<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>I also didn't see this one before today. *shrug*</div><div><br></div><div>In my case, prolly for the best, since I know the word. I've never quite been sure WHY there's a word for this (or, more likely, I don't actually *understand* it)</div><div><br></div><div>
> phugoid - adj. - Characterized by a belief in, but dislike of, a deity <br>
> or deities.<br>
> by Eric. Pierre 1, Elliott 2, plus 2 for correct guess = 5 points<br>
> Elliott: ``God exists and is my foe.''<br>
> Jean-Joseph: "If there were a god, I'd be active in the resistance." <br></div><div><br></div><div>I think that Elliott and J-J's imagined quotations are a bit strong for the definition. It's not "hatred", "loathing", or "enmity". It's not even as strong as "animosity" or "antipathy". It's just "dislike". For an imagined quote, how about</div><div><br></div><div> "God exists and (s)he can really be a jerk sometimes."</div><div><br></div><div>:-D</div><div><br></div><div>
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</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 8:02 AM E Cohen <<a href="mailto:eac@inbox.com">eac@inbox.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I think I was given credit for two points to the correct def, where I <br>
only gave it one. I also think this doesn't affect the results?<br>
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> Limited participation for this round, but we do have results. My comment <br>
> about Elliott "cheating" was misleading, it was actually corruption and <br>
> insider trading. He thought the word looked familiar, and asked a couple <br>
> of questions about what domain it was in, and on the second try he got <br>
> it right, and remembered the correct definition, so he played but <br>
> intentionally did not guess correctly. Jim also recognized the <br>
> definition once he saw the list, and so did not vote.<br>
> <br>
> Looks like Eric is the winner in a landslide!<br>
> <br>
> phugoid - adj. - In construction, having a mesh or waffled cross-section.<br>
> by Nick. Eric 2, Ellliott 1 = 3 points<br>
> Eric: Kind of like fungoid, but what you gonna' do.<br>
> Elliott: Like bird bones, light but strong. We need a word for this, so <br>
> one point.<br>
> <br>
> phugoid - adj. - Resembling an elder snail demon from the depths of time.<br>
> By David. No points.<br>
> Pierre: Is it flightless?<br>
> Elliott: ``Phu'' sounds a bit Lovecraftian, true.<br>
> <br>
> phugoid - adj. - Characterized by a belief in, but dislike of, a deity <br>
> or deities.<br>
> by Eric. Pierre 1, Elliott 2, plus 2 for correct guess = 5 points<br>
> Elliott: ``God exists and is my foe.''<br>
> Jean-Joseph: "If there were a god, I'd be active in the resistance."<br>
> <br>
> phugoid - n. - A bone in birds extending from the sternum to the <br>
> shoulder joint, posterior to the furcula.<br>
> By Pierre. 2 for correct guess = 2<br>
> Elliott: Another bird-bone def! What are people thinking of?<br>
> <br>
> phugoid - n. - The curve described by a uniform spring suspended at its <br>
> endpoints and allowed to hang freely.<br>
> By Elliott. Jim liked it.<br>
> Pierre: If it's a string, held by a margay at one end and a manul at the <br>
> other, it's a catenary. If it's loaded uniformly along its horizontal <br>
> length, as in a suspension bridge, it's a parabola. If it's held by one <br>
> Hooke at each end — I don't know! There are strings and springs, but <br>
> what are scrings?<br>
> Elliott: I.e., a catenoid, but with a spring rather than a chain. <br>
> Someone must have worked it out, but it's probably complicated, since it <br>
> would depend on things like the linear density and the spring constant.<br>
> Jean-Joseph: Of /course/ someone has worked it out. Elastic catenary <br>
> <<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catenary#Elastic_catenary" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catenary#Elastic_catenary</a>><br>
> <br>
> phugoid - n. - A long-period oscillation of an aircraft where the <br>
> vehicle alternately pitches up and climbs, decreasing speed, and then <br>
> pitches down and descends, increasing speed.<br>
> By combining the <a href="http://dictionary.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">dictionary.com</a> and Wikipedia definitions. Eric 1, Linda <br>
> 2, Pierre 2 = "5"<br>
> <br>
> phugoid - adj. - Describing an apparently crazy-angled trapezoid, in <br>
> which none of the angles or sides are similar, and which may turn in on <br>
> itself, AND not be able to contain something.<br>
> by Linda. 2 for correct guess = 2<br>
> Pierre: I am having a hard time picturing this. Is ((-2,0) (2,0) (-2,3) <br>
> (4,3)) the sort of trapezoid you mean?<br>
> Elliott: Not be able to contain a certain something, or not be able to <br>
> contain any something?<br>
> <br>
> -- <br>
> Jean-Joseph Cote<br>
> <a href="mailto:jjcote@alum.mit.edu" target="_blank">jjcote@alum.mit.edu</a><br>
> <br>
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-- Eric | <a href="mailto:eac@inbox.com" target="_blank">eac@inbox.com</a><br>
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