[Fictionary] bruck results!

[Ranjit Bhatnagar]

Somehow I missed the email with the BRUCK results until today! I'll be back
soon with a new word.

- ranjit


On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 11:20 PM E Cohen <eac at inbox.com> wrote:

> The definitive winner is Ranjit, as apparently everyone wants a word for
> an architectural detail in an otherwise blank wall.
>
> The real def is the bus that's also a truck.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruck_(vehicle)
>
> I was trying for a double-reverse, where everyone would think "Bruck?
> Bus-truck? That's ridiculous, that can't be right!" Didn't happen.
>
>
> General comments:
>
> Ranjit: I think I'll vote for the small bodies of salt water today.
> Based on the widely varying distribution of coastal distance, one of
> them is sure to be right!
>
> Pierre: Two bodies of water; the rest of the defs are quite diverse.
>
> Jean-Joseph: After peeking, it appears to in fact be the bus-truck
> combo, but the word originated in Canada, thus the vaguely British sound
> but the use of "truck". Looks like there are numerous other definitions
> for this word as well.
>
>
> real def
>
> bruck, n. A road motor vehicle with compartments for cargo and passenger
> transport.
>
> 5 --- Joshua 1, Fran 1, Pierre 2, Jim 1
>
> Fran: Bus truck! 1 point.
>
> Ziv: A bag-truck? I'm pleased I wasn't the only person thinking in
> portmanteaus (or should I say portmanteaux)
>
> Pierre: Bus+truck. I'm giving this two points because plench turned out
> to be a
> combination of pliers and wrench.
>
> Jean-Joseph: The definition sounds vaguely British, yet seems to derive
> from "truck" rather than "lorry".
>
> Jim: 1 point, mostly because of the stilted sound of “a road motor
> vehicle”.
>
> Editor: that stilted sound is all me, trying to find a way to say "not a
> train".
>
>
> Elliott
>
> bruck, n. In Frisian legend, a creature, of uncertain appearance,
> perceptible only to those who do not believe in it.
>
> 3 --- Ziv 1, Linda 2.
>
> Jean-Joseph: Could be Elliottesque. Certainly in the true paradoxical
> spirit of this Fictionary clique.
>
>
> Hutch
>
> bruck, adj. (Irish brú, hostel) Crowded, congested.
>
> 2 --- Jean-Joseph 2.
>
> Pierre: Where does -ck come from?
>
> Elliott: Maybe suggested by Innsbruck?
>
> Jean-Joseph: I like the etymology. Two points.
>
>
> Ranjit
>
> bruck, n. architecture: A single window, balcony, etc., on an otherwise
> featureless wall.
>
> 7 --- Joshua 2, Ziv 2, Linda 1, Pierre 1, Elliott 1
>
> Elliott: This is rather nice.  I don't believe it, but it's something I
> would
> like to have a name for.  One point.
>
> Jean-Joseph: I've see these, and they always look like a mistake or an
> afterthought. Isn't there one early on in the first Matrix movie, that
> Trinity dives through?
>
>
> Joshua
>
> bruck, n. 1) The annual migration route of the storm petrel. 2) An
> annual migration route over large cities.
>
> 1 (correct vote)
>
> Jean-Joseph: Very glad to see someone from this crowd use the phrase
> "storm petrel" rather than the perplexing "stormy petrel".
>
>
> Linda
>
> bruck, n. An antelope, now extinct, prolific in mountainous Europe in
> medieval  times.
>
> Pierre: Brocket.
>
> Jean-Joseph: Medieval times weren't that long ago, so I would have
> expected that I would have heard of this if it had such a recent
> precipitous decline.
>
>
> Ziv
>
> bruck, n. A potluck brunch.
>
> 2 --- Elliott 2
>
> Elliott: Of course!  What else *could* it possibly mean?  A portmanteau
> with another portmanteau inside it; a portportmanteau.  Two points.
>
> Jean-Joseph: Will punch be served?"
>
>
> Jean-Joseph
>
> bruck, n. A small saltwater pond located far from the coast.
>
> 3 --- Ranjit 1, Fran 2.
>
> Elliott: Salty pool #1.  "Brackish"?
>
>
> Fran
>
> bruck, n. Corn candy.
>
> 3 --- Jim 2, 1 correct vote
>
> Pierre: I'm guessing this is candy made from corn, as distinct from
> candy corn, which is candy shaped to look like corn kernels.
>
> Jean-Joseph: I think there's a brand of candy corn by the name of
> Brach's, I wonder if that was an influence here.
>
> Jim: 2 points. Going with the simplest-is-best theory!
>
>
> Pierre
>
> bruck, v. In Germany, Denmark, and Sweden, to sort goods that arrive in
> port.
>
> 2 (correct vote).
>
> Jean-Joseph: Seems like it would be easier to sort them before putting
> them on the boat.
>
>
> Jim
>
> bruck, n. A tidal pool that forms only during astronomical low tides.
>
> 3 --- Ranjit 2, 1 correct vote
>
> Elliott: Salty pool #2. "Brackish"?
>
> Jean-Joseph: Interesting that there's a definition that is similar, but
> also quite different from, my own salt pond definition.
>
>
>
>
> -- Eric   |   @GoudyBoldItalic
>
>
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