[Fictionary] fictionary - devit results

[Fran Poodry]

Looks like you didn’t count my vote? But my votes  would not have changed
the outcome.

On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 8:11 AM Ranjit Bhatnagar <ranjit at moonmilk.com>
wrote:

> 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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*Fran Poodry (she/her)*
*Oregon, USA*



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