[Fictionary] CAXON ballot (due 2/14) -- Eric wins!

[Hutch]

I don't remember the real definition ever winning before. I assume it
probably has, but I don't remember it happening.

On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 5:48 PM eLLioTT morEton <em at swarpa.net> wrote:

> Dear Fictionary,
>
> With all counties now reporting, the winner is Eric's urn plinth, with 6
> points.  The OED's definition garnered even more votes, for a variety of
> reasons, but it can't play, so haul it away, Eric!
>

I'm still trying to figure out how a wig and a collection of ore could be
related???


> ________________________________________________________________________
> caxon, n.  1.  A kind of wig, now obsolete.  2.  A case or chest of ores
> prepared to be refined.
> __OED
>
> 8 points = Jim 2 + Jean-Joseph 2 + Pierre 2 + Eric 2
>
> Jim:  2 points, because this sounds like the kind of double-definition
> word Elliott would choose.
>
> Jean-Joseph:  Two seemingly unrelated definitions, the second of which
> sounds distinctly odd. Makes me suspicious enough to award two points.
>
> Pierre:  Two points. This sounds most likely to be real.
>
> Eric:  I like how the definitions are so disparate. Two points.
>
> Hutch:  I'm trying to figure out how a wig could be related to a chest of
> ores. I
> suspect I'm missing someone's joke.
>


BB,
Hutch

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