[Fictionary] GALLY results

[Fran Poodry]

GALLY results


Jim wins with 7 points, since I didn't count his 1-point vote for himself.
Jean-Joseph avoided this problem and checked his sent messages - and earned
6 points to tie with Merriam-Webster.com for second place.

-Fran

gally, v. to inscribe a possession with a name or other identifying
information as proof of ownership

-Ranjit, 0

“Overthinking this: Fran was excited by the fact that there were verbs,
suggesting that just maybe the word isn't really a verb. So for no other
reason, I'll throw out this verb.” - Jean Joseph

gally, n. a Hungarian plant, Feketefeheria sopronensis, in the family
Aristolochiaceae, used in folk medicine.

-Pierre, 2

2 points, correct guess

“No plants/animals. (And plants don't have nationalities.) (And what kind
of plant?) (And the word doesn't look particularly Hungarian to me.)” -
Jean-Joseph

gally, n. a perch with a vertical scrim beneath it, used in falconry.

-Jim, 7

2 points, Ranjit

2 points, Joshua

2 points, Jean-Joseph “This looks way too much like the kind of definition
that someone would make up. But also the kind of word someone would choose
if she stumbled across it. So for that reason, plus the process of
elimination, Two Points!”

1 point, Pierre ”One point and the yarak award. Can you have a bass with a
scrim beneath it?”

Also Jim gave himself 1 point, but I am not counting it. “1 point, though I
don’t remember coming across it when I was looking at falconry terms in
preparation for the YARAK round.”

gally, v. frighten, terrify

-“Gally.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 6

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gally. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.

1 point, Hutch “I like it”

1 point, Eric “Not clearly wrong”

1 point, Jean-Joseph “Just the sort of ordinary definition that is often
real. But it loses the coin toss because of verbiness. One Point!”

2 points, Pierre

1 point, Wesley

gally, n. a small, sharpened awl, used to create eyelets or perforation
vents in leather shoes or sneakers.

-Joshua, 2

2 points, Wesley

“As opposed to the dull awls that are used for all other purposes?” -
Jean-Joseph

gally, adj. of paint, fractured by a network of small cracks.

-Eric, 3

2 points, David

1 point, correct guess

“I think I've seen a word for this, but I don't think it was ‘gally’.” -
Jean-Joseph

gally, n. a silk and ivory flywhisk.

-David, 2

1 point, Ranjit

1 point, Joshua

“It's so tempting to look up whether a "flywhisk" is really a thing. And
I'm imagining someone needing one, and being delighted upon being presented
with a gally, instead of some pedestrian version made of willow and linen.
And I'm wondering whether this is just a flyswatter and the fancy ivory and
silk is still just going to smoosh a bug.” - Jean-Joseph

This made me think of the Daoist horsetail whisk:
https://daoistgate.com/understanding-the-horsetail-whisk/ - Fran

gally, adj. comfortable; just right. Likely shortened from "Goldilocks"
circa 1850.

-Nick, 2

2 points, Jim “2 points for the awesome origin story”

“Would have gotten points, but for the derivation.” -Eric

“In Swedish there's a word "lagom" that pretty much has this meaning.” -
Jean-Joseph

gally, n. swagger, insolence.

-Jean-Joseph, 6

2 points, Hutch “I can see this noun getting verbed as well.”

1 point, David

2 points, Eric

1 point, correct guess

“I wonder if I would have voted for this if I hadn't gone through my Sent
messages and found out that it was mine.” -Jean-Joseph

Hutch and Wesley, though they did not submit definitions, get 1 point each
for guessing correctly.


On Sun, Jan 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM Fran Poodry <fpoodry at gmail.com> wrote:

> Don’t forget to vote on GALLY fictionitions!
> I’ll try to tally these up over my lunch on Monday.
> -Fran
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM Fran Poodry <fpoodry at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Please send 1-point and 2-point votes by the morning of January 13.
>> I'm excited that there are two verbs and two adjectives among the usual
>> collection of nouns!
>> -Fran
>>
>> GALLY
>>
>> gally, v. to inscribe a possession with a name or other identifying
>> information as proof of ownership
>>
>> gally, n. a Hungarian plant, Feketefeheria sopronensis, in the family
>>
>> Aristolochiaceae, used in folk medicine.
>>
>> gally, n. a perch with a vertical scrim beneath it, used in falconry.
>>
>> gally, v. frighten, terrify
>>
>> gally, n. a small, sharpened awl, used to create eyelets or perforation
>> vents in leather shoes or sneakers.
>>
>> gally, adj. of paint, fractured by a network of small cracks.
>>
>> gally, n. a silk and ivory flywhisk.
>>
>> gally, adj. comfortable; just right. Likely shortened from "Goldilocks"
>> circa 1850.
>>
>> gally, n. swagger, insolence.
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Fran Poodry (she/her)*
>> *Oregon, USA*
>>
>>
>>
>> *“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” ― Margaret
>> Mead <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/61107.Margaret_Mead>*
>>
>

-- 
*Fran Poodry (she/her)*
*Oregon, USA*



*“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” ― Margaret Mead
<http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/61107.Margaret_Mead>*
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