[Dixonary] Round 3518 Voting Time

[Efrem Mallach]

Folks,

Following are fifteen possible definitions of BLAA, in ascending character count. One of them is correct. The others are the products of your collective ingenuity. As usual, your job is to vote for two you like for any reason - including, but not limited to, thinking they may be correct. You're welcome to vote even if you didn't send in a definition, as long as you don't know what BLAA means. If you realize on seeing the list that you do know, please let me know. The defs:

1. An improvised raft.

2. Livid, leaden, of a bluish-purple color. 

3. [Zulu] a moveable corral for cattle or sheep.

4. Urban slang for the blonde and affluent in society.  

5. Used to indicate that something is mediocre and unintersting. (cf. meh)

6. An Australian volcanic formation roughly 2.1 billion years old,  or lava therefrom.

7. A doughy, white bread bun speciality, particularly associated with Waterford, Ireland.

8. Acronym: British Leyland Automobile Association [now obs. since the breakup of BL Motor Group in 1982]

9. A small ground-cover plant found on Hawaii and other Pacific islands, one of the first to colonise lava flows.

10. A spray painting technique from graffiti in which paint is applied heavily, to the point of dripping down a wall.

11. [Scot.] A traditional house built of unmortared stone with a filling of earth, found esp. in northwestern Scotland and the Hebrides.

12. [Of sheep] To emit a prolonged, low-pitched bleating sound, typically as a sign of distress or during mating season. [Mid-16th c., imitative]

13. A difficult soccer move in which a player wraps one leg behind the other to put in a cross or pop off a shot; named after the player who first demonstrated it, Argentinian Eduardo Blaa.

14. [Ethiopia] A stiff porridge-like substance normally formed into a round shape with a hole in the middle for the dipping sauce, a mixture of butter and red peppers, or pulses such as sunflower seeds, nuts, and flax.

15. A dish from Greenland consisting of hundreds of dead auks stuffed into the body of a dead seal. The seal is then sealed up to be completely airtight, covered in oil to repel flies and maggots, and then fermented for three months.

The voting deadline will be 42 hours from the definition deadline: 9 am Monday in North American Eastern Time, or:

Boston, USA             Mon., Feb 10, 2025 at 9:00 am EST

Chicago, USA            Mon., Feb 10, 2025 at 8:00 am CST

Los Angeles, USA       Mon., Feb 10, 2025 at 6:00 am PST

Wellington, NZ Tues., Feb 11, 2025 at 3:00 am NZDT

Paris, France        Mon., Jan 11, 2025 at 3:00 pm CET

London, England Mon., Jan 11, 2025 at 2:00 pm GMT

I may close voting earlier if all those who submitted definitions have voted. So, if you didn't send one but intend to vote, either vote early or let me know early on that you will.

Efrem

[Tim Lodge]

I'll  vote for 7 and 14, but it's probably the revolting-sounding 15.

            7. A doughy, white bread bun speciality, particularly associated with Waterford, Ireland.

            14. [Ethiopia] A stiff porridge-like substance normally formed into a round shape with a hole in the middle for the dipping sauce, a mixture of butter and red peppers, or pulses such as sunflower seeds, nuts, and flax.

-- Tim L

[Chowie]

I don't like any of them but will throw votes at 10 and 14.

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[Judy Madnick]

I think I'll go with the foods:

 

7. A doughy, white bread bun speciality, particularly associated with Waterford, Ireland.

 

14. [Ethiopia] A stiff porridge-like substance normally formed into a round shape with a hole in the middle for the dipping sauce, a mixture of butter and red peppers, or pulses such as sunflower seeds, nuts, and flax.
 

Judy Madnick

[Tim Bourne]

3 and 5, please.

Best wishes,

Tim Bourne.

[Collect47]

3 and 10  … but not a word which will ever be popular!

Dave

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On Feb 8, 2025, at 3:01 PM, Efrem Mallach <efrem....@gmail.com> wrote:

Folks,

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[Daniel B Widdis]

4 and 5 please.  

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 8, 2025, at 12:01 PM, Efrem Mallach <efrem....@gmail.com> wrote:

Folks,

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[Hugo Kornelis]

Whoops! I sent this accidentally to Efrem instead of to the list.


Hi Efrem,

A very hard to believe list for a very hard to believe word. I'll waste my votes on:

2. Livid, leaden, of a bluish-purple color.

6. An Australian volcanic formation roughly 2.1 billion years old,  or lava therefrom.

Cheers,
Hugo - who probably will regret not picking my third option

Op 8-2-2025 om 21:01 schreef Efrem Mallach:

[Paul Keating]

Good afternoon,  Efrem, 

 

I reckon my def (which Wright gives under the catchword bloa) got merged with (a) the real definition, or (b) a submission from someone who had the same idea.

 

This isn’t a DQ because I’m still not sure if 2 is the real definition. The form blaa does not rate as a catchword in Wright or the OED, which is something I can establish without actually looking up the word, if I am careful.

 

But I also won’t be voting, so feel free to close early without waiting for a vote from me. 

 

Blah, blah.

 

 

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Paul Keating

Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France

 

Only a single 1-letter word has ever been played in Dixonary (in Round 3214). That was “e”, a long-obsolete word meaning “law” or “marriage”.

 

 

[Paul Keating]

EEEEK!

[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll vote for 2 and 14, although I'm tempted to vote for 15; has Greenland outdone Scotland (haggis) and Sweden (lutefisk) in the culinary disgusting awards?

--Mike

[France International/Mike Shefler]

For the record, I voted before reading Paul's messages.

--Mike

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[Eric Boxer]

I'll vote for 5 and 14.

-- Eric

[Glenn Thomas Davis]

A vote for the least likely definitions: 4 and 15.

—Glenn

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

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[Tony Abell]

I'll squander my votes on 2 and 12:

> 2. Livid, leaden, of a bluish-purple color.

[Shani Naylor]

What a weird list... I'll try 2 & 3.

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[Shani Naylor]

Ditto for me.

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[nancygoat]

The unpopular 6 and 9 for me.

Nancy