Round 3657 - CHURINGA Results
Tony Abell
The top score was 5 points, achieved by Efrem Mallach and Debbie Embler. Debbie's score was natural, making her the next dealer. The dictionary also scored 5 points, and I fully expected it would draw many votes. The ridiculously long and detailed definition does bear the style of its source, but it was such a contrast to the last word I dealt that I settled for it to bring the search for a word to an end. Only Paul Keating knew that a churinga is an aboriginal sacred object.
Take it away, Debbie!
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1. An object of wood or stone that is considered sacred by various aboriginal
tribes of Central Australia and that is often elliptical in shape, bears
incised designs, is believed to represent either the spiritual double of a
living native or the embodiment of the spirit of a totemic ancestor, and is
generally regarded as secret sometimes: the quality of sacredness.
Voted for by Efrem Mallach, Judy Madnick, Dan Widdis, John Barrs, Mike
Shefler
SOURCE: Merriam-Webster's Unabridged, which cannot vote, and scores D5
2. A colloquial name for a Mexico City cycle taxi.
Voted for by Tim Bourne, Tim Lodge
SOURCE: Eric Boxer, who voted 3 and 8, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
3. A type of stilt house indigenous to the Philippines.
Voted for by Eric Boxer, Efrem Mallach, Judy Madnick, Shani Naylor, Tim
Bourne
SOURCE: Debbie Embler, who voted 9 and 10, and scores 5 + 0 = 5
4. Out of control, crazy. (Sp. sl.)
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: Nancy Shepherdson, who didn't vote, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
5. Originally _South African_. Usually in _plural_. The long pale feathers
from the wing tips of a female ostrich, used as decorative plumes, esp.
(formerly) on ladies' hats.
Voted for by Dan Widdis
SOURCE: Paul Keating, who is DQ, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
6. Descriptive of the song or sound of a nightjar.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: John Barrs, who voted *1* and 11, and scores 0 + 2 = 2*
7. A seafood dish from Valencia, similar to paella but with pasta instead of
rice.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: Shani Naylor, who voted 3 and 8, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
8. A dwarf buffalo native to the Philippines.
Voted for by Eric Boxer, Shani Naylor, Mike Shefler
SOURCE: Efrem Mallach, who voted *1* and 3, and scores 3 + 2 = 5*
9. A New World rodent _Euryoryzomys legatus_ of coastal deserts of Peru and
Chile.
Voted for by Debbie Embler
SOURCE: Tim Lodge, who voted 2 and 10, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
10. A rare mosquito-born tropical parasitic disease primarily affecting the
kidneys and liver.
Voted for by Debbie Embler, Tim Lodge
SOURCE: Mike Shefler, who voted *1* and 8, and scores 2 + 2 = 4*
11. A worn circular patch of ground formed by animals repeatedly turning or
lying in the same place.
Voted for by John Barrs
SOURCE: Dan Widdis, who voted *1* and 5, and scores 1 + 2 = 3*
No definition submitted
Judy Madnick, who voted *1* and 3, and scores 0 + 2 = 2*
No definition submitted
Tim Bourne, who voted 2 and 3, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
SUMMARY
Player Def# Voted for Points, N+U=T
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Barrs ........................ 6 *1* & 11 0 + 2 = 2
Bourne ....................... 2 & 3 0 + 0 = 0
Boxer ........................ 2 3 & 8 2 + 0 = 2
E. Mallach ................... 8 *1* & 3 3 + 2 = 5
Embler ....................... 3 9 & 10 5 + 0 = 5
Keating ...................... 5 DQ 1 + 0 = 1
Lodge ........................ 9 2 & 10 1 + 0 = 1
M-W Unabridged ............... 1 N/A D5
Madnick ...................... *1* & 3 0 + 2 = 2
Naylor ....................... 7 3 & 8 0 + 0 = 0
Shefler ...................... 10 *1* & 8 2 + 2 = 4
Shepherdson .................. 4 N/V 0 + 0 = 0
Widdis ....................... 11 *1* & 5 1 + 2 = 3