[Fictionary] GALLY results

[Jim Moskowitz]

Wow, my face is red! I had completely forgotten that that suspicious falconry submission was *my* suspicious falconry submission.   o.O

I’ll think about what word, or what sort of variety round, I want to run next.

-Jim


> On Jan 13, 2025, at 2:35 PM, Fran Poodry <fpoodry at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
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> Fran Poodry (she/her)
> Oregon, USA
> 
> “Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” 
> ― Margaret Mead
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> -- 
> Fran Poodry (she/her)
> Oregon, USA
> 
> “Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” 
> ― Margaret Mead