[Fictionary] fictionary - devit results

[Ranjit Bhatnagar]

The votes were widely distributed, with no definition taking a strong lead!
The winner, with just 4 points and 2 votes, was E's dromedary tribute.
There were no votes for the real definition, the deglassification of glass,
as provided by the Bullseye Glass Company:
https://www.bullseyeglass.com/what-is-devitrification-or-devit.html

Take it away E!


FRAN: 1+1 = 2
devit (obs.) n. - a placeholder. v. - to hold a place. adj. - describing an
object used to hold a place. ex: Remove the devit pin before finishing the
seam.
Pierre: 1 point
Ziv: 1 point


ZIV: 2+1 = 3
devit n. a claim to one's own apotheosis, the assertion that one is a god.
E: Two points. Because we need a word for this. Heck, I may need it myself.
And because I see no derivation from classical roots, so, yeah.
Hutch: Although I don't really believe it's a word, it's a bold claim: 1
point


BULLSEYE GLASS CO
<https://www.bullseyeglass.com/what-is-devitrification-or-devit.html>;
WIKIPEDIA <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devitrification>
devit, n. the growth of crystalline structures within or on the surface of
glass. ("Vitri" = glass; therefore "devitrification" = the process of
becoming un-glasslike).
Hutch: Mine (picking grapes and grape leaves) was also to de-vit, but viti
and vini both mean grapes and wine (viticulture and viniculture are
synonyms)
Ziv: I like this etymology, but I can't imagine scientists using clipped
words like this


LINDA:
devit, v, to reduce the vitamin content of a food by some chemical reaction
E: The kind of abbrev we get in bad SF.
    "The men quickly filled their light-weight thermiteens with
     water from the supply in the humidi-hut, fastened their own
     plasti-shields securely over head and shoulders, put on their
     asbesti-mittens and stepped into the vac-lock."
No, sad to say, I did *not* make that up
Ziv: Insidious... delicious....


NICOLAS: 2
devit, adj. Lifelike
Hutch: Daring a part of speech other than nouns and verbs is always worth
points in my book: 2 points
Ziv: The idea being *de vita*, I guess? Also a lovely etymology, but why
would the *a *disappear?


DAVID: 1
devit - n. - payment to a bouncer to secure entry into a club.
E: One point. Because I, too, defined it as a bribe.


E: 2+2 = 4
devit, n. 1. The tribute in dromedaries due from the Arabian pashaliks of
the Ottoman Empire. 2. A bribe.
Jim: 2 points
Linda: 2 for the dromedaries


HUTCH: 2+1 = 3
devit - v. - (obs.) to pick grapes and harvest grape leaves
E: de + viticulture?
Pierre: 2 points
Jim: 1 point


PIERRE: 2+1 = 3
devit, n. In some role-playing games, a combination of a buff which directs
attacks to a character with a buff that reflects damage done to that
character onto the attacker, resulting in the opponent damaging himself.
Ziv: 2 points for style
Linda: 1 for the buffs--or bluffs???
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