#38443
08/14/2001 8:44 AM
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The definitions are:
1. the act of transvestitism; cross-dressing
2. Most Scottish Lairds used men as their servants on sporting trips - Ghyllies (Gaellic for servant) but a very small number used both men and women in this job. Such a system was known as a "Gylany" (or "ghyllany")
3. an act of treachery; a trick or subterfuge
4. the smallest unit of Rumanian currency; now virt. obs
5.An adjective to describe a gentle, caressing gesture similar to the tender touch a mother gives her newborn infant.
6. wary, suspicious, particularly of somebody's real intentions or motives.
7. An ankle chain or shackle typically used to fetter elephants
8.The interaction of the laws of balance and suspension that keep tight-rope walkers from falling (for instance).
9.The urge to rearrange furniture.
10. A society in which the sexes are of equal status, neither a patriarchy nor a matriarchy.
11. Pronounced gi LAH nee. Used for an item whose real name has been temporarily forgotten, a thingy, whatsit.
Caradea and tsuwm sent in very similar definitions, so I have combined them. Definitions supplied by:
Bingley; Brandon; Flatlander; paulb; RhubarbCommando; rodward; squid; tsuwm/caradea; Whitman O’Neill; wordcrazy.
Please vote before 12 noon WIB on Friday 17 August (Indonesian Independence Day), = 5 a.m. GMT = midnight Thurs/Fri board time.
Bingley
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#38444
08/14/2001 11:47 AM
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enthusiast
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#38445
08/14/2001 5:18 PM
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Although I suspect that it's self-illustrative, I'll go with no. 3
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#38446
08/14/2001 7:40 PM
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#38447
08/14/2001 7:42 PM
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No. 10 A society in which the sexes are of equal status, neither a patriarchy nor a matriarchy.
Wish it were so.
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#38448
08/14/2001 7:49 PM
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old hand
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I think I'll go with number 1. No comment.
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#38449
08/14/2001 9:50 PM
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I, too, will go with 1.
But with a comment - this round happened pretty fast, and I didn't even see that there was a new word until the polls opened (it had slid down off the first page of threads over the weekend - I tend to AWADify at the office rather than home). So, I was robbed of an opportunity for creative washing of hogs.
[/pathetic gripe]
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#38450
08/14/2001 11:36 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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#38451
08/15/2001 12:30 AM
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#38452
08/15/2001 11:28 AM
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None of them sound even remotely possible. I'm not sure if it's harder choosing when all of the possibilities sound good or when they all seem fake. Avoiding Max's tainted ten, I'll take treacherous three.
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#38453
08/15/2001 1:25 PM
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I'll go with 10. 
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#38454
08/15/2001 2:20 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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[throwing-dart emoticon] --> 1
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#38455
08/15/2001 2:25 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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It is almost certainly no 2, says he - but I feel the need for company, and what better than to join Max and Marianna
EDIT: sorry wordcrazy - I see you are also part of this illustrious (or is it illusory?) company: better still!
I'll go for 10
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#38456
08/15/2001 3:49 PM
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#38457
08/15/2001 4:00 PM
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7 looks tantalizing, but I'm not into that stuff. Since being the part and looking the part may have some difference, chalk me up for a number 1. And thankfully, I have some company.
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#38458
08/16/2001 2:20 AM
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Carpal Tunnel
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#38459
08/16/2001 2:50 AM
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[whine]
I too didn't get to put in a definition, and I immediately conceived a good one when I saw the word. Guess I'll have to adapt it to wash another hog.
[/whine]
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#38460
08/16/2001 11:40 AM
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#38461
08/17/2001 8:19 AM
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Firstly I would like to inquire about the missing periods at the end of numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7. Is this a secret code??
eeny-meeny-miny-moe
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#38462
08/17/2001 12:58 PM
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well, I may have missed playing this round, but I certainly know who is kidding whom... Great daftinitions, guys!
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#38463
08/17/2001 1:54 PM
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well, I may have missed playing this round(sniff)...it's not the same without ya, mav!
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