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izzat; choose one:
a) a kind of zigzag patterned cloth traditional to the Afghanistan/Pakistan region. Different patterns 'belong' to different tribal groups and before tourism took hold it was possible for an expert to identify the native village of a local from the pattern of his/her clothing.
b) a Sumerian tower built of clay bricks
c) The narrow bridge over which one must pass to get to heaven in Zoroastrian belief.
d) a small room in a mosque where sacred items for use in worship are kept
e) a small Babylonian shrine, located in an individual home
f) That which remains after a natural disaster/catastrophe.
g) From the ancient Persian, meaning system of knowledge (literally, ‘that which is known’). Michael Foucault translated the term as ‘mathesis’ to describe this aspect of Thomas Kuhn’s description of epistemological ‘paradigms’.
h) a ritualistic group avoidance of a society member for the purpose of sanction; a shunning.
i) A James Hogan Scifi robot from the planet Enron. Obviously his cult status among afficionados is due to his job as the sole impregnator of the nubile females of the planet where all males are sterile and have sexual interest only in themselves.
j) 1. personal dignity or honor 2. the power of commanding admiration
k) the knot on the tassle of a fez.
l) interj. fr. Gael. eoisaidht, a command given to a sheep dog to steer the sheep to the left.
m) A monolith, in shape like a miniature ziggurat three to five meters high, raised to honor a great personage (f. Assyr. Izzattura: pyramidal).
n) A tang or hollow metal dowel used in joining masonry to brick and cinder block. Aids in relieving motion stress resulting from mortar shrinkage during curing and to offset load strain.
o) n. Vestment worn by the groom in an Ashkenaze wedding ceremony.
p) [Arabic] the handleless coffee cup which fits within a zarf
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NB: no attempt has been made to normalize these; each appears as found in the source.
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I like "K"... and it likes me.
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I like P, just because it mentions zarf, one of my litmus tests for a dictionary.
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I think they're all correct, but general usage hasn't caught up with each of them yet. "I" appeals to me because whoever wrote it went to a lot of trouble, if it's not the accepted definition. But one day it will be. Just stick around for a while.
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That's it, Wordwind, you got it! "Unexpurgated Hogwash" all right, Hogwash has never been unexpurgated before. Our Hogmaster is playing sly tricks. I caught it... "...robot from the planet Enron. Obviously his cult status among afficionados is due to...  Sorry ron, but the answer is "I", and "I" is tsuwm and "I" read the book.  Next!
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Lessee, which izzat is it? (well, sumbuddy had to say it). Izzat right? (yep, that too). Anyhoo... N...For it is written, "The dowel blocketh the cinder, and no sway shall come to the structures of the land." YCLIU 
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how remiss of me, after I went to all the trouble of NOT normalizing the entries.
the def'n that I disqualified was originally number d, so I brought up the seventh entry to fill its spot. this caused a ripple effect that eventually resulted in some unpredictable eddies and somewhat jumbled the original pattern. chaos ensued.
I hope this didn't affect your scientific approach to making your choice, milum.
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pon my honour I believe it's j - but I might have to kill you now.
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(That's the "middle-Eastern" influence, to cross-thread a bit.)
I've developed a habit in these games of shunning entries with a repetitive theme.
In this case that means eliminating A, B, C, D, E, G, and even P.
Not that that leaves a very compelling set of choices, either, but...
I'll try an N please, Alex.
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uh~oh... bad luck, wofa! :]
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I'd like some j) and I think it’s the right answer too.
In fact, it seems to me that all but one of the choices is correct.
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I'm going to risk L(fire and damnation...)
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Jeez...so many good entries. I guess C for me--Consuelo
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eeeeh, I don't know. E.
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calling dxb.. dixbeeee, where are you?!
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Did I not just see in a recent news weekly that high on the list of active Iraqi insurgents is a person whose first name (of three) is Izzat? Didn't look to be a title rather than a name, and with that profession I wouldn't call him full of personal dignity or honor, or commanding admiration. Leastwise, not on this side of the ocean. Maybe a societal shunning, though...
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the polls will close, dxb or no, noonish tomorrow.
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sooey generous?
If it's not too late, f please.
Izzat is quite clearly a cricket term, anyway, closely related to "Howzzat"
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Good to see you back a bit more, Capfka.
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Yep, same here, Cap'. But you voted for the wrong one.
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> But you voted for the wrong one.
True. But we'll never agree on which wrong one ;)
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We don't have to agree, but I *do know which one is the only *right one.
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Good to see you back a bit more, Capfka.
It's an abberation, and this too shall pass, mav!
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> the only *right one
Now, what was that quote just featured in the WAD - ah yes, "there are three truths: your truth, my truth and the truth"!
and that doesn't even mention [ red] THE TRUTH [ /red] as revealed by my Israeli friend ;)
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