October 19 2011
G-Gate
The World Scrabble Tournament held in Warsaw almost erupted into chaos last week when a G-tile went AWOL. The barney centred upon Thai champ Chollapat Itthi-Aree who accused his Brit opponent Ed Martin of stowing the consonant on his person.
Thankfully a strip search never came to pass, despite the Thai’s demands. Eventually, play was resumed, the game coming down to a one-point win in Martin’s favour. The tourney’s eventual winner was Kiwi Nigel Richards, with silver going to Australian maven (and Letters & Numbers Series One maestro), Andrew Fisher. As for the mysterious G, the tile remains missin'.
Hence our little game to spice up the week. What say we present any word that contains a G, with the G removed, and argue Scrabble-style, what the nonsense may mean? For example:
RIMACE: half-pipe virtuoso
ORESS: female mineral
ALLERIC: susceptible to anything
JUGLE: small pitcher, only worth 500 words?
FOOTBRIDE: sole mate
Silly stuff, but worth a gigle. And major kudos to Andrew too.
Comments
Anthony Douglas — 19 October at 04:20PM
...to be followed by an unusual names competition. A double-barrelled surname, with each name containing a double letter, and a total of 9 letters used for an 18 letter name. Phew, no wonder he plays Scrabble!
The first entry that came to mind, sadly, doesn't 'enerate nonsense, but I'll go with a nonsense defn anyway.
REED: what you call it when you become Premier, and then stop being Premier, without ever leading your party in an election.
ENERATE: the act of consistently choosing the letter N as your first variable in any algebraic equation, followed by N', N", etc.
Criseyde — 19 October at 04:23PM
Read that too. What a hoot.
IGOLO: philanderer lost in the Arctic?
STRIN: endless piece of Ozzie dialect?
Criseyde — 19 October at 04:29PM
ILLARD: one who suffers, terminally
Criseyde — 19 October at 04:38PM
-STRING: what the loser wanted to do when they wouldn't strip the tile-holder
Criseyde — 19 October at 04:41PM
EM: a priceless DAbbler
Boniface — 19 October at 04:43PM
HUMDINER (n) - a crashing bore at restaurants
ASTROENTERITIS (n) - the sickening sensation experienced by astronauts leaving Earth's orbit
PURATORY (n) - a place of purity and pulchritude; hence, any desirable place.
BULE (n) - a wind instrument renowned for missing the top note.
CONESTED (adj) - co-existing in mutual comfort
Criseyde — 19 October at 04:58PM
TRIONOMETRY: Market research for Peter, Paul and Mary.
Sam — 19 October at 05:48PM
WANER: opera-lite
Em — 19 October at 06:14PM
Criseyde, you've made my day! Sorry I can't return the favour :)
RUDGE: Kevin's feelings for Julia
Em — 19 October at 06:18PM
ANARAM: Clue written by someone who can't count
DA — 19 October at 06:48PM
TELERAM: Ewe Tube
BLANCMANE: La Kimba
DOPPELANGER: Double-cross
ADB — 19 October at 06:54PM
OLD COAST: a surfer's paradise not a pensioner's beach
DA — 19 October at 06:58PM
Welcome ADB, or on this forum I should say, ood day.
INITE: Steve Jobs' wake
Criseyde — 19 October at 07:34PM
VIARA: the way to "God!"
Criseyde — 19 October at 07:40PM
BIPOND: hermaphroditic frog colony
Em — 19 October at 09:41PM
LADY AGA: YouTube's latest cooking sensation
RUESOME: regrettable
ALLIVANT: The cavorting of elephants?
DA — 19 October at 10:34PM
IFTHORSE: pony
ENINE: online planetarium
TOETHER: Ode to Codeine
PANLOSSIAN: regarding an ousted Masterchef contestant
RM — 20 October at 06:36AM
Hat tip to EM for this one:
FRIDE: Haplologue free ride to the cooler
The first two that occurred to me are actually real words:
OFF: Remove [Labour] leader
ALE: A lot of Goose Island beer
Sam — 20 October at 08:23AM
RECONISING: Repeat Offenders, the Musical
Criseyde — 20 October at 11:36AM
PRAMATIC: Miniature vehicle targetted at the temporarily ambulant.
DA — 20 October at 11:50AM
Or perhaps PRAMATIC is a self-propelled stroller. Great word.
FROMOUTH: One with a hair lip
ILOO: PC WC (where one does jobs?)
LEROOM: Boudoir
DINGDON: Music Professor
Criseyde — 20 October at 12:25PM
That was the ist of it, DA.
LEROOM is a beauty. Love nest for Peter Sellers and Sarah Palin?
IST: a tag applied by anyone who isn't
Em — 20 October at 12:33PM
PARADIM: the nothing section added to an essay to bulk up the word count
EPIRAM: what you must do when someone suffers anaphylaxis
— 20 October at 01:35PM
SPOT: Bookmaker?!
UAM: I is (Tarzan)
LEE: Dijon, say
Rob T — 20 October at 01:35PM
SPOT: Bookmaker?!
UAM: I is (Tarzan)
LEE: Dijon, say
KM — 20 October at 03:09PM
KINDOM: Protection for one's family
RACIOUS: Payment methods for roadside auto service
MCUFFIN: A breakfast item containing a bit of carrot
Rob T — 20 October at 03:17PM
LIONKIN: Family pride
PUNACIOUS: Feeling Peruvian to the max
OOSE: Feeling poorly.
KM — 20 October at 03:20PM
ATHER: Something that is neither this, that nor the other
RANDIOSE: Being wealthy in South Africa
OOSE: 1. An animal that finds benefit in whatever is good for an ander. 2. A Scottish dwelling
KM — 20 October at 03:25PM
LELESS: A diminutive Frenchman
OOGLE: To look searchingly
KM — 20 October at 03:28PM
ANACHE: Pain caused by an overindulgence in chocolate
KM — 20 October at 03:33PM
RM, the LABOR leader was GOUGH.
DA — 20 October at 03:59PM
KM, that MCUFFIN is delicious. And for those still clueless about McGuffin, go here to get the excellent carrot gag:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mcguffin
KM — 20 October at 04:26PM
Thanks, DA. :)
Bon appetit.
Criseyde — 20 October at 04:53PM
Thanks KM and DA. That's so good.
PROROUE: lobby group in favour of bringing back the rack for wayward MP's
ADB — 20 October at 05:14PM
RAN: I called
RAN: Mu Mum's mum
KM — 20 October at 05:24PM
ALL THAT LITTERS IS NOT OLD: The argument against a carbon tax for seniors.
RM — 20 October at 08:06PM
@KM: I was referring to the current leader of the NZ Labour party.
Rob T — 20 October at 09:24PM
BIGBID: The tender trap
Rob T — 20 October at 09:26PM
D'oh:
BIBIRD: Flying United.
Rob T — 21 October at 07:44AM
SEABORIUM: Flat as a tack.
Rob T — 21 October at 07:47AM
HUNARY: The numbering system that Attila used. Unlike Binary which uses both '0' and '1', Hunary used only '1' because it was all about him.
Em — 21 October at 08:05AM
OBLET: a baby rectangle
KM — 21 October at 01:53PM
RM: Whoops! My bad for not thinking trans-Tasmanly enough.
KM — 21 October at 02:06PM
HOSTGUM: Where a koala spends its holidays
LADIATOR: A Japanese device for cooling a car's engine
ADDAFI: A condition that prevents sufferers from paying attention during film awards ceremonies
Rob T — 21 October at 04:38PM
SPLODE: a lazy fart
RobT — 22 October at 02:43PM
Alston Gorge: Australia's telecommunications legacy.