<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I forgot to add points for people who got the real definition! Which might make Eric the winner? We’ve already started a new game, but maybe reserve the next one for Eric? — or whoever is the winner, if I’ve got that math wrong too.<div><br></div><div>Apologies to all.</div><div><br></div><div>David </div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><br>---------- Original Message ----------<br>From: David Randall <<a href="mailto:drandall.brooklyn@gmail.com">drandall.brooklyn@gmail.com</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:fictionary@swarpa.net">fictionary@swarpa.net</a><br>Subject: [Fictionary] Tweeny<br>Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 18:57:27 -0400<br><br><p></p><p>Jean-Joseph awarded two points twice; I split the difference and gave 1.5 to both his definitions. Thus Pierre wins by half a point. If Jean-Joseph actually meant to only award 1 point to the chicken, it's a tie with Eric's hardened exudate, and Eric and Pierre go into a cage match.</p><p>Carlo Goldoni's <em>Servant of Two Masters </em>spends an entire play elaborating on the concept of "tweeny."</p><p>David</p><p> </p><p>tweeny - n. - a maid who assists both cook and housemaid </p><p>REAL: Linda (2) + Ranjit (1) + Eric (1) = 4</p><p> </p><p>tweeny - n. - an iceberg, brought into unstable equilibrium by melting, which is poised to roll over <br> <br> ELLIOTT: Jean-Joseph (1.5) + Pierre (1) = 2.5</p><p> </p><p>tweeny - n. - a radish seed </p><p>RANJIT: Hutch (2) = 2</p><p> </p><p>tweeny - n. - hardened exudate of the buckthorn aphid, a brittle translucent substance found on tree branches <br> ERIC: Pierre (2) + Elliott (2) = 4</p><p> </p><p>tweeny - adj. - of a chicken, having red laced chest and wing feathers and blue neck hackles and tail feathers </p><p>PIERRE: Ranjit (2) + Jean-Joseph (1.5) + Elliott (1) = 4.5</p><p> </p><p>tweeny - n. - the maid between stairs </p><p>FRAN: Eric (2) + Linda (1) = 3</p><p> </p><p>tweeny - adj. - 1)Â the time between childhood and adulthood; 2) Scottish for small and cute </p><p>LINDA: Hutch (1) = 1</p>
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