<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Each word got at least two points. Only two definitions got more than two points and they were in a dead heat until Jean-Joseph picked the right word: the only voter to do so.<br><br></div>And with that, Jean-Joseph's interjection slips ahead of Pierre's "anorthogonal" for the win.<br><br></div>J-J, take it away!<br clear="all"><div><div><div><br>BB,<div><div>Hutch</div><div> </div><div>-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----</div><div>Version: 3.1</div><div>GCM/S d+>- s+:+ a++ C+++$ ULAC>$ P+ L+ !E W++$</div><div>N+ o K? w++++/--$ O? M- V? PS+ PE/- Y PGP- t++ 5?</div><div>X-- R !tv? b++++>$ DI++++ D G+> e++ h+ r--?* y++></div><div>------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------<br><br>==========================================<br><br>murklins - conj. - [Radnorshire dial.] without<br>by David Randall - 2 points<br>Ranjit Bhatnagar: 2<br>Nicolas Ward: Where's Radnorshire?<br>David Randall: Everyone knows that in Radnorshire it is <i>marklins</i>.<br>J-J Cote: Conjunction! Kudos for a daring part of speech. But just kudos.<br>Pierre Abbat: The only language I know of which has a conjunction for "without" is Lojban. The preposition is "secau", and any preposition can be used as a conjunction by putting it in "i ... bo", thus "isecaubo".<br><br>murklins - adv. - In the view of some hearers, offensive to assert, and simultaneously, in the view of others, offensive to deny; e.g., "The Spratly Islands are murklins a part of the People's Republic of China".<br>by eLLioTT morEton - 2 points<br>Nicolas Ward: I kinda want to start using this one...<br>David Randall: 2 points, and the Metternich-Bretwalda award. [Ed. Note: I get the "Bel Riose" reference, but what does "<i>apres moi le deluge</i>" have to do with Egbert?]<br>J-J Cote: Adverb! Likewise.<br>Pierre Abbat: And in the view of the Australians, not worth the plastic the paper money is printed on.<br><br>murklins - adj. - 1) Bonkers, as in the chaos created by the two-year old twins was murklins. 2) Making a mistake in cribbage, as in the new player didn't add up his points correctly, so his score was murkllns or nullified. Liverpool dialect.<br>by Linda F. Owens - 2 points<br>Nicolas Ward: 1 point for cribbage. Will I get skunked?<br>J-J Cote: Hmm, the second one doesn't quite make sense. Is murklins what you are when you screw up, or is it the retaliation?<br>Pierre Abbat: 1<br><br>murklins - adv. - In a tilted or anorthogonal manner. Said of buildings or walls. (The house I live in was built murklins.)<br>by Pierre Abbat - 6 points<br>Linda F Owens: 2 points for anorthagonal, because one of my sons, who used to work with dry-wall, complained of the way shoddy builders aligned walls badly, expecting him to fix the look<br>Nicolas Ward: 2 points for sounding somehow realistic.<br>Fran Poodry: 2<br>J-J Cote: This is probably right, but it feels like it's being shoehorned into an adverbial box when it seems more adjectival.<br><br>murklins - adj. - in the dark<br>by The Phrontistery - Compendium of Lost Words - F-M - 2 points<br>Nicolas Ward: Tempting...<br>David Randall: In the land of Murklins, where the shadows lie.<br>J-J Cote: 2 Despite the fact that it seems so close to "murky", I'm giving this one two points.<br>Pierre Abbat: Murky<br>[Ed. Note: Oddly, I didn't connect it to "murk" until several days after I had sent it out.]<br><br>murklins - interj. - Expression of dread at the anticipated success of an underling.<br>by Jean-Joseph Cote - 5 points + 2 for correct vote = 7<br>Ranjit Bhatnagar: 1<br>Nicolas Ward: Heavens to murklins!<br>Fran Poodry: 1<br>David Randall: 1 point, and the Bel Riose award.<br>J-J Cote: Mine. I'm just picturing some hapless villain muttering, "Murklins! Now my minion will want a pay increase!"<br>Pierre Abbat: 2<br><br>murklins - v. - To overclean, causing damage.<br>by Nicolas Ward - 2 points<br>Linda F Owens: one point for over-cleaning, what my one of my daughters-in-law does.<br>J-J Cote: The one-point runner-up, even though I can't make a sentence with it that doesn't sound totally weird.<br><br></div></div>
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