March 14 2011
Word of the Week: Octothorpe
OCTOTHORPE – the hash mark (#), as coined by Don MacPherson, a Bell Lab techie in honour of champ US decathlete – not octothlete – Jim Thorpe.
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March 14 2011
OCTOTHORPE – the hash mark (#), as coined by Don MacPherson, a Bell Lab techie in honour of champ US decathlete – not octothlete – Jim Thorpe.
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DC — 14 March at 09:28AM
Model cop, hero, to make a hash of it
DA — 14 March at 09:32AM
Losing head, GP defends hotdogs, sport and hash
Boniface — 14 March at 10:39AM
For character, vision of robot sports broken tooth
GymBunnies — 14 March at 11:24AM
Coot outed fearsome man in black suit for a pound
DC — 14 March at 11:31AM
#8 swimmer?
Rupert — 14 March at 01:40PM
Sharp toe to porch swings?
DC @11:31 - I like very much.
Rupert — 14 March at 01:41PM
Should be:
Sharp toe to porch swings.
It didn't need the question mark.
Rupert — 14 March at 02:22PM
Hash (drug) supports tailless cephalopods around thunder god.
Rupert — 14 March at 02:28PM
Noughts and crosses played here; love unusual company of R. Weasley's companion.
SK — 14 March at 02:35PM
Hash, mull, pot, hooch, trees....he's wasted!
AG — 14 March at 02:37PM
Double-crossing character not even once took the pro back in
RV — 14 March at 10:03PM
Makes hash of hot coot. Repeat. Eat out, hash!
dg — 15 March at 12:50AM
Shift 3 demerits to other cop.
DA — 15 March at 07:25AM
Welcome RV - a creative clue too.
dg, love 'Shift 3' as a sly definition, softened by a clean anagram. Though maybe another signpost: busts? perverts? rifles?
Double-crossing character is equivalent gold, AG. And sharp is dastardly as well, Rupert. Seems OCTOTHORPE has brought out our best.
In a minor finesse, I'd change my 'hotdogs' to hot fudge.
JPR — 15 March at 08:54PM
a bit clunky:
Made hash of (etc), Oprah too lost a hash.
JPR — 15 March at 09:23PM
Recto photo loco [+ definition!]
Mauve — 16 March at 11:44AM
A month to stir the poor hash