<div dir="ltr">I can volunteer to run one, I have a bunch of words stored up for the purpose.<div><br></div><div>Matt</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 11:02 AM, <a href="mailto:lindafowens@netzero.com">lindafowens@netzero.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lindafowens@netzero.com" target="_blank">lindafowens@netzero.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>ANTWACKY BALLOT--Responses and Answers Revealed------- Lucky Thirteen ----- May, 2014</div><div>The words look preposterous, and so do most of the definitions. Excellent! JJ</div>
<div>Lots of people focused on the “wacky” part of the word. Y’all are very silly people. I’m surprised to see so few adjectives. Jim </div><div>It feels like this should be an adjective (now that I have submitted my noun fiction-ition), so that’s the way I’m voting. Hutch</div>
<div>This word attracted a very clever and diverse set of defs. Elliott</div><div>1)<span> </span>antwacky, n. (fr. Hungarian Midwestern Dial.) – A member of a crime syndicate employed by a union to enforce a picket line during a strike.</div>
<div>David Randall, one point from JC Ravage</div><div>I know only a little Hungarian, but this doesn’t look Hungarian to me. JJ</div><div>Whack. Elliott</div><div>2)<span> </span>antwacky, n. A boat used by sponge divers in the Adam’s Bridge area.</div>
<div>Pierre, One point.</div><div>Doesn’t really sound Tamil. Matt.</div><div>One point. David Randall</div><div>3)<span> </span>Antwacky: an acknowledgment of a receipt of a paper for submission to a Belgian academic journal.</div>
<div>David Van Stone. 0 points.</div><div>Antwerp plus…Acknowledgement? Elliott<br> Ah, yes, the Antwerp –Acknowledgement. JJ</div><div>4)<span> </span>antwacky, n. A sticky paste used to affix ribbons to maypoles.</div>
<div>Nicolas, 2 points. </div><div>One from Pierre.</div><div>Works much better than non-sticky varieties of paste. JJ</div><div>Tacky. I love this idea. Elliott</div><div>5)<span> </span>antwacky, n. an abbreviated symphony performed outdoors in inclement weather.</div>
<div>Jean-Joseph, 1 point for correct answer.</div><div>6)<span> </span>antwacky, n. sticky toffee fudge.</div><div>Ranjit, 2 points, including one for correct guess. </div><div>That’s what the girl behind the counter claimed, but it was really just maypole paste that had been sitting around for too long. JJ</div>
<div>Tacky. Elliott</div><div>One point for most believable. Nicolas</div><div>7)<span> </span>antwacky, n. Debris flung from a crashed wagon and therefore forfeit to the Crown.</div><div>There must also be word for the goods tossed out before the crash in an attempt to prevent the wreck. JJ Jettison? Linda</div>
<div>JC Ravage, 2 points for correct guess.</div><div>Afflatus award! Jim</div><div>In other words, the government is stuck with the cleanup? Elliott</div><div>8)<span> </span>antwacky (n, colloq.) That state of agitation of a housecat when it races about the house</div>
<div>apparently without external reason.</div><div>Fran, 4 points.</div><div>Normal behavior for cats, as far as I know. Except the ones that don’t move at all. JJ. </div><div>Linda—I have had two such cats, at least. </div>
<div>2 points. Jim</div><div>Antsy plus wacky. I like this one but out of points. Elliott</div><div>9)<span> </span>antwacky, adj. old-fashioned, out-of-date. High Scorer: 10 points: 2 each from Elliott, Hutch, Matt, and JC Ravage; one each from Ranjit and JJ.</div>
<div> </div><div>Correct Definition from Internet Site: <em>edX: 64 Slang words and phrases you will only understand</em> <em>if you’re from the north of England.</em> From deliberate mispronunciation of “antique” (Liverpool).</div>
<div>A funny pronunciation of ‘antique’? Ranjit. 1 point.</div><div>Some kind of a corruption of “antique-y”, perhaps? Good for one point. JJ </div><div>Antique. Yeah, this sounds plausible. Two points. Elliott</div>
<div>One point for the adjective. David Van Stone </div><div>10)<span> </span>antwacky, n. 1) Polka derby, a sport in which points are scored by colliding with other couples and knocking them down. 2) Music fit for this purpose.</div>
<div>Elliott, 5 points, including 2 points for correct guess. </div><div>Another game we’ll need to play at the Fictionary picnic. JJ</div><div>One point for great whimsy. Jim.</div><div>2 points, and I’d like to request a polka version of <em>Yakety Sax.</em> Ranjit. </div>
<div>Whack. The 19<sup>th</sup> Century didn’t have mosh pits yet, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t have fun! Elliott</div><div>11)<span> </span>antwacky, n. [from “Thackaray’s Combination Shovel”, a two-headed shovel manufactured briefly in the 1830’s] a combination of two things into one (e.g. a spork).</div>
<div>Hutch, 2 points for correct guess.</div><div>Honorable mention. Jim</div><div>At first I thought Combination Shovel was supposed to be the title of a book, but then I noticed how Thackaray was spelled. Elliott</div>
<div>Isn’t this a dinglehopper? Nicolas</div><div>12)<span> </span>antwacky, n. A song in a musical which has no connection to the plot.</div><div>Jim: 5 points: 2 each from David R and Nicolas; one point from Hutch.</div>
<div>1 point—I don’t know if this has a word, but I want it to. Matt</div><div>Wacky. This definitely needs a word, but I am out of points. Elliott</div><div>2 points for my past life dealing with these insertions in Sondheim and G&S. Nicolas</div>
<div>13)<span> </span>antwacky, adj. Strongly bound together.</div><div>Matt: 5 points: 2 points for correct answer, one point from Hutch, and 2 points from JJ.</div><div>Probably some weird physics term. Two points. JJ</div>
<div>Tacky. Is this a physics word? Elliott.</div><div>One point for the adjective, David Van Stone</div><div> </div><div>Yikes! WE have a three-way tie among Elliott, Jim, and Matt! </div>
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