3642 🗳️ CLIPSI

[Paul Keating]

Here are thirteen definitions of CLIPSI. Choose exactly two, and post your choices in reply to this post, which you should do by Friday 24 April at 22h15 CEST (countdown timer here: ⏱️), or just under 48 hours from time of posting. Early closing will apply as usual.

1	An antacid taken after a meal.
2	An art form that combines live music, breakdance, a light show, and short video fragments.
3	A brief or incomplete dimming of a star or planet caused by partial alignment.
4	Any conic section of a degree-two (elliptical) cone.
5	Done in a hurried or rushed manner.
6	Informal. A female London bus conductor, who formerly was required to punch a hole in paper tickets to validate them for a journey.
7	Having a reputation for verbal austerity.
8	Informal, affectionate audiophile term for Klipschorn audio speakers. Originally used by people who had difficulty with the name, adopted by the community at large during the 1970s, fell into disuse by 2000.
9	The pernicious practice, when replying to a long email, of including the entire text in the reply.
10	A recipe for a dessert pudding using potatoes and tomatoes intended to popularize both ingredients when they first arrived in Europe. No record of its being made has been found.
11	A thin curl of hardened pitch from a resinous tree.
12	Under eclipse, dark.
13	A yoghurt from the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent made from sweetened cow's milk.

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Paul Keating

Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France

[Tim Lodge]

I read 'em all: 12 and 13, please.

          12     Under eclipse, dark.

          13    A yoghurt from the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent made from sweetened cow's milk.

--  Tim L

[Tim Bourne]

3 and 12, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[Judy Madnick]

2 and 8 for no good reason other than not to forget to vote!

 

Judy Madnick

[Hugo Kornelis]

Hey Paul,

It's rare to see a list of definitions that are almost all even less credible than my own. LOL

I will cast my votes at 1 and 13, the antacid and the Inian yoghurt.

Cheers,
Hugo

Op 22-4-2026 om 22:38 schreef Paul Keating:

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3 and 12

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[Eric Boxer]

I'll vote for 3 and 12.

Eric

[Tony Abell]

For no good reasons whatsoever, 1 and 11:

> 1 An antacid taken after a meal.

[John Barrs]

I'll go for the two eclipses #3 and #12 please

JohnnyB

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[Efrem Mallach]

2 and 6.

Efrem

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On Apr 22, 2026, at 4:38 PM, Paul Keating <dixo...@boargules.com> wrote:

Here are thirteen definitions of CLIPSI. Choose exactly two, and post your choices in reply to this post, which you should do by Friday 24 April at 22h15 CEST (countdown timer here: ⏱️), or just under 48 hours from time of posting. Early closing will apply as usual.

2	An art form that combines live music, breakdance, a light show, and short video fragments.

[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll go for the foods - 10 and 13.

--Mike

[nancygoat]

11 and 12 for me.

Nancy

[Daniel B. Widdis]

I like the hole puncher so 6 gets one of my votes, and see below for a demonstration of 9.

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