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Well, it's like this...two weeks ago my computer tanked, and a lot of
stuff got disappeared, even though the techs here had assured me that
everything was thoroughly backed up. SOME things were backed up,
and others weren't. Among the lost: my records of who sent which
definitions!!!<br><br>
So, now we have the results of the voting, but the winners will have to
proclaim themselves, and we'll all have to believe them (or make
counter-claims).<br><br>
Here's the results: Half of you saw right through my White-banded
Wolf Snake, leaving the rest to scramble for the remaining 20
points...but there is a three-way tie at the top! What's the
official way to deal with that?<br><br>
I am VERY sorry not to have done better here!<br><br>
judith, also trying to deal with getting my publication out this week
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<i>Septentrionalis: </i>Literally,<i> </i>seven plow oxen, now used as
the Linnean name, <i>Dinodon septentrionalis, </i>of the<i>
</i>White-banded Wolf Snake<b>.<br>
</b>Origin: A Latin word indicating the seven stars of Ursa Major
or Minor.<br>
NINE POINTS<br>
<b>Jim Moskowitz:</b> 2 points <br>
<b>Nicolas Ward:</b> 2 points. Specific and to the point!<br>
<b>Kir Talmage: </b>Oxen? Snakes? Bears? O my!<br>
<b>Pierre Abbat:</b> Two points for explaining what
"septen-" has to do with north.<br>
<b>Jean-Joseph Cote:</b> Sounds good to me. Two points.<br>
<b>Ranjit Bhatnagar: </b>Ohh, seven stars pointing to North Star would
explain the northerly<br>
connection. 1 point for clearing that up for me (whether or not
it's true)<br>
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Septentrionalis, adj. Admitting of no appeal. <br>
Origin: Referring to the seventh diocese of Bithynia in which, due to an
error in the administrative structure deriving from the Augustan
settlement, decisions of diocesan judges were not subject to review or
reversal by the provincial propraetor.<br>
FOUR POINTS<br>
<b>David Randall:</b> 1 point, and admiration.<br>
<b>Kir Talmage:</b> 1 pt for no good reason. <br>
<b>Jean-Joseph Cote: </b>Elliott? maybe?<br>
<b>Ranjit Bhatnagar:</b> That's a mighty roundabout way to get a
meaning. 2 points!<br>
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Septentrionalis - n. - The heresy of combining Christian teachings with
pagan or naturist beliefs.<br>
Origin:[sept, seven] + [trio, three], in reference to the seven planets
(Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) and the Holy Trinity
(Father, Son, Holy Spirit).<br>
FOUR POINTS<br>
<b>Nicolas Ward: </b>1 point for theological arcanery.<br>
<b>lindafowens: </b>I vote 2 points for the heresy, as I combine all
sorts of knowledge and spirituality, it's all good! <br>
<b>Pierre Abbat</b>: One point for the most plausible non-north
def.<br>
<b>Jean-Joseph Cote:</b> I would have thought that the
"trio" slipped in there accidentally, rather than meaning
"three"<br>
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Septentrionalis, n. Wood of the Scots pine grown in Scandinavia.<br>
Origin: Former species name <i>Pinus septentrionalis</i>, now identified
with <i>P. sylvestris</i>, from Latin septentrionalis, northern.)<br>
FOUR POINTS<br>
<b>David Randall:</b> 2 points<br>
<b>Eric</b>: Two points, because it is less ridiculous than
some.<br>
<b>Kir Talmage</b>: But why the wood? Why not just the tree?<br>
<b>Jean-Joseph Cote</b>: Is there really another Latin word for
"northern" besides "boreal"?<br>
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Septentrionalis (n.) - the Seven-Bladed Windbreaker, a fetish object used
in Subgenius rituals. <br>
Origin: [Coined by I. Stang ca. 1980.] "I hold the
septentrionalis; the wheels that turn are behind me; I think backwards! I
do it for fun! " --The Brag of the Subgenius<br>
THREE POINTS<br>
<b>Jim Moskowitz</b>: “Ah, Elliott! Still submitting letters
to the editor of _The_Stark_Fist_of_Removal_, are we?”<br>
<b>Kir Talmage</b>: 2 pts for silliness!<br>
<b>Jean-Joseph Cote</b>: I like the quote. Seems fitting for
Uncle Whatsisname, but I didn't even know they had rituals. I guess
if you're going to go to the trouble of setting up an ersatz religion,
somebody will have fun creating rituals for it. What the heck, I'll
give it my one-point vote for amusement.<br>
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Septentrionalis - n. - a tendency to drift to the north.<br>
Origin: Latin <i>septentrion</i>, north<br>
THREE POINTS<br>
<b>Nicolas Ward</b>: 2 points. Specific and to the point!<br>
<b>Eric</b>: One point, because I have run out of defs that are not
ridiculous.<br>
<b>Jean-Joseph Cote</b>: Oh. Maybe there is another Latin
word besides "boreal", or why would two of the defs have
it? But then, I went for the Big Dipper definition, and that seems
awfully northern as well. Aargh...<br>
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Septentrionalis - n. - the seven basic forms of infection as
identified and described by Paracelsus.<br>
TWO POINTS<br>
<b>Jim Moskowitz</b>: 1 point<br>
<b>lindafowens</b>: Or I pick out what I think is good, at
least. 1 point for the seven infections, which I hope we can all
avoid as much as possible. <br>
<b>Pierre Abbat</b>: Aroph award.<br>
<b>Jean-Joseph Cote</b>: So, you're supposed to think, "wait,
is that sept- as in seven, or sept- as in infection?" Mine, in
any case.<br>
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Septentrionalis, 1) Originally applied to the seventh tier in
a Colosseum or Circus viewing area. 2) In biology, used to designate the
seventh row of teeth on a shark. 3) Occasionally used to describe
parts of machinery with complicated sets of gear teeth, or gears on a
bicycle, specifically on Habanero and Shark II mountain bikes. <br>
Origin: from Latin, meaning "of the seventh row"<br>
NO POINTS<br>
<b>Pierre Abbat</b>: As I remember it, shark teeth grow in columns,
but they aren't synchronized, so the seventh row doesn't make sense.<br>
<b>Jean-Joseph Cote</b>: Are there bikes with more complicated
gears that would merit a slang term like this? I'm actually
professionally concerned with bicycle gear trains, and though I easily
could have missed something, I'm not aware of this.<br>
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Editor
Phone: 401-863-2511<br>
Laboratory Primate Newsletter FAX: 401-863-1300<br>
Box 1853, Brown University e-mail:
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<div>Judith E. Schrier,
Editor
Phone: 401-863-2511</div>
<div>Laboratory Primate Newsletter FAX:
401-863-1300</div>
<div>Box 1853, Brown University
e-mail: primate@brown.edu</div>
Providence, RI
02912
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