[Fictionary] TROWAL results

[David Randall]

Nifty! We’re away from home, but I’ll get Joshua to send in a possible word within a few days.

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> On Jul 10, 2022, at 5:55 PM, Ranjit Bhatnagar <ranjit at moonmilk.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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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