Round 3169 results
Shani Naylor
1. Slang
reference to frequent judicial injunctions against creators of arcade
games that attempt success by imitation but violate copyright infringement.
Debbie E, who voted 8 & 10. 2 DP.
Score: 3
Vote from Judy M.
2. Nickname
for street tramways, from the sound made by the early electric tramcars.
Tim B, who voted 6 & 10. Score: 4
Votes from Paul K, Deb F, Tony A & Dan W.
3. An
informal name for the Great Skua, _Stercorarius skua_, from its habit of
attacking intruders into its territory in the nesting season.
Tim L, who voted 4 & *11. Score: 2
No votes.
4. To hit
one's head in frustration.
Johnny K, who voted 7 & 12. Score: 3
Votes from Tim L, Dan W & Alan M.
5. An old
and unreliable bus [portmanteau word, from banger ‘old motor
vehicle’ + char-à-banc ‘motor coach’]
Paul K, who voted 2 & 12. Score: 1
Vote from Efrem M.
6. (Aussie
slang) A car in poor running order; a jalopy; a junker.
Alan M, who voted 4 & 9. Score: 3
Votes from Tim B, Ryan M & Deb F.
7. [Pidgin]
goods and supplies airdropped in Melanesia during World War II, which were
later appropriated by the natives and led to the arising of so-called
"cargo cults".
Mike S, who voted *11 & 12. Score: 5
Votes from Johnny B, Tony A & Nancy S.
8. Astonished
to think back on the bizarre sequence of accidents that brought you to where
you are today—as if you’d spent years bouncing down a Plinko pegboard, passing
through a million harmless decision points, any one of which might’ve changed
everything—which makes your long and winding path feel fated from the start,
yet so unlikely as to be virtually impossible.
Dan W, who voted 2 & 4. Score: 2
Votes from Debbie E & Efrem M.
9. Assuming
superiority, haughty.
Nancy S, who voted 7 & 12. Score: 1
Vote from Alan M.
10. A quick
guns game that's a mixture of taking in the information around you and taking
quick actions based on your cut to take down the other players you think are a
threat. Many games like it have come along but it remains the gold standard in
its area.
Judy M, who voted 1 & 12. Score: 2
Votes from Tim B & Debbie E.
11. To lie lazily on a bank.
A Dictionary of Archaisms and Provincialisms. D2
Votes from Tim L & Mike S.
12. A children's game in which players throw rocks at a
tree or other target, taking a step back at each turn; players who miss drop
out until only one is left.
Efrem M, who voted 5 & 8. Score: 6
Votes from Johnny B, Paul K, Judy M, Mike S, Ryan M & Nancy S.
13. [Papua] a shrunken head.
Dave C, who didn’t vote. Score: 0
No votes.
No def:
Ryan M, who voted 6 & 12. Score: 0
Deb F, who voted 2 & 6. Score: 0
Tony A, who voted 2 & 7. Score: 0
Tim Lodge
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I can believe it, and I suspect it’s true of a lot of seabirds. Many years ago, when my wife and I were vacationing on an island off the New Hampshire coast, and wandered into a gull’s nesting area, we shared the same experience.
Anyway, there’s quite a bit of difference between a Bonxie and a Bang-a-bonk.
Alan
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