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Peter Why · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:08 pm Post subject:

"The Keeper"?

I've sent my Ucalegon suggestion in.

I'll go through the thread and make a list of the words that have been suggested.

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catchpenny · Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 661 Location: The here and now

O.k! Here are your options.

Ucalegon

A fossil plant-eating lizard
A shape, such as an outline, of a flower.
A neighbor who's house is on fire
A virus-like particle that occurs in certain freshwater ciliates
A de-calcifying agent
A Trojan in the Aenid
Archaic African music instrument, ancestor to the ukulele.
A large cycle of linked myths
A person who lives on the financial support or charity of others.
A region of ancient Macedonia
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catchpenny · Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 661 Location: The here and now

I'll check in the morning, I need two more people to send me their guesses.
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catchpenny · Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 661 Location: The here and now

O.K, here are the results, my apologies to LibriFoxy and Hilara.

Annies;a fossil plant-eating lizard
Chelsea;A shape, such as an outline, of a flower. Guessed by Hazel, Annies
Ruth:A virus-like particle that occurs in certain freshwater ciliates Guessed by Nadine
True:A neighbor whose house is on fire
Hazel:A de-calcifying agent
Hilara:A Trojan in the Aeneid
Nadine:Archaic African music instrument, ancestor to the ukulele. Guessed by Sadclown
Peter Why:A large cycle of linked myths
Librifoxy:A person who lives on the financial support or charity of others. Guessed by Chelsea,
Sadclown;A region of ancient Macedonia Guessed by Peter Why, Ruth

Scores this round: (Cumulative scores in brackets)

LibriFoxy - 1 (8)
Hazel Pethig - 0 (9)
Chelsea - 2 (10)
Hilara - 0 (4)
annise - 0 (18)
sadclown - 2 (4)
RuthieG - 1 (11)
Wellshum - 0
7achoura - 0
catchpenny - 3 (3)
neckertb - 1(1)
Peter Why - 0 (0)

Hilara was correct with her definition of a Trojan in the Aeneid, but his name has come to mean a neighbor, whose house is on fire. (Sorry, Ruth. I puzzled over how to spell it properly for ten minutes, Then said the heck with it and posted it. I should know these things!) It's such a great word; so useful in everyday conversation!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ucalegon Laughing

I suppose it is Nadine's turn now.
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RuthieG · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:19 pm Post subject:

Hah! I'd never have guessed that one anyway, catchpenny! Very Happy

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annise · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:43 pm Post subject:

Me neither - great word and great definitions Very Happy

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WellShum · Joined: 06 Apr 2008 Posts: 48 Location: Wellesley MA

Sorry I haven't been here for a while. Just go ahead and skip me. I'll try to make it when I can.
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neckertb · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:44 pm Post subject:

Geez, I'm sorry! My father in law died three days ago and I forgot to check this thread (I did update the others though). And no, it is not a lame excuse., but the truth, and we will miss him a lot.
But here we go:
ENGASTRATION
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RuthieG · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:07 pm Post subject:

I think I'll take a break from Balderdash for a while, as there are plenty of people to play now. Smile

So just leave me out for now.

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neckertb · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:13 pm Post subject:

Hey

I'm missing two answers, and then i'll post the definitions. Hopefully tomorrow morning, although this is depending a lot on where you are, for me it is evening now.
Oh yeah, I just read the beginning of the thread and some pms have apparently gone lost before, so the two I am missing (besides WellShum, 7achoura, and RuthieG) are sadclown and LibriFoxy
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neckertb · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:32 pm Post subject:

OK, I did not get more answers and I am not here tonight, so I'll post the definitions now:

ENGASTRATION

1. Distress of the bowels
2. The act of stuffing one bird into another
3. Eating
4. To insert into the stomach
5. An incision into the stomach to enable food to bypass a blocked oesophagus
6. Swallowing
7. A surgical procedure involving the stomach

Have fun Twisted Evil

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neckertb · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:15 pm Post subject:

Still waiting for Hilara's vote, I'll give her another couple of hours.
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neckertb · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:02 pm Post subject:

I'll be at a funeral tomorrow, so I hope Hilara will forgive me for not waiting for her vote...

Chelsea:1. Distress of the bowels
RIGHT: 2. The act of stuffing one bird into another (guessed by catchpenny, Anne and Hazel)
Peter:3. Eating
Hazel: 4. To insert into the stomach (guessed by Chelsea)
Annise: 5. An incision into the stomach to enable food to bypass a blocked oesophagus (guessed by Peter)
catchpenny: 6. Swallowing
Hilara: 7. A surgical procedure involving the stomach

So I think that makes:
LibriFoxy - 0 (8)
Hazel Pethig - 3 (12)
Chelsea - 0 (10)
Hilara - 0 (4)
annise - 3 (21)
sadclown - 0 (4)
RuthieG - 0 (11)
Wellshum - 0
7achoura - 0
catchpenny - 2 (5)
neckertb -0(1)
Peter Why - 0 (0)

See you soon!
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LibriFoxy · Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Posts: 136 Location: Buffalo, NY

whoah!!! what the heck?! LV stopped sending me notices that there were no posts, and I got busy and didn't check it on my own, and I missed two ROUNDS!!! I'm so disappointed!!!!!! Crying or Very sad

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