<html>Elliott, could you take the next round? I'm just getting used to my new Windows 10 with glitches built in, and my eyes are still a bit sore from the glare of the screen, but I'm working on it. I'll take another round soon if there's another tie. Linda Had to retype my name as it's time to rest the old headlights.
<BR><BR>---------- Original Message ----------<BR>From: E Cohen <eac@inbox.com><BR>To: "fictionary@swarpa.net" <fictionary@swarpa.net><BR>Subject: [Fictionary] inchpin results<BR>Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:24:01 -0500<BR><BR>I'm so sorry that after all your lovely and prompt definitions and <BR>votes, personal matters kept me from posting this for so long.<BR><BR>The real def is the deer's sweetbread, and this round's result is a tie <BR>between Linda and Elliott, each with five points.<BR><BR>--------------------------------------------<BR>General comments:<BR><BR>Jean-Joseph: Eliminating obscure organisms and obvious jokes about what <BR>the word superficially seems to mean (like the joke definition I thought <BR>of sending in, "a critical but essential component" doesn't leave many <BR>choices. But I'm delighted to see such high participation this round. <BR>Glorious!<BR><BR>Linda: Great selection, love the Sprite def--must try it.<BR><BR>Ranjit: I have no idea which is the true definition so I'm voting for <BR>the ones I think are the funniest.<BR><BR><BR>--------------------------------------------<BR>Real definition:<BR><BR>inchpin, n. (obs). Deer’s sweetbread.<BR><BR>4 points: 1 Elliott, 2 Pierre, 1 Jean-Joseph<BR><BR>Elliott: I can see how come it's obsolete. One point for being <BR>unrelated to ``inch'' or ``pin''.<BR><BR>Jean-Joseph: One point by elimination.<BR><BR>Hutch: Wild mountain oysters :-D<BR><BR>Nicolas: Ew.<BR><BR><BR>--------------------------------------------<BR>Elliott<BR><BR>inchpin, n. A secret message written in Sprite and read by laying the <BR>paper on an anthill.<BR><BR>5 points: 2 Jean-Joseph, 2 Ranjit, 1 correct vote<BR><BR>Jim: Thank You Elliott award<BR><BR>Elliott: Mine. Determined not to be inspired by the actual meanings of <BR>``inch'' and ``pin'', I let ``inch'' be ``ink'' (like pinch/pink, <BR>stench/stink, linch(pin)/link), and ``pin'' be ``pen''.<BR><BR>Fran: These two are hilarious. I loved them but I am not giving them any <BR>points.<BR><BR>Jean-Joseph: Absolutely not correct, but definitely worth two points.<BR><BR>Hutch: And the ants eat away the sugar-soaked paper, leaving the message <BR>to be read from the negative space? Does this actually WORK???<BR><BR>Nicolas: My son would love this.<BR><BR><BR>--------------------------------------------<BR>Fran<BR><BR>inchpin, n. 1) Any of the Rhabditida family of nematodes, commonly found <BR>as a parasite in the small intestines of reptiles and amphibians, and <BR>primarily endemic in the subtropics. 2) Any short, thin parasitic <BR>roundworm found in the gut of an animal.<BR><BR>3 points: 1 Jim, 1 Pierre, 1 Nicolas<BR><BR>Pierre: That's an order; families end in -idae. Still, I give it a point.<BR><BR>Hutch: I never vote for scientific terms.<BR><BR>Nicolas: 1 point, realistic and gross.<BR><BR><BR>--------------------------------------------<BR>Jean-Joseph<BR><BR>inchpin, v. To fraudulently list a person as a dependent on a tax document.<BR><BR>3 points: 2 Jim, 1 correct vote<BR><BR>Jim: I like that it's a verb.<BR><BR>Hutch: Seems a curiously specific sort of crime with very little <BR>remuneration.<BR><BR>Nicolas: Maybe this does have a word, but I'm out of points.<BR><BR><BR>--------------------------------------------<BR>Pierre<BR><BR>inchpin, n. (Scots Gaelic innispeann, island feather.) An auklet of the <BR>species Aethia nesiota, found in the Hebrides.<BR><BR>2 points, correct vote<BR><BR>Elliott: I like it, but I'm out of points.<BR><BR>Hutch: I never vote for scientific terms<BR><BR>Nicolas: Porg?<BR><BR><BR>--------------------------------------------<BR>Hutch<BR><BR>inchpin, n. A nail driven lightly into a board to hold a measuring tape <BR>in place. v. to drive in such a nail.<BR><BR>3 points: 2 Linda, 1 David<BR><BR>Jim: A very sensible etymology presents itself. Therefore, too <BR>plausible. No points.<BR><BR>Nicolas: This is probably the real one.<BR><BR><BR>--------------------------------------------<BR>Linda<BR><BR>inchpin, n. A spacing device for drilling holes in a belt or similar <BR>piece of leather or other material.<BR><BR>5 points: 1 Fran, 2 David, 2 Nicolas<BR><BR>Fran: Very believable, 1 pt.<BR><BR>Hutch: Too similar to mine.<BR><BR>Nicolas: 2 points for the special awl (?)<BR><BR><BR>--------------------------------------------<BR>Nicolas<BR><BR>inchpin, n. 1) The primary equipment for miniature tabletop bowling, a <BR>game briefly popular after the World's Columbian Exposition. 2) Any <BR>inexperienced local politician ineffectually running for state or <BR>national office.<BR><BR>3 points: 1 Hutch, 1 Linda, 1 Ranjit<BR><BR>Jean-Joseph: Entertaining enough that I almost gave this one a vote.<BR><BR>Hutch: Isn't there a new Columbian Exposition every two or four years? <BR>Which one? And how do we go from "tabletop bowling" to a political <BR>term??? This is weird enough to be real: 1 point<BR><BR>Nicolas: Mine, sassing Mayor Pete.<BR><BR>Ranjit: 1 point and the I Think That's Probably Elliott Or David Award.<BR><BR><BR>--------------------------------------------<BR>David<BR><BR>inchpin, n. The crime boss of a small city.<BR><BR>2 points: 2 Elliott<BR><BR>Eliott: Two points for being very funny and not being a kind of pin.<BR><BR>Fran: These two are hilarious. I loved them but I am not giving them any <BR>points.<BR><BR>Hutch: a "kingpin" but only for "inches".<BR><BR>Nicolas: Hahaha<BR><BR><BR>--------------------------------------------<BR>Jim<BR><BR>inchpin, adj. A Shakespearean insult deprecating another’s manhood.<BR><BR>4 points: 2 Fran, 2 Hutch<BR><BR>Jim: Why did I make this an adjective? It would make much more sense as <BR>a noun. I mean, yeah, it could be used as an adjective, like in “thou <BR>inchpin blaggard!”, but… remind me to proofread before sending in my <BR>entries in the future!<BR><BR>Fran: Very believable: 2 pts.<BR><BR>Hutch: This feels very Shakespearean. 2 points<BR><BR>Nicolas: Doesn't sound like Willy Shakes to me?<BR><BR><BR>--------------------------------------------<BR>Ranjit<BR><BR>inchpin, n. A Flat Earth believer.<BR> <BR>Jean-Joseph: I guess I don't have any specific reason to exclude this, <BR>but I'm out of points.<BR><BR>Ranjit: author's note: because flat, earth, inch, and pin are all kinds <BR>of worms<BR><BR>Hutch: Much too good a word for them.<BR><BR>Nicolas: If you give them an inch…<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>-- Eric | eac@inbox.com</html>
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