a. (n) a musical form, originating in Anglo-Saxon bards' epics, but set to music of a style considered modern for the time. That hastilude of the story of Beowulf reminded me of the songs from "Singin' In The Rain."

b. A begging bowl with an official stamp on it, giving the beggar the legal right to beg.

c. A brief playlet, skit or sketch interposed between other acts in a stage show.

d. A joust or tournament. More specifically, a jousting event where two groups of knights on horseback fought each other.

e. A popular Roman drinking game

f. A short melodic motif producing an element of tension and resolution in music.

g. a short-lived delusion

h. A sudden change

i. A theatre expression indicating a brief pause between acts. Characteristically shorter than an intermission and longer than an Entr'acte.

j. Boredom displayed in public situations.

k. Carl Jung's term of Jainian Karma; women are serious about existence and men are playful, men lack "hastilude" - the missing element.

l. Coined during the Nepoleonic wars, it is the amount of time it takes to load a muzzle loading rifle during a battle.

m. Entertainment provided by medieval French troubadors during royal ceremonial events.

n. swordplay

o. The gait of a ferret or other long-bodied mustelid

p. The period between the delta sleep stage and REM sleep, during which the second and third stages of sleep occur in reverse order.

q. The protuberance on the proximal end of the femur to which the quadriceps is attached.

Entries received from:
Alex Williams, AnnaStrophic, bingley, Coffeebean, consuelo, Elizabeth Creith, Faldage, Father Steve, gonoldothrond, Jackie, Kelly123, Marianna, musick, TEd Remington, themilum, and wofahulicodoc. Plus of course the real one.

I met a litlle pig
he was standing by a tub
I pulled him down in it
And I began to scrub
______________________ - Lazy Lester

Bravo, Bingley! Not a slacker in the list.

Selecting from this excellent bunch of definitions might take some doings.

Hmm? I'll get back with you Bingley in a New York sennight (or is it fennight, I forget) and that ain't but thirty forenights.

Amazing! Not a slacker in the bunch.

O hell. There has to be a word for the distinctive gait of a ferret. Might as well be this word.

Hmm--b, d, j; b, d, j... Taking into account who the hogmaster is, I'll say B. [throwing hands in the air in complete ignorance e]

Count me N.

Q Q Q Q

I hast to pick one but the clear choice is iluding me.

I'm with Alex N

P !

D or N?

The Principle of Armil says they're born of the same attractor/red herring, therefore reject both.

The Principle of Simplicity says it's N.

So of course I'll take D. That's the Principle of Contrariness.

You want Armil, I'll give you Armil. C and I, there's Armil.

But I like C.

so, uh...remind what "armil" means exactly. more to the point, what's the etymology?

See armil explained here, except that the links are broken, I presume by the relocation of the Board to a new server some months ago which caused the severing of some older threads. Perhaps someone, more savvy than I, can tell you how to retrieve them.

As to etymology, I think it had to do with a long-bygone Hogwash game whose target was "armil" (having to do with armillary spheres or planetaria or some such), at which several people independently presented "armadillo"-like entries in an attempt to seduce the gullible, all with the same red herring.

Am I close?

...and just to muddy the waters let me point out (in case you missed it, unlikely though that be) that the word is hasTILude and not hasLITude...

> links are broken

well, with a little detective work, I got to this:
http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Board=wordplay&Number=91104

if that doesn't work, try this: linky.

the thing is, you can't view them flat, only threaded, so it's a bit ponderous to find the exact post you're looking for. but, it's possible.

Good work!

Historical note: Used to be the capacity to select linear vs. heirarchical listing of posts, user's choice. I'm not sure that option exists any more, so newer members may not know the reference. Or am I overlooking something?

these old threads can only be viewed hierarchically, there is some error in the "showflat" (linear) code.

the option does still exist, on threads that have been created (and perhaps others?) since the forumware upgrade. the "flat/threaded" button is on the upper and lower right corners on the page.

re: armil... LOL i get it now. (better late than never)

I'm voting for "F" here, based on my vast and well-known knowledge of all things musicological.

I'll take G, despite the fact that my guess may be self-referential.....

Another armil® pair is a and m.

I'm not real thrilled with a because of the first-person pronoun. Maybe that's supposed to be a citation, but it's missing its quotes.

Having said that, I'm going with F .

The two major armillian categories I see are -

Theatre/Music - A,C,F,I, & M

Timing/Interuptions - C,F,G,I,L, & P

I did have a 2nd thought for a definition to send to Bingley that would have fit both categories.

Quote:

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Hastilude ~ a term popularized at Grateful Dead concerts that refers to waiting until the LSD has kicked in before consuming your ludes

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Probably would have yielded more votes than I currently have.