[Fictionary] TROWAL results

[Ranjit Bhatnagar]

As a believer in the power of imagination, I don't think we should ignore
an imaginary tie-breaker vote in a case like this where it actually broke a
tie! So I say Joshua wins.

- ranjit



On Sat, Jul 9, 2022 at 11:06 PM E Cohen <eac at inbox.com> wrote:

> Sorry for the long delay.
>
> I had not thought y'all would go for the ridiculous meteorological
> acronym, but it was very popular! The "winner" is the real def, the
> tongue of warm air, with six points; it's a tie for the real winner,
> with both Joshua and Ranjit getting five points. If you two believe in
> Hutch's "imaginary tie-breaker point" then Joshua wins, otherwise
> discuss among yourselves.
>
>
> General comments:
>
> Ranjit: I changed my mind 3 or 4 times while assigning points. Nice
> bunch of defs!
>
> Josh: Loved this one.
>
> Pierre: I am discounting anything related to troth or trowing,
> including, of course, my own def.
>
> Jed: I see that I wasn’t the only one whose mind went to marriage. . . .
> I don’t think I believe *any* of these definitions. I’m out of practice!
> (After voting:) The word really looks like a noun to me, but I like
> those adjective defs better.
>
> Hutch: Several people thought of "pledging troth" so I'm not gonna vote
> for any of them. However, since I don't really believe in any of them,
> I'm just voting for the coolest things. :-D
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> Jed
>
> trowal, n. A pledge or promise, as of marriage.
>
> 1 = 1 Josh
>
> Jim: The most straightforward entry, from troth and betrothal. But for
> that very reason I don’t buy it -- Eric wouldn't pick it.
>
>
> Joshua
>
> trowal, n. A ring of underground stakes built around a garden or other
> plot of land to prevent animals from burrowing in.
>
> 5 = 1 Ranjit, 1 Pierre, 1 Jim, 2 Jean-Joseph
>
> Pierre: Rabbits, you have been warrened!
>
> Jim: Nice image.
>
> Hutch: A good idea, but I don't have any points left. Give this one my
> imaginary tie-breaker point.
>
>
> Ranjit
>
> trowal, adj. 1. Flimsy, shoddily built. 2. Better than what is at hand.
>
> 5 = 2 voting for real def, 2 Josh, 1 Jed,
>
>
> Hutch
>
> trowal, n. A large pestle-like tool used to muddle (crush) grapes for
> wine in northwestern Italy and southeastern France; mostly out of use by
> the middle of the 18th century.
>
> 2 = 2 Pierre
>
> Pierre: Two points for muddling grapes.
>
>
> Nicolas
>
> trowal, adj. 1. Romantically involved. 2. (naut.) Overly knotted or tangled
>
> 1 = 1 Linda
>
> Eric: I do enjoy the editorializing.
>
>
> Fran
>
> trowal, n. 1. A marriage contract. 2. The ceremony in which the marriage
> contract is signed by the parents/guardians of the couple who will be
> married.
>
> 4 = 2 voting for real def, 2 Linda
>
> Linda: 2 points for the marriage certificate signing. This is a real
> ceremony in some countries, such as Germany, where some friends of mine
> met as witnesses, fell in love, and later married.  Beatrix and Juergen
> are still married thirty or so years later. With a grown son.
>
> Jim: See my comment about the first entry.
>
>
> Jean-Joseph
>
> trowal, adj. Having imperfect symmetry.
>
> 4 = 1 Fran, 2 Jed, 1 Hutch
>
> Hutch: Almost, but not quite symmetrical. Like most human bodies.
>
>
> Linda
>
> trowal, n. A guard dog.
>
> 1 = 1 Jean-Joseph
>
> Pierre: Any particular breed? A cross between a tesem and a turnebroche?
> Or is this the name of the breed?
>
>
> Pierre
>
> trowal, adj. 1. Prone to beliefs, many of which are false. 2. Opinionated.
>
> 2 = 2 Hutch
>
> Hutch: I think we have a political statement here: 2 points and a "huzzah!"
>
>
> real
>
> TROWAL, n. TROugh of Warm air ALoft, a tongue of warm and moist air
> often associated with heavy and/or prolonged precipitation (ch. Canadian).
>
> 6 = 2 Ranjit, 2 Fran, 2 Jim,
>
> Jim: I’ve seen weirder meteorology acronyms, so I totally buy this one.
> 2 points.
>
>
> Jim
>
> 2 voting for real def
>
>
> -- Eric   |   @GoudyBoldItalic
>
>
>
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