a minute, don't I know you from somewhere?  Gosport, that's what
> you called yourself back then.  What's all this about Limberham?  One
> point for old time's sake.
>
>
> Jeff H:
> n. a style of dance music, characterized by a 7-beat time signature,
> briefly popular in northwestern England, southwestern Scotland, and the
> Isle of Man during 1820-1840; thought to be of Turkish origin.  Named for
> the Limberham Arms, an Ullock pub where it was said to have originated.
>
>
> Nicholas: English place name!
> Hutch: Mine.
>
>
> Fran P: 2 points
> adj. describing either screws with a specific, irregular pentagon
> indentation or screwdrivers with the irregular pentagon shape required to
> insert into the corresponding screws. Rarely used.
>
>
> Nicolas: Archaic pentalobe?
> Jim: Honorable mention for going with an adjective.
> Hutch: Boring! Which means it's probably real ... but which one ... so
> neither 😊
> Pierre: two points. I've seen screws with three radial slots at unequal
> angles, presumably because the matching screwdriver is so rare that a thief
> wanting to steal bathroom stall walls would be unable to remove them.
>
>
> Elliott M: 1 point
> n. a bishop's mitre with attached artificial muttonchop whiskers (From
> the 1866 novel of the same name, a satire against Samuel Wilberforce by
> "T.H.H.".)
>
>
> Nicholas: Another hat, but sillier. Somehow this is probably real.
> Jim: Dr.  Moreton, I presume?
> Hutch: I don't believe it for a second, but too funny not to get points:
> 1 point
>
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