<div dir="ltr">And the winner is-----Hutch, with 5 points. He had 4 points like Ranjit, but he also guessed the dictionary definition, putting him over the top! Woohoo! You are the new Fictionary Maestro, Hutch!<div><br></div><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">woopie, n. 1) The hollow in a swamp formed by an alligator
regularly using the same spot as a hunting lair 2) The slightly raised hummock
in a swamp, holding an alligator nest</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">By Hutch: 5 points; 4 points plus 1 for guessing the dictionary<br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ranjit: 2 alligator points</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jean-Joseph: Do really they build things like beaver
lodges? I'm giving this the hairy
eyeball because the two definitions seem so opposite to one another.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">David: 1 point</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pierre: 1 point</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hutch: Mine! I asked all my co-workers to suggest possibilities.
Somebody came up with something to do with "mudpies" (a woopie is a
very large mudpie?). Somebody else suggested that it have something to do with
"alligators". Apparently some body on some reality show about swamps
shouts something like "woopie" when he is about to kill/capture/see
(???) an alligator. The fictionition above was the result of combining mudpies
and alligators.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">woopie, n. A pastry served at an engagement party</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">By Pierre</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hutch: a "woo pie"? That's where I started going
at first.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">woopie, n. A really big goof</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">By Linda</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hutch: a "whoopsie"?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">woopie, n. An affluent retiree</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">From Oxford Dictionary: 2 points</p><p class="MsoNormal">Definition: An affluent retired person able to pursue
an active lifestyle; from the acronym of Well-Off Older Person</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jean-Joseph: One points.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hutch: Although I have no idea why there would be a
particular name for this ... or where it might be useful ... I have eliminated
the rest of the possibilities. 1 point</p><p class="MsoNormal">Jean-Joseph general comment: (Aha! Having made my guess, Google suggests that it's analagous to "yuppie", but rather than "young urban professional", it's "well off older person".)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">woopie, n. A badly constructed still</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">By David: 2 points</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jean-Joseph: Two point.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pierre: It's badly constructed, but it's standing still.
Does this have anything to do with a secret yet?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hutch: Are there names for poorly built ... anything else?
(Well, I suppose there's "lemon" for cars.) I just have my doubts
about this being something that anyone would bother to name.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">woopie, n. A straight channel dug into a marshy area</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">By Jean-Joseph: 1 point for guessing the dictionary</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pierre: Two wetland defs. Hmm.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hutch: Too close to my own fictionition.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">woopie, n. A wild
throw in the game of mumblety-peg</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">By Ranjit: 4 points</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jean-Joseph: I picture mumblety-peg operating in a way that
this wouldn't make sense, but it could well be that my sheltered upbringing has
given me an erroneous impression of mumblety-peg, and this might be right. But I'll still guess not.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">David: 2 points</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pierre: Which is greater, mumblety-peg or pegty-mumble?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hutch: I like this! I don't remember there being names for
particularly good or bad throws in mumblety-peg, but I also haven't played
mumblety-peg for 45 years or so. 2 points</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">woopie, n. Gradual sharping or flatting caused by
accumulation of ice crystals from the breath in the bore of a brass instrument
played in cold weather</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">By Elliot: 3 points</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ranjit: 1 frozen tuba point</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pierre: 2 points</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jean-Joseph: Nice.
It's this kind of creativity that makes this game fun. Huzzah! Kudos!
No points, of course, but lots of huzzah and barrel of kudos.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hutch: As a former trombone (and tuba) player, I know that
brass instruments do go sharp when it's cold. However, while you are actually
playing them, they stay warm. Warm enough, at any rate, to prevent ice crystals
sufficient to change pitch from forming in the bore. Not warm enough to prevent
the simple contraction with the temperature.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">woopie, n. A crane-like bird native to the Congo delta,
known for its boisterous warning call</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">By Nicholas</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pierre: WHOOPING</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hutch: Pretty sure that someone was thinking of the "hoopoe"<br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for playing the WOOPIE round with me. Take it away, Hutch!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,</p><p class="MsoNormal">Nora</p>
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