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I do like it when the definitions are so fine that everyone gets votes,
and everyone gets at least two points, and that's what happened here.
In a surprising twist, the ballots received in the last day brought
Melissa's tattered lace definition from zero points up to a winning
six, past Elliott's cantilevered dormer and Eric's turkey in need of
tissues. Thus, for the first time in nearly four years, I'm pleased to
be able to say, "Take it away, Melissa!".<br>
<br>
General comment -- <br>
Elliott: This one definitely has that Commonwealth ring to it. I
contemplated sending a def along the lines of "a mucilagenous
confection of golden syrup, lard, wool, and eggs, esteemed as a
delicacy in the United Kingdom, where it is customarily served
alongside toad-in-the-hole and Spotted Dick", but decided not to for
fear that someone else would do the same.
<br>
[Wool? In food?]<br>
<br>
snottygobble - adj. - Humorously aghast.
<br>
>From Ranjit. Hutch 2 = total 2<br>
Hutch: Given that the word picker is you, J-J, I'm extremely tempted by
this
adjective definition: 2 points
<br>
Nora: He was snottygobble at the sight of the male chihuahua mating
with the female rottweilerl.<br>
<br>
snottygobble - n. - Intentionally tattered lace used as an overlay.
<br>
from Melissa. Judith 2, Elliott 2, Amy 2 = total 6<br>
Elliott: Lovely! Two points: one for non-obviousity, and the other
for plausibility.
Nothing else comes close; they're either obviously not meant seriously,
or are outright preposterous.<br>
Nora: We'll have to make more snottygobble to use on this tablecloth<br>
<br>
snottygobble - n. - (Northumbrian slang) The upper-class British
accent.
<br>
from Hutch. Ranjit 2, Nora 2 = total 4<br>
Linda: honorable mention<br>
Ranjit: Surely not, but... 2 pts anyway!
<br>
Nora: This gets my 2 votes. I think it's the funniest, and I could see
the lower-class making up a slang term for the snottygobble accent,
although I think it works better as a verb: And then Lady Martha
snottygobbled at me, "Young woman, this fish inferior. I won't pay more
than 2 bits for it.' To which I replied, "I wonders your ladyship'd buy
it't all ifin it's so inferior! hahahaha!"
<br>
<br>
snottygobble - n. - Excessive conversation on a subject of minor
importance.
<br>
from Jim. Eric 1, Pierre 2 = total 3<br>
Hutch: I suspect that this might be the real definition, but I've got
no more
points. Give it my hypothetical tie-breaker point.
<br>
Eric: One point, because . . . because nothing else sounds <b
class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>more<span
class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b> plausible.
<br>
Nora: The Daily Mirror inspires to much snottygobble among the members
of the populace.
<br>
<br>
snottygobble - n. - A local name used in Cornwall for the hagfish
Eptatretus millerii.
<br>
from Pierre. Amy 1, guess 1 = total 2<br>
Ranjit: Tasty AND mucus-covered!
<br>
Nora: Lady Martha went to the market to buy snottygobble, but only
found inferior quality cod.<br>
<br>
snottygobble - n. - (Slang) A really fancy dinner put on by the
Washington DC elite.
<br>
from Judith. Linda 1, guess 1 = total 2<br>
Hutch: "[R]eally fancy dinner" just doesn't sound believable as a
dictionary definition
<br>
Nora: The Inaugural Ball is the biggest snottygobble of theyear.<br>
<br>
snottygobble - n. - A cantilevered dormer overlooking the main
entrance to a house, with windows in the floor to allow scrutiny of
callers.
<br>
from Elliott. Jim 1, David 2, Eric 2 = total 5<br>
Jim: Isn't this why Ben Franklin invented the Busybody? But 1 point,
for inventiveness.
<br>
Eric: Two points, because I like it when architecture words sound
funny.
<br>
Pierre: Reminds me of "machicolation".<br>
Nora: The snottygobble is very much like the Philadelphia busybody.<br>
<br>
snottygobble - n. - Any of several bushes or small trees of the family
Proteaceae (Persoonia spp.) endemic to Australia. Also known as
"geebung" in the eastern states.
<br>
Real meaning, wording assembled by me from various sources (including
Wikipedia). In retrospect, I should have said "shrubs" instead of
"bushes". David 1, Judith 1, Pierre 1 = total 3<br>
Nora: Look for snottygobble in the bush, and you will not be far from
sources of water.<br>
Elliott: (After looking it up:) Nice. Wikipedia doesn't explain the
etymology, and the word isn't in the OED yet. There doesn't seem to be
anything snot-like about it, alas.
"SNOTTYGOBBLE -- It Holds Stiff Peaks!"
<br>
[I wasn't able to find anything definitive about the etymology,
although it does apparently have some small, gooey fruits about the
size of jellybeans, although there's a bit of confusion because there's
also an unrelated vine that is known in some part of Australia as
snottygobble, and it also has some kind of edible fruits. I think.]<br>
<br>
snottygobble - n. - (Aust. dial.) A shearer who works for a squatter
(Australian land magnate) whose regular shearers are on strike; i.e., a
pastoral strike-breaker or black-leg.<br>
from David. Ranjit 1, Elliott 1, Nora 1, guess 1 = total 4<br>
Jim: Wins the Elliott Moreton for sounding more like the dictionary
than the dictionary.
<br>
Hutch: "[A] pastoral black-leg"? Good fun!
<br>
Ranjit: there may be two australia defs but i'll give this a point
anyway.
<br>
Nora: This gets my one vote! Those rotten snottygobbles are taking our
jobs for practically no wages.<br>
[I'll point out that David had submitted this exact same definition for
"jaggery".]<br>
<br>
snottygobble - n. - In the typical absence of seroconversion or
symptomatic illness, the only diagnostic sign of avian influenza
infection, HPAI A(H5N1), in the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo).<br>
from Eric. Jim 2, Hutch 1, Linda 2 = total 5<br>
Eric: Well, it's a hard word to define! Without being crude or
ridiculous. (My def is both crude and ridiculous.)
<br>
Jim: So this gets my two points, on the assumption that the word
appeared in a newspaper article on avian flu and made Jean-Joseph go,
"I have to use this for fictionary someday!"
<br>
Hutch: The 'turkey sneeze' isn't <b class="moz-txt-star"><span
class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>really<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b>
believable, but it's so funny it
has to earn a point: 1 point
<br>
Ranjit: heheh, I know where this came from. (ew)
<br>
Pierre: Snottygobble sounds like a symptom, whereas seroconversion
sounds like a sign. I think snottygobble would be more noticeable than
seroconversion.
<br>
Nora: I saw a flock of snottygobbles crossing Peter's Run Road on my
way home today. This sounds like it was submitted by Ranjit. <span
class="moz-smiley-s3"><span> ;-) </span></span>
<br>
<br>
Jean-Joseph<br>
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