Round 2986 VADIE Defs - Vote Now!
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Tim Lodge
May 27, 2019, 7:12:24 AM5/27/19
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Here are 10 carefully-crafted defs of the word VAIDIE, only one of which came from my dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites before the deadline:
22:00 BST on Tuesday 28th May here in the UK
23:00 CET
5.00 PM EDT
2:00 PM PDT
10:00 on Wednesday 29th in New Zealand
New palyers are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've voted.
-- Tim L
*** VAIDIE ***
1. Subtlety, guileful cunning.
2. sleeveless jacket worn beneath a hauberk
3. precise [from OF _voi_ _die_ to see the day]
4. [Old Norse] A guardian or warrior type angel.
5. the spindle of the tailstock of a turning lathe
6. [P.E.] welcome or farewell (derivation unknown)
7. [Scot.] a shared passage between two tenement houses.
8. [Ice.] A small sprite whose appearance is believed to herald the approach of spring.
9. A handful of leaves or grass thrown down at intervals by gypsies to indicate their course.
10. An inner chamber in a traditional Muslim home which only women may use for prayer and socializing.
Dave Cunningham
May 27, 2019, 8:36:57 AM5/27/19
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3 and 7 as not fully absurd.
Dave
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Here are 10 carefully-crafted defs of the word VAIDIE, only one of which came from my dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites before the deadline:
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Tim B
May 27, 2019, 9:23:01 AM5/27/19
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1 and 5, please.
Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.
Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.
Johnb - co.uk
May 27, 2019, 9:47:14 AM5/27/19
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#1 and #6 for me please
JohnnyB
1. Subtlety, guileful cunning.
6. [P.E.] welcome or farewell (derivation unknown)
Judy Madnick
May 27, 2019, 9:53:03 AM5/27/19
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5. the spindle of the tailstock of a turning lathe
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7. [Scot.] a shared passage between two tenement houses.
Judy Madnick
Albany, NY
Debbie
May 27, 2019, 10:37:21 AM5/27/19
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8 and 2... not convinced of any
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France International/Mike Shefler
May 27, 2019, 10:38:11 AM5/27/19
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I'll go with 6 and 9.
Tony Abell
May 27, 2019, 11:25:02 AM5/27/19
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I'll take 1 and 6, please:
> 1. Subtlety, guileful cunning.
Daniel B Widdis
May 27, 2019, 11:44:53 AM5/27/19
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The passage and chamber seem likely. 7 and 10 please.
Efrem G Mallach
May 27, 2019, 3:54:44 PM5/27/19
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Efrem G Mallach
May 27, 2019, 3:57:25 PM5/27/19
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Ooops - hit "send" too soon just a moment ago.
Anyhow, none of them are nearly as plausible as my small vole from northern England would have been, but I wouldn't have been able to vote for that one anyhow. So, I'll take 7 and 9.
Efrem
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On May 27, 2019, at 7:12 AM, Tim Lodge <d...@timlodge.co.uk> wrote:
Here are 10 carefully-crafted defs of the word VAIDIE, only one of which came from my dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites before the deadline:22:00 BST on Tuesday 28th May here in the UK23:00 CET5.00 PM EDT2:00 PM PDT10:00 on Wednesday 29th in New ZealandNew palyers are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've voted.-- Tim L*** VAIDIE ***
7. [Scot.] a shared passage between two tenement houses.
9. A handful of leaves or grass thrown down at intervals by gypsies to indicate their course.
Ryan McGill
May 27, 2019, 4:01:27 PM5/27/19
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2 & 4.
9 is unconvincing because they’ve been largely known as Romani for the better part of two decades now, especially among the dictionary-writing demographic.
9 is unconvincing because they’ve been largely known as Romani for the better part of two decades now, especially among the dictionary-writing demographic.
Efrem G Mallach
May 27, 2019, 4:10:28 PM5/27/19
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Tim might be using an old dictionary. My unabridged paper dictionary is from the 1980s. I have no plans to get a new one, though I do look at it once in a while.
Efrem
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> On May 27, 2019, at 4:01 PM, Ryan McGill <ryanm...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 2 & 4.
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> 9 is unconvincing because they’ve been largely known as Romani for the better part of two decades now, especially among the dictionary-writing demographic.
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> 2 & 4.
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> 9 is unconvincing because they’ve been largely known as Romani for the better part of two decades now, especially among the dictionary-writing demographic.
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nancygoat
May 27, 2019, 7:30:27 PM5/27/19
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I'll take 1 and 8, please.
Nancy
Shani Naylor
May 28, 2019, 12:20:21 AM5/28/19
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I'll go Scandinavian 4 & 8.
Guerri Stevens
May 28, 2019, 9:52:10 AM5/28/19
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I vote for 4 and 9.
On 5/27/2019 7:12 AM, Tim Lodge wrote:
4. [Old Norse] A guardian or warrior type angel.
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