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#175588 - 04/05/08 03:50 PM Thrapple revealed
Jackie Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 9620 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	Here's the entire encarta dictionary definition: thrap·ple [ thrápp'l ] noun (plural thrap·ples) Definition: throat: the human throat or windpipe transitive verb (past and past participle thrap·pled, present participle thrap·pling, 3rd person present singular thrap·ples) Definition: throttle: to throttle somebody [14th century. Origin?] encarta Which the discerning will recognize part of as letter G in the list. (So, tsuwm, your comment gave me a laugh even though you were right!) ======================================= Okay; I'll put the submitters in blue and the voters in red. a.) noun. a pruning hook with rope attached that is thrown over branches and pulled to bring them within reach. From O.E. þrawan "to twist, turn writhe" and O.Fr. grapil, a hook. The Pook Voted for by etaoin b.) the sounds made by peacocks tsuwm Voted for by belMarduk c.) A process in tanning leather - pounding the hide to make it supple. belMarduk d.) To work your way against an oncoming throng of people by slapping, pushing and dodging. To Thrapple your way through a crowd. olly Voted for by twosleepy e.) The sound of light, hoofed animals on a gravel track. BranShea f.) An intermediate knot used in creating more complex decorative ones, such as the Monkey’s Fist and Masthead. Owlbow Voted for by The Pook; AnnaStrophic g.) N: throat: the human throat or windpipe V: throttle: to throttle somebody h.) a mixture of bits of salted meat and dried apples preserved in rendered animal fats used on the American frontier in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Father Steve Voted for by BranShea i.) The sound made by an outboard motor in brackish water. Fiberbabe Voted for by tsuwm j.) a slapping only fight, usually recorded on a mobile phone. See "Happy slapping". shanks Voted for by olly k.) A mixture of nuts and roasted grains, sweetened with maple sugar, eaten as a snack. Faldage Voted for by Aramis l.) \Thrap"ple\, n. The mash left over from pressings to make apple cider or juice. Derived from the abbreviation of the phrase "thrashed apples", used by press operators. twosleepy m.) The underside of a sheep's hindquarters. AnnaStrophic Voted for by Faldage; Owlbow n.) n. a dessert made with fruit [usually berries] folded into a cream-based batter Aramis Voted for by shanks; Father Steve So, Owlbow, AnnaStrophic, and Aramis get two points each for garnering two votes each. Submitters with one vote get one point. Consuelo gets two bonus points: her submission read: v. to grasp around the throat (slang). I shall award myself 3 points for a shutout. ======================================= I think the evenness of the vote spread shows what good selections there were. Confess I was surprised at the overlapping: four were for food (two of which were quite similar), three were for sounds, and two were for slapping. Good round, you-all! EDIT: if anybody can tell me why this is w-i-d-e, I'll try to fix it. Edit again: got it.
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#175589 - 04/05/08 04:02 PM Re: Thrapple revealed [Re: Jackie]
twosleepy twosleepy enthusiast Registered: 02/28/08 Posts: 291 Loc: western NY	Can I get a sympathy point, here? Say, one point for the two people who mentioned it, one as liking the concept and one noting it was "beautifully crafted"? :0)
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#175590 - 04/05/08 04:07 PM Re: Thrapple revealed [Re: twosleepy]
Jackie Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 9620 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	Okay, but: I'm afraid your mention of the word scrapple cancels it out. I was kind of hoping people would conflate the two words in their minds--then you went and pointed it out! Oh, okay--I award a half-point for beautiful craftsmanship! :-)
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#175591 - 04/05/08 04:20 PM Re: Thrapple revealed [Re: Jackie]
twosleepy twosleepy enthusiast Registered: 02/28/08 Posts: 291 Loc: western NY	In my defense, no one voted after my post; all votes were in. I guess the scrapple thing was so obvious to me, I thought it would be the first thing most people thought of, too. Sorry for the fox paws.... (and thanx for the 1/2 point!) :0)
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#175593 - 04/05/08 05:12 PM Re: Thrapple revealed [Re: twosleepy]
Jackie Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 9620 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	all votes were in All that ended up coming in, yes. But at that time I was hoping that at least Fiberbabe, if not other unknowns, would still cast one. Ah well; in truth, I think it would be an underestimation of these people to have truly thought they'd believe thrapple was scrapple. You can have another half point!
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#175596 - 04/05/08 05:29 PM Re: Thrapple revealed [Re: Jackie]
Faldage Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 11496	I believe the wides is being caused by your lines of equal signs. Chop the first one by about seven =s and the second by six.
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#175599 - 04/05/08 05:49 PM Re: Thrapple revealed [Re: Faldage]
Jackie Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 9620 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	Uh oh--yours is still wide, then? Mine's fine, but I'll go do what you suggest.
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#175600 - 04/05/08 06:11 PM Re: Thrapple revealed [Re: Jackie]
twosleepy twosleepy enthusiast Registered: 02/28/08 Posts: 291 Loc: western NY	Gee, thanks Jackie! You're a peach! :0) Not sure what the width issue is, though. This page, and it's columns, has all the same dimensions as other pages I view on this site.
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#175603 - 04/05/08 06:59 PM Re: Thrapple revealed [Re: twosleepy]
Faldage Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 11496	FWIW, I have a fuzzy, out of focus, old CRT monitor and have my screen resolution set to 800x600. The lovely AnnaS has it set to 1024x768. I don't know how she can read anything.
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#175604 - 04/06/08 04:10 AM Re: Thrapple revealed [Re: Jackie]
The Pook The Pook addict Registered: 02/20/08 Posts: 592 Loc: Tasmania	Originally Posted By: Jackie Okay, but: I'm afraid your mention of the word scrapple cancels it out. I was kind of hoping people would conflate the two words in their minds--then you went and pointed it out! Oh, okay--I award a half-point for beautiful craftsmanship! :-) Hey, mine was said to be beautifully crafted too (after which no one else voted for it of course!) - do I get another half vote?? When we played this game at home I think we always used to award five points for a shutout, because it's so hard to get, two points for someone else guessing yours and one point for guessing the right definition. I definitely think you should get more than one vote for someone guessing your definition. Either way, you still win the round Jackie, well done! Edited by The Pook (04/06/08 04:12 AM)
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