<html>Hey, didn't anyone mention the Harry Potter RR station platform? Can't recall the integers, but the fraction is 3/4. Gotta read the books or watch the movies all over again, but I think it's in the first ones. LInda<BR><BR>---------- Original Message ----------<BR>From: J-J Cote <jjcote@alum.mit.edu><BR>To: fictionary group <fictionary@swarpa.net><BR>Subject: Re: [Fictionary] Yes, Virginia, there is a "shive" (or, The True Meaning of Shive)<BR>Date: Fri, 04 May 2012 18:56:49 -0400<BR><BR>Ooh, tagbacks! Don't know if I've ever done that before.<BR><BR>The real word for the cheap Indian cigarette is "bidi" (spelling varies).<BR><BR>I'm about to hit the road for the weekend myself (and when I come back, <BR>I'll be heading for my first day at a new job, which is an experience <BR>that I haven't really had since about 1991) -- I'll get a new word <BR>candidate out as soon as I can, maybe over the weekend..<BR><BR>Jean-Joseph<BR><BR>On 5/4/2012 1:51 AM, Hutch wrote:<BR>> The winner, by his correct vote is J-J. Back to you, sir!<BR>><BR>> However, based on comments, the most popular fictionition was<BR>> definitely Ranjit's "secret integer".<BR>><BR>> Ballot Results:<BR>><BR>> shive n. 1. A motif consisting of line segments that fit in a circle<BR>> and converge to a point slightly outside the circle. 2. A tool for<BR>> imprinting this motif in leather.<BR>> Pierre Abbat<BR>> 1<BR>> Nicolas: I'm having a hard time picturing the first def, even though<BR>> I like the second def. [Ed. Note: I'm afraid I have a hard time<BR>> picturing the first definition, too.]<BR>> Linda: Is this like a set of hidden eye lashes? Complicated to think<BR>> about, but I was once fond of odd geometric figures in my art work.<BR>> Best one incorporated a conchoid (I was the first to ask Compton's<BR>> Encyclopedia what that was, when I was in HS and I was trying to<BR>> trisect an angle in my geek period) and some lines of the same length<BR>> in a suck-your-eye-in composition. Lost when I gave it to my younger<BR>> brother--who knows what he did with it??? He was much geekier than I<BR>> was. Imaginary one-third point.<BR>> J-J: I can picture this, kind of like a perspective view of a cone.<BR>> What the heck, one point.<BR>><BR>> shive v. To take an alternate route which is longer, but avoids congested areas.<BR>> J-J Cote<BR>> 4 + 2 for a correct guess = 6<BR>> Nicolas: If this is a word, it seems like it would be more Googley.<BR>> [Ed Note: "Googley???"]<BR>> David: Isn't this "commuting"?<BR>> Linda: Sounds right.<BR>> Pierre: Two points. Reminds me of "esquivar".<BR>> J-J: Mine. I can imagine the usage, "Oh, it's going to be slow<BR>> getting through Waterbury, let's take this exit and shive around<BR>> through Naugatuck".<BR>><BR>> shive n The secret integer between five and six, in the esoteric<BR>> novels of T. Tankara Bowe.<BR>> Ranjit Bhatnagar<BR>> 1<BR>> Nicolas: This hurts my brain.<BR>> fictioneric: Holy crap! A very emphatic point. If these novels turn<BR>> out not to exist, I shall insist that the submitter write them. [Ed.<BR>> Note: I agree! Ranjit, I think you've got your work cut out for you.<BR>> :-) ]<BR>> Linda: What else did Bowe write? Linda PS five and a half imaginary points<BR>> Pierre: That's "bleem", which has the approximate value 5.dccbeaf in decimal.<BR>> J-J: Not to be confuse with "fhix", which is the name of this integer<BR>> in Bowe's more pedestrian works. (Gotta be Elliott, right?)<BR>><BR>> shive v. To annoint with oil before a death or a coronation.<BR>> Linda F Owens<BR>> 3 + 1 for correct guess = 4<BR>> Nicolas: For some reason I like the verbal image of "shiving with<BR>> nard" (see Matthew 26). 2 points.<BR>> David: Shrive award.<BR>> fictioneric: Shrive<BR>> J-J: Anointing before death? Hmm, sounds like somebody is in<BR>> possession of some ominous information ...<BR>> Jim: 1 point<BR>><BR>> shive v. To move quarried stone with log rollers.<BR>> Nicolas Ward<BR>> 5<BR>> Nicolas: Mine.<BR>> David: 1 point<BR>> fictioneric: Two points. I choose this old-timey def.<BR>> Linda: My husband David has used rollers to move stuff, so I will<BR>> give this 2 points.<BR>> J-J: Almost voted for this. Seems like it needs a word, and I'm not<BR>> aware of one.<BR>><BR>> shive n. 1. A cigarette of Indian tobacco. 2. Any cheap or low-quality<BR>> cigarette.<BR>> fictioneric<BR>> 5<BR>> Nicolas: This seems likely to be real. 1 point.<BR>> David: 2 points<BR>> Linda: Using shag tobacco? Linda do not give points for<BR>> tobacco-related defs. Parents were chain smokers.<BR>> Pierre: One point.<BR>> J-J: I've seen a word for these, but I can't remember what it is. I<BR>> don't think this was it, though.<BR>><BR>> shive v. To steal saplings from an orchard.<BR>> David Randall<BR>> 0<BR>> Nicolas: I imagine Johnny Appleseed's nemesis was a shiver.<BR>> Linda: Nick? Pinch? Linda PS One-stolen apple sapling in bloom<BR>> J-J: Scrumping isn't aggressive enough for you? Try shiving!<BR>><BR>> shive n. A broad bung hammered into a hole in the top of a cask when<BR>> the cask has been filled.<BR>> Oxford Dictionary<BR>> 5<BR>> Nicolas: Does a bung function differently whether or not the cask is full?<BR>> Linda: Brave last position. 1 point. Linda<BR>> J-J: Beermaking word. Sounds like something Hutch would know about.<BR>> Two points. [Ed. Note: In fact, I didn't even think about that … and<BR>> did not, in fact, know the word before I went looking for a word for<BR>> this round. *LOL*]<BR>> Jim: 2 points<BR>> Hutch: The Oxford definition included the derivation: [ME sheave:<BR>> 'slice' (of bread), later 'piece of split wood']. I left it out to<BR>> make it fit in better since no one had included a derivation with<BR>> their fictionition.<BR>><BR>> Some Additional Stuff:<BR>><BR>> Two people included joke definitions. I didn't include them with the<BR>> ballot because ...<BR>><BR>> Linda: shive v. Australian Outback slang for removing hair from the<BR>> face, underarms, legs, or head with a razor.<BR>> J-J: shive interj. [from _God's apiary_] Used to express anger,<BR>> surprise, or indignation.<BR>><BR>> ... ANOTHER of you requested the meaning of the OTHER word, which I<BR>> had stated no one had gotten correct. However, the reason I selected<BR>> "shive" rather than "spile" was because I noticed after sending that<BR>> email what I had missed before: the North American meaning, which<BR>> everyone who had known the word had known correctly. I didn't want the<BR>> real definition of "spile" to point people toward the real definition<BR>> of "shive". When I selected them, I didn't think about the fact that<BR>> their meanings (British meanings, at any rate) are fairly similar.<BR>><BR>> Oxford Dictionary:<BR>> spile n. 1 a small wooden peg or spigot for stopping a cask. (North<BR>> American) a small wooden or metal spout for tapping the sap from a<BR>> sugar maple.<BR>> 2 a large, heavy timber driven into the ground to support<BR>> a superstructure.<BR>> v. [with object] chiefly US or dialect broach (a cask) with a<BR>> peg in order to draw off liquid.<BR>> Origin: early 16th century: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German,<BR>> 'wooden peg'; in spile (sense 2 of the noun) apparently an alteration<BR>> of pile<BR>><BR>> And now I believe it's time to go relax for a couple of weeks.<BR>> aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!<BR>> BB,<BR>> Hutch<BR>><BR>> -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----<BR>> Version: 3.1<BR>> GCM/S d+>- s+:+ a++ C+++$ ULAC>$ P+ L+ !E W++$<BR>> N+ o K? w++++/--$ O? M- V? PS+ PE/- Y PGP- t++ 5?<BR>> X-- R !tv? b++++>$ DI++++ D G+> e++ h+ r--?* y++><BR>> ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------<BR>></html>
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