[Fictionary] GALLY results

[J-J Cote]

So, looking it up afterwards (and probably news to nobody but me), a
flywhisk is totally a thing, they're used primarily to shoo flies away
rather than to swat them, and they're often ceremonial, so one made of
ivory and silk would totally make sense.

Jean-Joseph

On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 2:54 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> *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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