|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Carpal Tunnel
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542 |
wangary
a) soft and flabby; term used in butchery to express the condition of meat which will not get solid [Specimens of English Dialect (1778)]
b) [street slang] term of unknown origin used to refer to nondescript graffiti found on billboards and transit vehicles [ron obvious] Bingley, WO’N(!)
c) a boat for conveying provisions, tools, etc. – so called by Australian aborigines [Coffeebean]
d) a furnace consisting of a special hearth where molten glass is developed before shaping by glassblowers [Wordwind] bel, max, Coffebean, wofa
e) Australasian witchcraft; similar to Haitian voudou and Brazilian candomblé [origin unknown; possibly from an island creole] [Asp]
f) the building in which threshing is performed [consuelo] ASp
g) cheeky, impish. (from wang - cheek, molar) [sjmaxq] hev
h) off kilter, askew, missing the target (Australian, origin obscure) [Maverick] Jackie, consuelo
i) the study of blagging/getting something for nothing. to wangle, a wangler, wangary [dodyskin] Wordwind
j) penile phantasmagoria [WO’N] (an Ack! from Jackie)
k) a type of greatcoat worn by coach drivers [Bingley] Faldage, maverick
l) a slang term of Australian origin: "he's gone wangary" ie he has been driven mad by isolation after extended periods living alone in the Outback. In other countries refered to as "cabin fever" or "going bush". [Zed] etaoin, sandbar
m) a tree-dwelling kangaroo of Australia, with a lighter pelt than the boongary, with which it shares genetic lineage [etaoin]
n) a Medieval science, concerned with the search for perpetual motion (cf. alchemy, the search for a means to transmute base metals into gold) [wofa]
o) refers to a person who has an unconscionable amount of jaw movement. From the Old English Wang, meaning jaw. In modern English, it means someone who talks too much, to the annoyance of others. [hev] musick
p) a term used by the IT industry when referring to technology (machinery and wiring) that is needed to accomplish point-to-point data communications, but is owned by and subsequently outsourced from your ISP/local telecommunications company [musick] dodyskin
q) Appalachian dial., Topsy-turvy; cattywampus. Everthang's gone all wangary round about here since Jeb come back from that fancy school of hisn. [Faldage] Zed
many were chosen, but none was correct; Wordwind collected 3.5 votes and the hogmaster® collected 2 votes + the skunk.
the armil® award is shared by all of those (five!?) who made some sort of oz connection. this was actually (if I counted correctly) round 43.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,065
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,065 |
Bingley
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,661
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,661 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613 |
h. (j =  ! Ack.)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 6,296
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 6,296 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210 |
go to L... 
formerly known as etaoin...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 477
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 477 |
Gee, I think I'll go for g.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 1
stranger
|
|
stranger
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 2,636
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 2,636 |
Heck, they all sound good, almost 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,891
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,891 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 475
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 475 |
I'll have a P please Bob.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 3,230
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 3,230 |
C'est D pour moi, aussi. (All those Auusie ones just seem too plausible.)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542 |
10 out of 15 reporting.. where are you mav, wofa, C-bean, Zed and WO'N...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,891
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,891 |
Hey Max, you Frenchy you, you can come and sit on my side of the table (wink-wink, nudge-nuge) 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 725
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 725 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 2,154
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 2,154 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 4,757
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 4,757 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 10,543 Likes: 1
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 10,543 Likes: 1 |
Hrumph.
Don't like any of 'em. Not even my own.
Too much Australia for any of them to be right.
Guess I'll take D, and then we'll have a nice 4-D tesseract made out of all that molten glass.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189 |
I voting for whichever deffy tsuwm picks for me....Hogmaster?...which do you bequeath upon me? Now I guess we'll need a "steenkin' roolz rooling" on this, uh, new wrinkle, ay?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542 |
would surrogate Juan stoop so low as to vote for ron's entry?! would he really <b> b</b> that obvious?? well, I won't do it.. instead I'll pass the Baton to ron his ownself.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 7
stranger
|
|
stranger
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 7 |
I vote for B in WO'N's stead.
ron obvious
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542 |
btw, the hogmaster scores the skunk, as no one selected a!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189 |
So B it.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542 |
in a futile fit of bandwidth preservation, I overwrote the quiz with the results, up top.
- joe hogbreth
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,065
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,065 |
My apologies to coffeebean, whose definition I was actually aiming for.
There is a chain of coffee shops here called Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, originating from Singapore, I believe. It has excellent cakes and salads. A favourite hangout among the cognoscenti. Much better than that Seattle establishment.
Bingley
Bingley
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511 |
Indeed, tsuwm.
I admit some sort of psychological obstacle to the concept of meat in a liquid or gaseous state.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542 |
>My apologies to coffeebean, whose definition I was actually aiming for.
the WO'N giveth and Bingley taketh away. :(
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 6,296
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 6,296 |
Why did I collect 3.5 and not 4.0 votes? Not that I mind, but I do and I don't feel like reading all those voters and votees and figuring it out on my own. Easier to palaver here and ask the question and hope that tsuwm will reply.
By the way, tsuwm, thank you for offering us another cycle of wash.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542 |
3.5: bel voted for you but didn't play; that's 3 full votes and a half vote, whatever points the votes are worth. I'm not sure if we arrived at a scoring consensus, but I think we're still trying to encourage participation. |shrug|
p.s. - I put the non-playing voters in italics up above, but then didn't bother to explain myself. |burp|
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189 |
Actually³, O Hogmasterbrether, I didn't really think you would stoop low enough to award *yourself my vote.  [rolleyes-e] To B or not to B was obviously not the question, huh, ron? Shame, shame.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613 |
So--is *a* the actual definition?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 2,636
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 2,636 |
That be the one, Miz Jackie
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542 |
>I didn't really think you would stoop low enough to award *yourself my vote.
well then, whom should I have given it to?! or, to put it more obliquely, giving your vote away to the hogmaster is akin to handing the election over to the supreme court.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803 |
whom should I have given it to?
Had you been rigidly impartial you could have refused the honor.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 3,230
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 3,230 |
>Had you been rigidly impartial you could have refused the honor.
That's an idea you need to pitch more loudly.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803 |
pitch more loudly
This from someone who thinks the pitch is the place on the pitch where the ball pitches?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 3,230
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 3,230 |
>This from someone who thinks the pitch is the place on the pitch where the ball pitches?
Nope, from someone who thinks the pitch is the place on the wicket where the ball pitches before it hits the wicket.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803 |
Now, now. Aunt Fanny says that use of the term is incorrect. You wouldn't be calling Aunt Fanny a liar, now, would you?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542 |
wangary:
x) pitch leg before wicket, but not googly
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 3,230
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 3,230 |
>You wouldn't be calling Aunt Fanny a liar, now, would you?
Perish the thought
|
|
|
|
Forums16
Topics13,913
Posts229,334
Members9,182
| |
Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
|
|
|
0 members (),
752
guests, and
1
robot. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|
