Round 3566 ICASM Voting Open

[Eric Boxer]

Hello All, we have 15 definitions for ICASM (in no particular order), including 1 correct definition. Please reply below with your 2 choices for the correct definition before the deadline of ~48 hrs from now. Any misspellings or spacing issues are due to errors on my part.

Deadline:
        11:00 AM PDT in California on Wednesday 30th July 
        2:00 PM EDT in New York  

        18:00 UTC/GMT
        19:00 BST in London      
        20:00 CET in France and the Netherlands
        06:00 NZST on Thursday 31st in New Zealand

-- Eric

 1.     A recurring involuntary tic or twitch, especially of the facial muscles.

 2.     Internal Compliance and Systems Monitoring: A procedural framework used by corporations to audit departmental adherence to internal policies.

 3.     A movement in poetry, originating in 1912 and represented by Ezra Pound, Amy Lowell, and others, aiming at clarity of expression through the use of precise visual images.

 4.     Imitative or figurative expression.

 5.     Storming (of a city), conquest.

 6.     A memory triggered by a particular odor.

 7.     A feeling of helplessness or being unable to cope with life events.

 8.     A thin layer of frost that forms between two panes of glass.

 9.     A sudden, involuntary muscular spasm or twitch.

10.     An individual mannerism (as in literary style).

11.     An ironic turn of phrase or figure of speech. 

12.     The optical phenomenon of seeing subtle movement in painted eyes or faces.

13.     The inner blindspot that doesn't allow individuals to see their own faults.

14.     The practice of seeing people as examples of types, rather than as individuals.

15.     Acronym for Integrated Circuit Assembly System Management, an approach to coordinating the steps of manufacturing semiconductor devices.

[Judy Madnick]

I'm going to vote for 1 and 9, in spite of the fact that I have hemifacial spasms and I've never heard the term "icasm." It's just easier than trying to come up with anything better.

 

Judy Madnick

[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll go for 4 and 5.
--Mike

[Paul Keating]

One tic and one image, and no acronyms. 1 & 4.

[Daniel B. Widdis]

The only remotely plausible options are 4 and 12.

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[Tim Bourne]

1 and 9, please.

Best wishes,  Tim B. 

[Shani Naylor]

I'll try 10 & 11.

10.     An individual mannerism (as in literary style).

11.     An ironic turn of phrase or figure of speech. 

[John Barrs]

#13 and #15 for me please

[nancygoat]

I'll take 6 and 8.

Nancy

[Rey]

#1 and #9 are similar.

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Rey

[Chowie]

10 and 14

I don't believe any of them.

~Bending under the weight of His mercies~

​"For we cannot do anything against the truth, 

but only for the truth​." 

II Corinthians 13:8

[Efrem Mallach]

Unlike some, I believe it could be an acronym, it sounds like one, but I'll vote 10 and 11 anyhow.

Efrem

On Jul 28, 2025, at 2:19 PM, Eric Boxer <ecb...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello All, we have 15 definitions for ICASM (in no particular order), including 1 correct definition. Please reply below with your 2 choices for the correct definition before the deadline of ~48 hrs from now. Any misspellings or spacing issues are due to errors on my part.

Deadline:
        11:00 AM PDT in California on Wednesday 30th July 
        2:00 PM EDT in New York  

        18:00 UTC/GMT
        19:00 BST in London      
        20:00 CET in France and the Netherlands
        06:00 NZST on Thursday 31st in New Zealand

-- Eric

[Glenn Thomas Davis]

4 and 15.

—Glenn

. . .

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

—Plutarch

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[Tim Lodge]

It's a Dixonary axiom that It's never the acronym,  but I'm going to vote for them anyway: 2 and 15.

2.     Internal Compliance and Systems Monitoring: A procedural framework used by corporations to audit departmental adherence to internal policies.

15.     Acronym for Integrated Circuit Assembly System Management, an approach to coordinating the steps of manufacturing semiconductor devices.

-- Tim L

[Tony Abell]

I'll be fooled by 13 and 14: