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Post by Agathological on Feb 3, 2014 12:53:09 GMT -5
Okie doke; bowed by concensus; here are my remade definitions:
chiropterologist (n)- A person, often one of incredible beauty who doomed men love who partakes in the studying and training of bats for noble purposes.
I was about to point out to a colleuge that chiropterologist was a more apt word than his 'baticeer' but at that moment I was attacked by his bat called Baticeer.
Teuthologist (n)- A person who dedicates their life to the noble and worthwhile pursuit of studying octopi.
Stain'd-by-the-Sea's resident teuthologist has gone missing, however police forced are 'octopied' at the moment
Inquisitive (adj)- The notion that adults term 'nosy,' children term 'bothering' and well read people term 'adventurous'
He was inquisitive on what S. Theodora Markson looked like; the provided images did not satisfy his curiosity.
Vexed (adj)- A state where being confused, puzzled, bamboozled, exasperated, nettled or annoyed won't do
Vexillology has got me vexed said Rex to Tex
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Post by Cafe SalMONAlla on Feb 4, 2014 1:46:32 GMT -5
I like both, but the rectangle one I couldn't figure out without you explaining it. Maybe it's better to use the words tangle and recreation in the definition, like "A tangle, or complicated mess, created by someone for recreational purposes." Maybe it's just me who didn't get it at first, though. Alright, thanks for the suggestion. Revision: "A complicated mess or tangle created by someone in an idle moment of recreation."
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Post by thedoctororwell on Feb 4, 2014 6:19:42 GMT -5
Okay, I'll try my own !
Zythum : an egyptian beverage and the first and oldest of all the beers Humans ever made. Strangely enough, it seldom ages well. It used to be the last word in the dictionary before "zyzomis," a type of rodent, took its rightful place. Hungry's no longer serves beers, ever since a traumatized client found a dead zyzomis floating at the surface of her fresh pint of zythum.
Salamalec : a seemingly endless succession of obsequious platitudes and small talk. Prosper Lost's usual salamalec left me hanging, the same way a statue with no arms is left helplessly hanging in the lobby of a second-rate hotel.
Umami : a distinct, delicious and tragically overlooked flavor associated with sauces, broths and soups. Much like anything in Japanese culture, its pleasantness only reveals itself as a part of a greater whole. Ellington Feint's smiles were a mystery to me, the same way the unami flavor could only be found once you had tasted the whole dish.
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Post by Dante on Feb 4, 2014 9:13:42 GMT -5
You got here just in time, thedoctororwell. Submissions closed for review.Edit: Update: Provisional list compiled, just a few loose ends to be tidied up before posting. Edit Again: Update Again: I'm just sending out a couple of PMs asking a couple of people about revisions to their definition, but once I get replies to those, the list will be done. Incidentally, here's the final tally of how many words each person got in: Agathological 4 Antenora 3 Bandit 1 Bee 1 BSam 1 Dante 2 Duchess 2 Hermes 1 Lemona Snicket 1 Miss Librarian 1 Pandora 3 pen 3 Q.R.V. 9 Sixteen 5 Teleram 1 Terry 3 thedoctororwell 2 Tryina Denouement 1I believe that everyone who posted a word got one in, with people who posted more getting more. Often too many; Q.R.V. very nearly had a quarter of the whole Snicktionary, but I felt that was unfair and so managed to pare it down to less than ten, so while he still has the most words used, he also has the most words not used. Several people were guaranteed words owing to being the only ones to propose words for a particular letter. I also prioritised jokes that linked in to other cited words. Here is the full word list; definitions will follow once I've heard back from a few people as mentioned. - Antagonist
- Apoplectic
- Biblioclasm
- Chiropterologist
- Culpable
- Deipnosophist
- Ebeneous
- Eye, tattoo of
- Fenestration
- Galère
- Highfalutin
- Inkling
- Inquisitive
- Infenestration
- Jiffy
- Jow
- Killdeer
- Lycanthrope
- Mitteilungsbedürfnis
- Niall
- Obfuscation
- Penultimate
- Pseudonym
- Pyromaniac
- Quartet
- Quintessential
- Ring
- Sesquipedalian
- Snicketologist
- Stegophilist
- Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
- Tautology
- Teuthologist
- Triskaidekaphobia
- Ululation
- Umami
- Valetudinarian
- Vexed
- Weaksauce
- Woebegone
- Xylophone
- Yowie
- Zymurgy
- Zythum
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Post by penne on Feb 4, 2014 16:13:07 GMT -5
good list. great job, everyone!
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Post by Dante on Feb 5, 2014 12:37:12 GMT -5
I just need to hear back from one more person now. If I had bags of free time to format it for 667 right now, I would put the definition list up as it stands, but... I don't, which is as good an excuse as any for giving the person in question a while longer to get back to me. It's looking good, though.
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Post by Agathological on Feb 5, 2014 17:27:09 GMT -5
Great list!
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Post by Dante on Feb 6, 2014 7:16:28 GMT -5
I'm still waiting to hear from Tryina about rewriting her definition a little, but since everything else is ready to go, I'll put up the full list. I have made some slight edits for stylistic consistency, but any noticeable changes I've run past people. If anybody has any questions or objections, speak now; if not, now would be the time to start claiming illustrations!
A Antagonist: A person, object or event that, like an allergy, can appear at any time and spoil everything, even when one thinks one is well-protected. [Lemona Snicket] Apoplectic: An emotional state of anger often after a confusing episode. “The customer was apoplectic after the waiter bit his nose instead of taking his order.” [Miss Librarian] B Biblioclasm: A terrible tragedy, often promulgated, as so many tragedies are, by fire. A certain dystopian novel about non-volunteer firemen uses biblioclasm as an extended metaphor for the triumph of villainy over the well-read. [Q.R.V.] C Chiropterologist: A person, often one of incredible beauty whom doomed men love, who partakes in the studying and training of bats for noble purposes. I was about to point out to a colleague that ‘chiropterologist’ was a more apt word than his ‘baticeer’ but at that moment I was attacked by his bat called Baticeer. [Agathological] Culpable: Young women who demonstrate the ability to think critically and set themselves apart from the masses, but have a tendency to bludgeon others with sports equipment. She starred in plays, enjoyed opera, edited her high school’s literary magazine and covered all her textbooks, so no one knew she was culpable until it was too late. [Pandora] D Deipnosophist: A person skilled in the art of steering dinner-table conversation away from the dangerous topics of vacation photos and tapioca. “Madame diLustro, I believe I’ve discovered your true identity!” is the battle-cry of the deipnosophists. [Q.R.V.] E Ebeneous: Pertaining to a black, very shiny, rare, and valuable species of wood. It was an ebeneous collection, full of shiny black statues of unicorns and other fabulous monsters. [Q.R.V.] Eye, tattoo of: Something that has now become the sign of being treacherous, pyromanic, and of starting fires rather than being noble, well-read, and putting out fires. [Teleram] F Fenestration: To throw a window. He thought about defenstrating the boy, but fenestrated onto him instead. [Sixteen] G Galère: (1) A group of people having a common attribute or interest, such as a hidden tattoo or a noble cause. (2) An unpleasant situation, such as discovering all the treachery that can fester within a group of people. The galère of pirates plotted mutiny in the galley. [Q.R.V.] H Highfalutin: Falutin while under the influence of narcotics. I can’t believe you showed up highfalutin to my wedding! [pen] I Inkling: Variously used to refer to a private organisation of fantasy novelists, a juvenile octopus, and the first dark line of an idea staining the blank paper of one’s mind. The Inklings had an inkling about an inkling. [Dante] Infenestration: To throw into a window. He had only meant to infenestrate the colonel, but defenestrated him by accident. [Sixteen] Inquisitive: The notion that adults term ‘nosy,’ children term ‘bothersome,’ and well-read people term ‘adventurous.’ He was inquisitive about what S. Theodora Markson looked like; the provided images did not satisfy his curiosity. [Agathological] J Jiffy: 1) A second 2) a minute 3) any moment now 4) indeterminate time that could take forever. “I’ll be there in a jiffy.” [Terry Craig] Jow: The toll or stroke of a bell. Ask not for whom the bell jows; it jows for thee. [Q.R.V.] K Killdeer: A bird with a misleading name and misleading behaviors. “How many deer would a killdeer kill if a killdeer could kill deer?” is entirely the wrong question. [Antenora] L Lycanthrope: An individual who finds themselves becoming hairy and irritable roughly every few weeks, particularly when approaching their mid-forties. [BSam] M Mitteilungsbedürfnis: An inexplicable need to communicate. [Antenora] N Niall: Scottish monster that can sing inoffensive, catchy melodies after consuming large quantities of food. I really need to know if Daniel Handler’s favorite member of One Direction is Niall, you know, the Scottish monster who sings greeting cards with guitar solos. [Pandora] O Obfuscation: The practice of hiding the meaning of certain things by coming up with obscure words like ‘obfuscation’. [Sixteen] P Penultimate: The absolute ultimate, often used incorrectly in describing things such as book releases. [Bee] Pseudonym: A false name used to hide one’s responsibility for tales of children suffering, abusive letters to the editor, theories posted on the Internet, etc. He posted about the pseudonymous author pseudonymously. [Teleram and Dante] Pyromaniac: A person, especially a tall, bearded man with a tattoo, that likes to set fires. See Eye, tattoo of. Count Olaf. [Duchess] Q Quartet: A group of four people or things, e.g. seasons of the year, divisions of day, movements in a symphony, suits of playing cards, a string quartet, the number of strings on each of the string quartet members’ instruments, four colly birds on the fourth day of Christmas, The Beatles, four opposed camps of the morality and nature of evil, All The Wrong Questions, or the four horsemen of the apocalypse. [Terry Craig] Quintessential: The fifth essential. Out of that line of essentials, the fifth one is the one we call “quintessential”. [pen] R Ring: A small circular band worn on the finger, often to mark happy occasions such as a couple’s engagement, a child’s christening or birth, and (for those not unjustly accused of crimes) a wedding day. Alternately, when used as a verb this word can mean to produce a clear, resonant sound, caused by air vibrating around you. “Ring out their delight!” – Edgar Allan Poe, The Bells [Q.R.V.] S Sesquipedalian: An unfortunate tendency to expound one’s convictions with a vocabulary of excessive turgidity. “Pietrisycamollaviadelrechiotemexity,” said sprouting sesquipedalian Sunny. [Q.R.V.] Snicketologist: An obsessive student of enigmatic works of children’s fiction. [Hermes] Stegophilist: Someone who enjoys climbing the exteriors of buildings, either for recreational purposes or to escape angry mobs. He had all the hallmarks of a great author; not only did he possess a portable typewriter and a broken heart, but he was also an avid stegophilist. [Q.R.V.] Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious:(unknown) A very annoying word often sung in tune. Is crucial in sesquipedalian (look up sesquipedalian, s.) Probably will be used by Mr. Snicket. We don’t really know, but this is just a fan theory. [Tryina Denouement] [to be revised] T Tautology: The needless, redundant use of words with the same repetitive meaning more than once in a sentence, without there being a necessity of doing so. As the man walked through the dry desert, he thought about redundant examples of tautology, and then wondered why he was thinking about that while he was lost in the desert and didn’t know where he was. [pen] Teuthologist: A person who dedicates their life to the noble and worthwhile pursuit of studying octopi. Stain’d-by-the-Sea’s resident teuthologist has gone missing; however, police forces are ‘octopied’ at the moment. [Agathological] Triskaidekaphobia: An entirely rational fear. She had triskaidekaphobia, so she ran away when I read A Series Of Unfortunate Events. [Duchess and Antenora] U Ululation: A loud wail of grief, commonly heard at birthday parties. [Sixteen] Umami: A distinct, delicious and tragically overlooked flavor associated with sauces, broths and soups. Much like anything in Japanese culture, its pleasantness only reveals itself as a part of a greater whole. Ellington Feint’s smiles were a mystery to me, the same way the unami flavor could only be found once you had tasted the whole dish. [thedoctororwell] V Valetudinarian: A person who is overly preoccupied and anxious about their own health. Doctor Robinson was fed up with the valetudinarian in Ward 3 who kept whining about a severe pain in his right side. [Bandit] Vexed: A state where being confused, puzzled, bamboozled, exasperated, nettled or annoyed won’t do. “Vexillology has got me vexed” said Rex to Tex. [Agathological] W Weaksauce: A type of sauce that is not strong enough to satisfy the taste buds of a ravenous acting troupe. Perhaps we should substitute this weaksauce with a nice puttanesca sauce instead. [Pandora] Woebegone: A word meaning the appearance of intense sadness, often used to describe authors, people turning 44, or both. [Sixteen] X Xylophone: A word called into service to fill the X space on an alphabetical list. [Dante and Antenora] Y Yowie: The Australian equivalent of the mythical Bigfoot. “Holy dooley! I think that’s a Yowie!” “Nah, mate, that’s just someone approaching his mid-forties.” [Terry Craig] Z Zymurgy: The study of fermentation, a process in which brandy and birthdays just keep getting better with time. [Q.R.V.] Zythum: An Egyptian beverage and the first and oldest of all the beers humans ever made. Strangely enough, it seldom ages well. It used to be the last word in the dictionary before “zyzomis,” a type of rodent, took its rightful place. Hungry’s no longer serves beers, ever since a traumatized client found a dead zyzomis floating at the surface of her fresh pint of zythum. [thedoctororwell]
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Feb 6, 2014 8:02:12 GMT -5
I gotta say, while Q.R.V. has provided some excellent definitions, I still think 9 is a bit high compared to the rest (there's even two in a single, already crowded letter ("S")).
But aside from that fact, this is a good list. Maybe 'jiffy' wasn't one of the best of my contributions, but oh well.
Just one alteration for my name: I'd prefer having my full username ("Terry Craig") used.
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Post by The Duchess on Feb 6, 2014 8:13:16 GMT -5
This is a really good list! Do you think that Handler will send a reply?
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Post by bandit on Feb 6, 2014 10:02:41 GMT -5
Yes it is a good list.
Is valetudinarian not going to have the garden scissors bit added in?
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Post by Dante on Feb 6, 2014 10:06:43 GMT -5
I gotta say, while Q.R.V. has provided some excellent definitions, I still think 9 is a bit high compared to the rest (there's even two in a single, already crowded letter ("S")). Part of the problem is that a lot of his contributions were also very good. Gosh darn it, Q.R.V., you understood the task too well! But I was aware of the possibility of his definitions dominating and took steps to counteract it, and I think that the final result is actually the best or nearly the best possible with the material available. ~Rest assured, I did work quite hard on creating a selection that was fair, funny, and self-referential. Noted and edited. This is a really good list! Do you think that Handler will send a reply? It's not unknown... Yes it is a good list. Is valetudinarian not going to have the garden scissors bit added in? I'm hoping the illustrations will take care of that aspect.
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Post by Agathological on Feb 6, 2014 12:37:39 GMT -5
I better start illustrating!
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Post by penne on Feb 6, 2014 12:53:00 GMT -5
how will these illustrations fit in the project? will it be just the snickitinary typed out as it is with the occasional image or are we writing the definitions on the illustrations?
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Feb 6, 2014 13:58:22 GMT -5
I would also like to contribute the illustration to bandit's valetudinarian with the garden scissors unless anybody's fervent to do it just quoting this to be safe. I also have an illustration to "Chiropterologist" ready, and furthermore those two may be the only illustrations I'll have the time to contribute. I'll have access to a scanner in a bout a week.
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