Jumbled Word Game #5
6 Jan 2015 17:36:00 UTC
Topic 197902
Okay, by (un)popular demand, here it is, the next round of: Einstein's very own, totally separate from the one on the server in Berkeley, jumbled word game.
Simple rules:
Winner posts a jumbled word or phrase.
Other people try to unjumble it.
The first person to do so, after it is confirmed by whoever posted it, posts the next word. If the poster doesn't confirm it within a reasonable time and the solver is absolutely sure, he/she may post the next one without confirmation.
Multiple posts, and multiple guesses within a post ARE allowed.
Silly definitions of obviously incorrect solutions are not mandatory and will always be appreciated.
[ I may continue Mike's optional parallel/side competition here : awarding marks for what I personally judge to be funny/witty/silly/etc efforts. No penalty otherwise ... :-) ]
If no one gets it after a day or two, the poster may give hints.
Discussion of anything posted in the thread is allowed at any time, although it should stay at least somewhat related to the posts.
It is highly suggested that the poster either write down the correct word or send her/himself a PM with it.
Responses must be 'kid friendly' etc, etc, or they *will* be moderated.
Use of an internet word scrambling/descrambling site is considered cheating.
The new jumbled word is:
aiocnnhht
No hints to start.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Jumbled Word Game #5
aiocnnhht
Ah, that's an abbreviation for 'I miss Anniet'. :-)
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
RE: aiocnnhht Ah, that's
Good guess. I wish it was correct.
Even more, I wish she was here to give her own guess.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Hanniotch ( the first 'h' is
Hanniotch ( the first 'h' is silent ) : an ancient celtic word describing the angst due to the absence of a forum participant. Originally used by Brian Boru from Munster, after being hailed as First High King of the Irish. Upon arriving at Tara to claim the throne and start running the place properly, he brought his advisers & retainers together at the Stone of Destiny. Upon saying : "Where's Annie ? I have some wee words for her to be a sorting out", a great search was undertaken even as far as the local public house. When she couldn't be found he said : "Ah ! I feel so hanniotch ..."
Some scholars believe Brian may have derived this from an older verbal tradition "Ah-knee-ay-toh" which means literally : 'a lost Annie' or 'one Annie short' or 'yon wandering Annie' depending on which lingual pattern is observed.
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
You seem to be stuck in a
You seem to be stuck in a rut, Mike. Not that I blame you.
I can't give a hint this evening because I have the definition at work, where I haven't been in a couple of days.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
This word entered English in
This word entered English in the 1840s.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Awwwwwwwwww :) you guys are
Awwwwwwwwww :) you guys are so sweet! But you clearly have no idea what's staring you in the face...
...literally...
AnHotChin - variety of chilli pepper that should not be eaten by those with beards due to the risk of spontaneous combustion incidences in the pointy region at the bottom of the face,
HionChant - luminescent particle reverberation experienced following the imbibing of fly agaric-laced reindeer meat and often resulting in the emitting of an oscillating hum for several hours afterwards
Thinnocha - small and inadequate Spanish nap
There! *beam brightly* my work here is done :) You're welcome! :)
Please wait here. Further instructions could pile up at any time. Thank you.
RE: Awwwwwwwwww :) you guys
Just another reason why I don't eat such things.
I don't want to even think about that.
I am all too familiar with those. Didn't know there was a word for it.
In the sense that your posts brighten the entire thread, yes it is. However, you have not found the correct word.
New hint: it comes from the Greek.
Next I suppose I will have to start the "so many letters in the correct place" routine.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Is it Chthonian? Flowing
Is it Chthonian?
Flowing tentacles and pulpy gray-black, elongated sack of a body...no distinguishing features at all other than the reaching, groping tentacles. Or was there—yes—a lump in the upper body of the thing...a container of sorts for the brain, basal ganglia, or whichever diseased organ governed this horror's loathsome life!
—Brian Lumley, The Burrowers Beneath
I can't find a reference of use in 1840 for this word.
Oooh, I like that one !
Oooh, I like that one !
Try 'Chthonians, as later to evolve into BT engineers' ....
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
RE: Is it
Ding! We have a winner (although the definition doesn't jive).
chthonian
Heath, you can start the next thread.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.