[Fictionary] LOOF results

[Pierre Abbat]

On Friday, July 21, 2023 1:34:36 PM EDT Fran Poodry wrote:
> loof, v., To oscillate in torsion, as a strap in wind.
> 
> PIERRE, 6 points
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> 2 - Ranjit
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> 2 - Hutch
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> 2 - Correct answer
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> Like when the bridge starts twisting in that old film of the Tacoma Narrows
> Bridge? - Fran

Yes, though I was thinking of a truck carrying freight secured with straps 
going down the highway.

> Luff sighting. -Eric

I was thinking of "luff".

> loof, n., 1. (chiefly Scot.) The palm of the hand.  2. (nautical) The
> tapering of a hull toward the stern.

I looked up the word afterward and found that I had seen it before (Falkon 
completed the URL) but had forgotten what it meant and forgotten doing so. 
Apparently I looked up "glove", which is etymologically "ge-loof". I voted for 
this because the disparity reminded me of "creem" and "caxon".

Pierre
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