[Fictionary] fictionary - devit results

[Ranjit Bhatnagar]

Darn, I'm sorry - it looks like somehow I never received your vote, which
is more evidence that my email service has been shaky lately.

- ranjit


On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 12:27 PM Fran Poodry <fpoodry at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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???
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
> *Fran Poodry (she/her)*
> *Oregon, USA*
>
>
>
> *“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” ― Margaret
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