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#510602 - Sun Feb 21 2010 10:14 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: JMElston]
cazza2902 Participant Registered: Mon Jan 18 2010 Posts: 35 Loc: Abbotsford VIC Australia	Not sure if this is the place to post this but Word Wizard does not appear to have reset? Or is it just me
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#510603 - Sun Feb 21 2010 10:18 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: cazza2902]
queproblema Mainstay Registered: Mon Sep 25 2006 Posts: 868 Loc: Kenny Lake Alaska USA	No, it hasn't.
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#510604 - Mon Feb 22 2010 06:18 AM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: queproblema]
Mink Forum Adept Registered: Fri Jul 13 2007 Posts: 149 Loc: Devon UK	11. Moon_about Your answer: have a daydream have a daydream is the definition for "woolgather" The correct answer was be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed I'd say daydream fits too - so 2 definitions for one word.
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#510605 - Mon Feb 22 2010 03:57 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: Mink]
ozzz2002 Star Poster Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001 Posts: 15541 Loc: Sydney NSW Australia	Quote: a coarse sieve (as for gravel) vena canaliculi cochleae cock [censored] sequel poniard riddle Answer 3 should be culled. The filter found it- it was a***hole. _________________________ 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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#510606 - Mon Feb 22 2010 05:00 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: ozzz2002]
darthrevan89 Mainstay Registered: Tue May 13 2008 Posts: 760 Loc: Texas USA	A couple of incomplete definitions in my last set: 3. Garden_strawberry Your answer: widely cultivated 6. Battle_of_Pharsalus Your answer: caesar defeated pompey in 48 bc
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#510607 - Mon Feb 22 2010 07:47 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: darthrevan89]
JMElston Prolific Registered: Sat Aug 05 2006 Posts: 1572 Loc: Grayslake Illinois USA	13. The realm of a khan Your answer: khnate This is another typo. It only occurs in Rhymezone & LookWayUp. Elsewhere it is 'khanate'. Happy New 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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#510608 - Tue Feb 23 2010 02:11 AM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: JMElston]
JMElston Prolific Registered: Sat Aug 05 2006 Posts: 1572 Loc: Grayslake Illinois USA	12. Arnica Your answer: used especially in treating bruises Another incomplete definition. The full form is: 'an ointment used especially in treating bruises'. 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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#510609 - Tue Feb 23 2010 08:14 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: JMElston]
lilyalli Prolific Registered: Fri Apr 20 2007 Posts: 1038 Loc: Norfolk UK	8. Spawn Your answer: originate or come into being originate or come into being is the definition for "bob_up" The correct answer was call forth Can't get my head round these, but maybe I'm just tired - it's gone 2am... _________________________ "If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." Lewis Carroll
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#510610 - Wed Feb 24 2010 01:05 AM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: lilyalli]
abechstein Enthusiast Registered: Sun Apr 19 2009 Posts: 408 Loc: Athens Georgia USA	This is definitely an incomplete definition: ----- 6. Moke Your answer: a shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel a shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel is the definition for "slingback" The correct answer was british informal ----- Well, as I learned, "moke" is British slang for "donkey". Also, according to some online dictionaries, a disparaging term for a black person.
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#510611 - Wed Feb 24 2010 02:49 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: abechstein]
darthrevan89 Mainstay Registered: Tue May 13 2008 Posts: 760 Loc: Texas USA	This one comes with an "offensive" label, so I'm thinking it should go... 13. Piccaninny Your answer: (offensive) a black child
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#510612 - Thu Feb 25 2010 09:00 AM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: darthrevan89]
darthrevan89 Mainstay Registered: Tue May 13 2008 Posts: 760 Loc: Texas USA	Here's a typo: 13. Rangeland Your answer: lan suitable for grazing livestock
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#510613 - Thu Feb 25 2010 09:29 AM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: darthrevan89]
bubblesfun Mainstay Registered: Thu Jan 15 2009 Posts: 608 Loc: New York USA	15. Estimate The correct answer was place I don't understand this definition and I am having a hard time finding estimate defined as "place" anywhere. Is it missing words, or am I missing an alternate definition? _________________________ "We mock what we are to become"
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#510614 - Thu Feb 25 2010 09:48 AM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: bubblesfun]
JMElston Prolific Registered: Sat Aug 05 2006 Posts: 1572 Loc: Grayslake Illinois USA	http://www.yourdictionary.com/place (verb)5. to make or give as an estimate http://www.rhymezone.com/r/rhyme.cgi?Word=place (verb) estimate The second source does have 'estimate' as a definition, but I think that it is an incomplete version of the first (or something like it). 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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#510615 - Thu Feb 25 2010 11:32 AM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: JMElston]
bubblesfun Mainstay Registered: Thu Jan 15 2009 Posts: 608 Loc: New York USA	Quote: <a href="http://www.yourdictionary.com/place" target="_blank">http://www.yourdictionary.com/place</a> (verb)5. to make or give as an estimate <a href="http://www.rhymezone.com/r/rhyme.cgi?Word=place" target="_blank">http://www.rhymezone.com/r/rhyme.cgi?Word=place</a> (verb) estimate The second source does have 'estimate' as a definition, but I think that it is an incomplete version of the first (or something like it). Happy New WW Trivia! I have now read the definition multiple times, and I still don't get it. Could you use estimate in a sentence where it means place? _________________________ "We mock what we are to become"
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#510616 - Thu Feb 25 2010 01:04 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: bubblesfun]
darthrevan89 Mainstay Registered: Tue May 13 2008 Posts: 760 Loc: Texas USA	This was a wrong answer... [censored]-up means "vulgar expression for a bout of heavy drinking" Okay, it censored me. It was "P*ss-up".
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#510617 - Thu Feb 25 2010 04:05 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: JMElston]
Terry Head Honcho Registered: Wed Dec 31 1969 Posts: 16917 Loc: USA	Took out borderline / offensive stuff. Also removed approximately 300 snakes and dinosaurs. Will have to get to plants and birds next.
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#510618 - Thu Feb 25 2010 04:39 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: Terry]
bubblesfun Mainstay Registered: Thu Jan 15 2009 Posts: 608 Loc: New York USA	OT, Terry. But thanks for adding the report correction feature to FMI. It is a tremendous addition and makes reporting a lot easier. Thanks! _________________________ "We mock what we are to become"
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#510619 - Thu Feb 25 2010 06:30 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: Lones78]
h_munster Participant Registered: Tue Oct 27 2009 Posts: 22 Loc: Arcola Illinois USA	JMHO Seems a lot of focus going into censorship. I can't believe that someone who values the English language would be offended by a term found in Webster's Dictionary. To me, there is no word that could possibly offend me. Only when someone uses a word in a derogatory way does it become offensive.
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#510620 - Thu Feb 25 2010 07:02 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: h_munster]
Terry Head Honcho Registered: Wed Dec 31 1969 Posts: 16917 Loc: USA	<< To me >> Precisely.
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#510621 - Fri Feb 26 2010 11:38 AM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: Terry]
JMElston Prolific Registered: Sat Aug 05 2006 Posts: 1572 Loc: Grayslake Illinois USA	3. Place athe organ of a donor into the body of a recipient Your answer: graft A typo in the definition, obviously. 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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#510622 - Fri Feb 26 2010 07:24 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: JMElston]
abechstein Enthusiast Registered: Sun Apr 19 2009 Posts: 408 Loc: Athens Georgia USA	Although it's great to have multiple definitions for words in the database, it complicates questions like this: ----- 13. A light shade of gray Your answer: oyster oyster means "a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl" The correct answer was silver grey ----- "Oyster" is also a light shade of gray. The Compact OED has the following three definitions for "oyster": 1 a bivalve marine mollusc with a rough, flattened, irregularly oval shell, several kinds of which are farmed for food or pearls. 2 a shade of greyish white. 3 an oval morsel of meat on each side of the backbone in poultry. I admit, I stopped reading the answers when I saw "oyster", or else I probably would have picked "silver grey", but it's still an accurate answer.
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#510623 - Sat Feb 27 2010 12:16 AM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: abechstein]
JMElston Prolific Registered: Sat Aug 05 2006 Posts: 1572 Loc: Grayslake Illinois USA	5. Scampo Your answer: caught in european waters An incomplete entry. This one may have been posted before. 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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#510624 - Sun Feb 28 2010 06:49 AM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: JMElston]
JMElston Prolific Registered: Sat Aug 05 2006 Posts: 1572 Loc: Grayslake Illinois USA	5 sanctimoniousness a mark to indicate a direction or relation the first canonical hour the first canonical hour the link between two lenses an act of deliberate betrayal the quality of being hypocritically devout Two identical wrong answers. This should be simple to prevent. I think someone posted a similar case earlier. 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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#510625 - Thu Mar 04 2010 05:19 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: JMElston]
JMElston Prolific Registered: Sat Aug 05 2006 Posts: 1572 Loc: Grayslake Illinois USA	14. Located near the base of the neck Your answer: thyroid A true but incomplete definition. The word gland or something like it should be noted. 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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#510626 - Thu Mar 04 2010 08:23 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: JMElston]
bubblesfun Mainstay Registered: Thu Jan 15 2009 Posts: 608 Loc: New York USA	3. Belabor Your answer: harsh criticism or disapproval harsh criticism or disapproval is the definition for "censure" The correct answer was beat soundly Dictionary definition of belabor? attack verbally with harsh criticism _________________________ "We mock what we are to become"
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#510627 - Thu Mar 04 2010 10:40 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: bubblesfun]
abechstein Enthusiast Registered: Sun Apr 19 2009 Posts: 408 Loc: Athens Georgia USA	From Webster's New World College Dictionary: 1. to beat severely; hit or whip 2. to attack with words; scold 3. to spend too much time and effort on; develop in too great detail to belabor the issue ----- And, not to belabor the point (sorry, but I couldn't resist!), I could find no definition of "belabor" which was a noun; judging by the definition given, the correct answer would have to be a noun.
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#510628 - Thu Mar 04 2010 11:11 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: abechstein]
bubblesfun Mainstay Registered: Thu Jan 15 2009 Posts: 608 Loc: New York USA	Quote: From Webster's New World College Dictionary: 1. to beat severely; hit or whip 2. to attack with words; scold 3. to spend too much time and effort on; develop in too great detail to belabor the issue ----- And, not to belabor the point (sorry, but I couldn't resist!), I could find no definition of "belabor" which was a noun; judging by the definition given, the correct answer would have to be a noun. Except that we know how many partial answers there are in the system. So, when you have two identical words from the definition, I think the assumption is there. Often when it is a plant or animal it merely says "found in the African rainforest". How are we supposed to know what is complete and what isn't? _________________________ "We mock what we are to become"
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#510629 - Thu Mar 04 2010 11:50 PM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: bubblesfun]
abechstein Enthusiast Registered: Sun Apr 19 2009 Posts: 408 Loc: Athens Georgia USA	A valid point, to be sure, though I've been seeing fewer incomplete definitions lately.
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#510630 - Fri Mar 05 2010 06:39 AM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: Terry]
Mink Forum Adept Registered: Fri Jul 13 2007 Posts: 149 Loc: Devon UK	I think there have been some very obscure definitions recently and have had to make some wild guesses. Just had this one though and, for the life of me, can't see why the "right" answer is right. 12. Livestock Your answer: bounder bounder is the definition for "perisher" The correct answer was "not used technically"
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#510631 - Fri Mar 05 2010 10:15 AM Re: Word Wizard - Content Issues [Re: Mink]
JMElston Prolific Registered: Sat Aug 05 2006 Posts: 1572 Loc: Grayslake Illinois USA	5. Blue_pickerel Your answer: variety inhabiting the great lakes Almost a complete definition, but lacking the word fish or something like it. The 'livestock' definition above is also incomplete. The full definition is: livestock: not used technically; any animals kept for use or profit Happy New WW Trivia! Edited by JMElston (Fri Mar 05 2010 03:53 PM) _________________________ 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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