Round 3619 OLOLIUQUI Results

[Eric Boxer]

Closing a little early because all submitters have voted. With 7 points, Efrem is the winner with his Arctic fox! Mike's waxy frog skin finishes in second with 5.

OLOLIUQUI are the psychoactive seeds of the morning glory. It became clear early on that folks were good at guessing the correct definition. In retrospect, I could have abbreviated the OED definition, but I think Mike's submission (on the basis of it including a little Latin) gave me some false confidence that the real definition would slip under more folks' radars.

As an aside, Dan brought up that ololiuqui is "three palindromes sandwiched together". Submitters did a good job of identifying the Mesoamerican origins of the word, but there are some common English words that share this 3 adjacent palindromes structure, e.g., millimeter, pipettes, nemesis, opponent, minimum. Regardless, I certainly concede that ololiuqui is a strange-looking word.

1. A traditional Mesoamerican co-operative kicking volley game.
Submitter: Glenn Davis  Votes: 7 & 11  Score: 0 + 0 + = 0
Voted for by: Nobody

2. A repetitive ceremonial chant used in Mesoamerican rites to mark transitions within a communal observance.
Submitter: Dan Widdis  Votes: 3 & 9  Score: 2 + *2* + = 4*
Voted for by: Tim Bourne, Debbie Embler

3. A strong grape brandy of Peru.
Submitter: Tim Lodge  Votes: 8 & 12  Score: 2 + 0 + = 2
Voted for by: Dan Widdis, Hugo Kornelis

4. A heavy, low-built vessel, larger than a galley, impelled both by sail and oars, chiefly employed in war.
Submitter: Shani Naylor  Votes: 11 & 12  Score: 0 + 0 + = 0
Voted for by: Nobody

5. An oil-in-water-in-oil emulsion.
Submitter: Paul Keating  Votes: 9 & 12  Score: 0 + *2* + = 2*
Voted for by: Nobody

6. An expectorant cough medicine.
Submitter: Johnny Barrs  Votes: &  Score: 0 + 0 + = 0
Voted for by: Nobody

7. A waxy secretion found on the skin of frogs of the family Dendrobatidae (poison dart frogs).
Submitter: Mike Shefler  Votes: 9 & 12  Score: 3 + *2* + = 5*
Voted for by: Glenn Davis, Efrem Mallach, Tony Abell

8. [Swahili] Bubbly, vivacious.
Submitter: Tim Bourne  Votes: 2 & 9  Score: 2 + *2* + = 4*
Voted for by: Tim Lodge, Nancy Shepherdson

9. A tropical American morning glory, Turbina corymbosa (family Convolvulaceae); a psychoactive drug prepared from the seeds of this plant, used traditionally for ritual purposes by the Aztecs.
Submitter: OED  Votes: - & -  Score: 8 + 0 + = D8
Voted for by: Dan Widdis, Paul Keating, Mike Shefler, Tim Bourne, Judy Madnick, Efrem Mallach, Tony Abell, Hugo Kornelis

10. A brief involuntary tremor of the thumb that occurs after extended use of fine-motor tools, typically resolving without treatment.
Submitter: Judy Madnick  Votes: 9 & 14  Score: 0 + *2* + = 2*
Voted for by: Nobody

11. A ghost healer in Fala regions of Francophone Africa.
Submitter: Nancy Shepherdson  Votes: 8 & 12  Score: 3 + 0 + = 3
Voted for by: Glenn Davis, Shani Naylor, Debbie Embler

12. [Inuit] The Arctic fox.
Submitter: Efrem Mallach  Votes: 9 & 7  Score: 5 + *2* + = 7*
Voted for by: Tim Lodge, Shani Naylor, Paul Keating, Mike Shefler, Nancy Shepherdson

13. A medicine made from the sap of fan palms native to the Nile delta.
Submitter: Tony Abell  Votes: 7 & 9  Score: 0 + *2* + = 2*
Voted for by: Nobody

14. A concoction of tea, pineapple juice and liquor.
Submitter: Debbie Embler  Votes: 2 & 11  Score: 1 + 0 + = 1
Voted for by: Judy Madnick

15. Melting stone in order to extract contained minerals.
Submitter: Hugo Kornelis  Votes: 3 & 9  Score: 0 + *2* + = 2*
Voted for by: Nobody

-- Eric