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#510542 - Tue Feb 09 2010 10:19 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: flopsymopsy]
twosleepy Explorer Registered: Thu May 29 2008 Posts: 67 Loc: Mendon New York USA ...	Obviously, the problem is that I didn't know I'm an idiot. Thanks for letting me know...
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#510543 - Wed Feb 10 2010 01:46 AM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: twosleepy]
abechstein Enthusiast Registered: Sun Apr 19 2009 Posts: 408 Loc: Athens Georgia USA	It seems both of these definitions are missing word(s): ----- 2. Found in warm waters of western Atlantic Your answer: phytonadione phytonadione means "a form of vitamin K" The correct answer was timucu ----- 6. Used also in making gasoline components Your answer: isobutylene
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#510544 - Wed Feb 10 2010 01:27 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: abechstein]
JMElston Prolific Registered: Sat Aug 05 2006 Posts: 1572 Loc: Grayslake Illinois USA	15. Infection by a disease-causing ameba Your answer: amoebiosis Amoebiosis is an obsolete variant of amebiasis. Whether to leave obsolete words in the game is a question. Happy WW Obsolete Trivia! _________________________ Immortal #4, #8, #15, #18, #6, #6, #5, #5, #4, #7, #4, #12, #15, #48, #26, #19 (GC2-17) Who Am I? Editor since June 17, 2008 _______________________ Wanting to edit Word Wizard since Nov. 13, 2005
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#510545 - Wed Feb 10 2010 02:08 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: JMElston]
JMElston Prolific Registered: Sat Aug 05 2006 Posts: 1572 Loc: Grayslake Illinois USA	3. Woolly_alder_aphid Your answer: attacks alders Another incomplete but obvious entry. Happy WW Trivia! _________________________ Immortal #4, #8, #15, #18, #6, #6, #5, #5, #4, #7, #4, #12, #15, #48, #26, #19 (GC2-17) Who Am I? Editor since June 17, 2008 _______________________ Wanting to edit Word Wizard since Nov. 13, 2005
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#510546 - Thu Feb 11 2010 07:48 AM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: JMElston]
JMElston Prolific Registered: Sat Aug 05 2006 Posts: 1572 Loc: Grayslake Illinois USA	2. Tropical Africa to Australasia and Polynesia Your answer: climbing bird's nest fern A typical incomplete plant definition. 9. A week chirping sound as of a small bird Your answer: tweet The word 'week' should be 'weak', obviously. Happy WW Correction Trivia! _________________________ Immortal #4, #8, #15, #18, #6, #6, #5, #5, #4, #7, #4, #12, #15, #48, #26, #19 (GC2-17) Who Am I? Editor since June 17, 2008 _______________________ Wanting to edit Word Wizard since Nov. 13, 2005
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#510547 - Thu Feb 11 2010 12:19 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: JMElston]
abechstein Enthusiast Registered: Sun Apr 19 2009 Posts: 408 Loc: Athens Georgia USA	One more incomplete entry (I'm actually getting good at guessing these now!): ----- 6. Giant_pigfish Your answer: found around the great barrier reef
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#510548 - Thu Feb 11 2010 07:11 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: abechstein]
abechstein Enthusiast Registered: Sun Apr 19 2009 Posts: 408 Loc: Athens Georgia USA	9. Scarlet_tanager Your answer: the male is bright red with black wings and tail ----- I think this definition is missing something, too. Also, in that set, I got two questions about "street names" for drugs. I know the selection should be essentially random, but getting 13% drug slang seems a little odd. Edited by abechstein (Thu Feb 11 2010 07:12 PM)
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#510549 - Fri Feb 12 2010 03:11 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: abechstein]
JMElston Prolific Registered: Sat Aug 05 2006 Posts: 1572 Loc: Grayslake Illinois USA	4. Hold back Your answer: bottleneck bottleneck means "a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel" The correct answer was cumber 'bottleneck' could easily be 'hold back' Happy WW Trivia! _________________________ Immortal #4, #8, #15, #18, #6, #6, #5, #5, #4, #7, #4, #12, #15, #48, #26, #19 (GC2-17) Who Am I? Editor since June 17, 2008 _______________________ Wanting to edit Word Wizard since Nov. 13, 2005
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#510550 - Fri Feb 12 2010 03:41 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: Terry]
Terry Head Honcho Registered: Wed Dec 31 1969 Posts: 16909 Loc: USA	Trimmed some birds and fish out
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#510551 - Fri Feb 12 2010 05:10 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: Terry]
JMElston Prolific Registered: Sat Aug 05 2006 Posts: 1572 Loc: Grayslake Illinois USA	11. Disorderly fighting Your answer: dogfingt Should be 'dogfight' or 'dogfighting'. Happy WW Typo Trivia! _________________________ Immortal #4, #8, #15, #18, #6, #6, #5, #5, #4, #7, #4, #12, #15, #48, #26, #19 (GC2-17) Who Am I? Editor since June 17, 2008 _______________________ Wanting to edit Word Wizard since Nov. 13, 2005
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#510552 - Fri Feb 12 2010 09:50 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: JMElston]
queproblema Mainstay Registered: Mon Sep 25 2006 Posts: 868 Loc: Kenny Lake Alaska USA	Oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris Your answer: cunnilinctus
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#510553 - Fri Feb 12 2010 11:44 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: queproblema]
Terry Head Honcho Registered: Wed Dec 31 1969 Posts: 16909 Loc: USA	Thanks for the report -- I clearly forgot about the good old clitoris. Just nuked 11 entries dealing with it. And 13 testicles. And 10 vulvas.
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#510554 - Sat Feb 13 2010 05:19 AM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: Terry]
Lones78 Prolific Registered: Mon Apr 27 2009 Posts: 1361 Loc: Forrestfield Western Australia	Quote: I clearly forgot about the good old clitoris. I bet you're not the first person to ever say that! Quote: Just nuked 11 entries dealing with it. And 13 testicles. And 10 vulvas. So not thinking of branching out into gynaecology then? _________________________ In the process of thinking up something deep and meaningful to have as a signature line...
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#510555 - Sat Feb 13 2010 06:40 AM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: Lones78]
Mink Forum Adept Registered: Fri Jul 13 2007 Posts: 149 Loc: Devon UK	"cunnilinctus" I bet Boots don't sell it!
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#510556 - Sat Feb 13 2010 06:08 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: Mink]
JMElston Prolific Registered: Sat Aug 05 2006 Posts: 1572 Loc: Grayslake Illinois USA	7. Sheepshead_porgy Your answer: from florida and bahamas to brazil There are still a few incomplete animals around. Happy WW Error Trivia! _________________________ Immortal #4, #8, #15, #18, #6, #6, #5, #5, #4, #7, #4, #12, #15, #48, #26, #19 (GC2-17) Who Am I? Editor since June 17, 2008 _______________________ Wanting to edit Word Wizard since Nov. 13, 2005
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#510557 - Sun Feb 14 2010 12:54 AM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: JMElston]
Terry Head Honcho Registered: Wed Dec 31 1969 Posts: 16909 Loc: USA	<< There are still a few incomplete animals around. >> yep, probably more to go. Am weeding them out and any similar ones as they are reported here. thx!
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#510558 - Sun Feb 14 2010 05:19 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: Terry]
JMElston Prolific Registered: Sat Aug 05 2006 Posts: 1572 Loc: Grayslake Illinois USA	2. Informal:leave Your answer: peel of I think this should be 'peel off'. 'Informal:leave' should be 'Informal: leave' or '(informal) leave'. 'Peel of' does occur in two sources: Rhymezone & LookWAYup, but I think it is a typo. Happy WW Trivia! _________________________ Immortal #4, #8, #15, #18, #6, #6, #5, #5, #4, #7, #4, #12, #15, #48, #26, #19 (GC2-17) Who Am I? Editor since June 17, 2008 _______________________ Wanting to edit Word Wizard since Nov. 13, 2005
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#510559 - Sun Feb 14 2010 09:50 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: JMElston]
ozzz2002 Star Poster Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001 Posts: 15524 Loc: Sydney NSW Australia	13. (Yiddish) unbelievable gall Your answer: hutzpah I think it is missing the first letter- a 'C'. _________________________ The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not smashing it. Editor, Hobbies and Geography, and Forum Moderator
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#510560 - Mon Feb 15 2010 12:30 AM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: ozzz2002]
tezza1551 Enthusiast Registered: Tue Feb 05 2008 Posts: 439 Loc: Western Australia	I just tried to play Mind Melt - it's telling me I have already played for today.. and I know I haven't. Grrr @ Mind Melt ! _________________________ “Life is not a journey to the grave with intentions of arriving safely in a pretty well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming ... WOW! What a ride!”
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#510561 - Mon Feb 15 2010 12:49 AM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: tezza1551]
Terry Head Honcho Registered: Wed Dec 31 1969 Posts: 16909 Loc: USA	<< I just tried to play Mind Melt - it's telling me I have already played for today.. and I know I haven't.>> Daily games reset a little later today. I had to hook in the new statistic gathering stuff and reset them manually.
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#510562 - Mon Feb 15 2010 10:05 AM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: Terry]
JMElston Prolific Registered: Sat Aug 05 2006 Posts: 1572 Loc: Grayslake Illinois USA	5. A grotesque product of the imagination Your answer: boogeyman boogeyman means "an imaginary monster used to frighten children" The correct answer was chimera I suppose with a few seconds more thought/reading I would have gone for 'chimera' over 'boogeyman'. There probably isn't much more that can be about close cases like this. Happy New WW Trivia! _________________________ Immortal #4, #8, #15, #18, #6, #6, #5, #5, #4, #7, #4, #12, #15, #48, #26, #19 (GC2-17) Who Am I? Editor since June 17, 2008 _______________________ Wanting to edit Word Wizard since Nov. 13, 2005
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#510563 - Mon Feb 15 2010 11:34 AM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: ozzz2002]
bubblesfun Mainstay Registered: Thu Jan 15 2009 Posts: 603 Loc: New York USA	Quote: 13. (Yiddish) unbelievable gall Your answer: hutzpah I think it is missing the first letter- a 'C'. I think "hutzpah" is acceptable as well. It is like how some people spell Hanukkah with a C -- it depends on the translation. _________________________ "We mock what we are to become"
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#510564 - Mon Feb 15 2010 11:47 AM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: bubblesfun]
agony Administrator Registered: Sat Mar 29 2003 Posts: 10716 Loc: Western Canada	I think you're right, bubblesfun. It is after all pronounced with an "H", sort of. With that clearing-of-the-throat sound, that's more "H" than anything else in English, anyway.
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#510565 - Mon Feb 15 2010 01:18 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: agony]
JMElston Prolific Registered: Sat Aug 05 2006 Posts: 1572 Loc: Grayslake Illinois USA	7. The act of dividing by cutting or splitting Your answer: hack hack means "kick on the arms" The correct answer was scission Other definitions of 'hack' are 'cut away' & 'cut with a hacking tool'. Again, I suppose with a few seconds more thought/reading I might have gone for 'scission' over 'hack'. As with the previous case, there probably isn't much more that can be done about close cases like this. Happy New WW Trivia! _________________________ Immortal #4, #8, #15, #18, #6, #6, #5, #5, #4, #7, #4, #12, #15, #48, #26, #19 (GC2-17) Who Am I? Editor since June 17, 2008 _______________________ Wanting to edit Word Wizard since Nov. 13, 2005
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#510566 - Mon Feb 15 2010 03:19 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: JMElston]
darthrevan89 Mainstay Registered: Tue May 13 2008 Posts: 760 Loc: Texas USA	An incomplete entry: 7. Sometimes destructive to cultivated bulbs Your answer: common european earwig
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#510567 - Mon Feb 15 2010 03:53 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: bubblesfun]
ozzz2002 Star Poster Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001 Posts: 15524 Loc: Sydney NSW Australia	Quote: I think "hutzpah" is acceptable as well. It is like how some people spell Hanukkah with a C -- it depends on the translation. Thanks, Bubbles. You are quite right, and I sit corrected. _________________________ The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not smashing it. Editor, Hobbies and Geography, and Forum Moderator
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#510568 - Mon Feb 15 2010 09:12 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: ozzz2002]
JMElston Prolific Registered: Sat Aug 05 2006 Posts: 1572 Loc: Grayslake Illinois USA	6. A man who is a stupid incompetent fool Your answer: brute brute means "a cruelly rapacious person" The correct answer was zany Although 'zany' has the given definition in some sources, I wouldn't have chosen it over 'brute' in this case. Happy New WW Trivia! _________________________ Immortal #4, #8, #15, #18, #6, #6, #5, #5, #4, #7, #4, #12, #15, #48, #26, #19 (GC2-17) Who Am I? Editor since June 17, 2008 _______________________ Wanting to edit Word Wizard since Nov. 13, 2005
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#510569 - Mon Feb 15 2010 09:13 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: ozzz2002]
Lones78 Prolific Registered: Mon Apr 27 2009 Posts: 1361 Loc: Forrestfield Western Australia	I dont know if this one is a database issue? even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing pall pall paramour plugger universal resource locator square up _________________________ In the process of thinking up something deep and meaningful to have as a signature line...
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#510570 - Tue Feb 16 2010 06:27 AM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: Lones78]
fufan Participant Registered: Tue Dec 01 2009 Posts: 9 Loc: Central Coast NSW Australia	"10. Common_wallaby Your answer: height 30 inches" Another case where some answer is missing, I think.
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#510571 - Tue Feb 16 2010 02:55 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: fufan]
JMElston Prolific Registered: Sat Aug 05 2006 Posts: 1572 Loc: Grayslake Illinois USA	4. Garden_strawberry Your answer: widely cultivated True, but incomplete. Happy New WW Trivia! _________________________ Immortal #4, #8, #15, #18, #6, #6, #5, #5, #4, #7, #4, #12, #15, #48, #26, #19 (GC2-17) Who Am I? Editor since June 17, 2008 _______________________ Wanting to edit Word Wizard since Nov. 13, 2005
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