The French call us rostbif as far as I know, and I don't mind.

Is it helpful to point out the recurring double apostrophes? It seems like I'm getting at least one every round...

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8. Coil

Your answer: a contraceptive device placed inside a woman''s womb

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And, in an incorrect answer:

shop selling women''s hats

Here's one that's rather out-of-date:

Men

Your answer: the force of workers available

Er, no. That would be "adults."

No, ignore apostrophes. It is simple to fix them all at once.

Removed men, frog, poof, etc.

Also did a more general query to remove 30 entries where the definition had to deal with racial slurs or potentially unfriendly nicknames.

5. Street names for ketamine

Your answer: honey oil

At minimum 'names' should be 'name', but other than the usual 8 copycat dictionaries, I find no relationship between ketamine and honey oil. Honey oil is another name for hemp oil or hash oil, not ketamine.

Happy Drug Trivia!

Another botanical entry missing at least one word (capitalization errors, too):

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8. Gray_alder

Your answer: native to europe but introduced in america

9. Partridge

Your answer: valued as a game bird in eastern united states and canada

The 'valued as' while true probably doesn't belong in a definition.


10. Smalleye_hammerhead

Your answer: fished for the hide and vitamin-rich liver

Another typical incomplete animal definition.

Happy WW Trivia!

Eurasia except southern Russia
Your answer: buffeting

buffeting means "repeated heavy blows"

The correct answer was wood horsetail

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It's a plant that is *native* to Eurasia except Southern Russia.. could use a little bit more detail there to be less confusing.

I looked further also:

http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/streetterms/ByAlpha.asp?strTerm=H

I guess that I'm wrong, except for the 'names' part.

My comment on copycat dictionaries refers to these:

Wordnik [www.wordnik.com]
Dictionary.com
Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Rhymezone [www.rhymezone.com]
Free Dictionary [www.freedictionary.org]
Mnemonic Dictionary [www.mnemonicdictionary,com]
LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/ Thesaurus [www.lookwayup.com]
Dictionary/thesaurus [www.thefreedictionary.com]

When I check 'word oddities' through www.onelook.com, the above 8 sources tend to all have identical definitions, often flawed in some manner.

Happy WW Trivia!

10. Pooch_out

Your answer: outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog

outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog is the definition for "kennel"

The correct answer was round one's lips as if intending to kiss

Not an error really, but a somewhat humorous juxtaposition.

Happy WW Trivia!

3. Scrub_typhus

Your answer: transmitted by larval mites and widespread in asia

Another type of incomplete definition. The word 'disease' is perhaps assumed.

Happy WW Trivia!

I just had these two entries (ironically enough, right in a row) that I thought might not be appropriate.

Quote:

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10. A woman sold into prostitution
Your answer: white slave

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Quote:

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11. Someone who patronizes prostitutes

The correct answer was wencher

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Just found "blowjob" as an incorrect option.

Here are a couple of answers from a recent game that just aren't correct:

"6. A severe or incapacitating emotional disorder

Your answer: nervous breakdown

nervous breakdown means "a severe or incapacitating emotional disorder"

The correct answer was looter"

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"9. Rocking chair on a stationary base

Your answer: platform rocker

platform rocker means "rocking chair on a stationary base"

The correct answer was myonecrosis"

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My true score would be 15 correct in 59 seconds, not 13 in 59, as currently listed

Yeah, I got screwed twice in one quiz, and my numbers are so unfairly low now:

11. A symbol of cowardice

Your answer: white feather

white feather means "a symbol of cowardice"

The correct answer was rank and file


12. Continue a term of office past the normal period of time

Your answer: hold over

hold over means "continue a term of office past the normal period of time"

The correct answer was invalidism

Ready to cry here.... :0(

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11. A friendly understanding between political powers
Your answer: entente cordiale

entente cordiale means "a friendly understanding between political powers"

The correct answer was shilling

I don't get it? Glitch? Or am I missing something?

12. Continue a term of office past the normal period of time
Your answer: hold over

hold over means "continue a term of office past the normal period of time"

The correct answer was invalidism

That's not a typo folks!

Insomnia strikes 4.40am, so cuppa and quick game of NWW to lull me back to sleep, but now I'm well and truly awake after this. Something seriously wrong here....

Three consecutive X's:

11. Mail that can neither be delivered nor returned
Your answer: dead letter

dead letter means "mail that can neither be delivered nor returned"

The correct answer was shooter

12. Wear away
Your answer: rub off

rub off means "wear away"

The correct answer was astrocyte

13. Advance stealthily or unnoticed; "Age creeps up on you"
Your answer: sneak up

sneak up means "advance stealthily or unnoticed; "Age creeps up on you""

The correct answer was hubbub.

Maybe I'm not awake at all and it's just a dream....

I came to report those same word, lilyalli, plus another. (Hey, I didn't think we all got the same ones?) Also,

1. Small intestines of hogs prepared as food

Your answer: knackwurst

knackwurst means "small intestines of hogs prepared as food"

The correct answer was chitlins

I really got them all correct, but I'm scored as having missed four. Odd that one excellent player got all correct in 45 seconds.

Here's another few...

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Lens used to concentrate light on an object

Your answer: optical condenser

optical condenser means "lens used to concentrate light on an object"

The correct answer was verticality

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The bathroom loofah

Your answer: vegetable sponge

vegetable sponge means "the bathroom loofah"

The correct answer was decennary

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Something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin

Your answer: close shave

close shave means "something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin"

The correct answer was choreography


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Smooth-leaved kale

Your answer: fennel

fennel means "smooth-leaved kale"

The correct answer was digitalis

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If these 4 were marked correctly, I would have had 15/15 in 45 seconds instead of 11/15.

Uh-oh, same thing happened this hour. I got them all correct but had 4 marked wrong. All but one were different numbers from last time. Think I won't play again till this gets fixed: my ratings plunged 7 points last hour and who knows how far this hour.

It's too early in the hour to post those mistakes now. It's the same kind as previously reported, just different words, so I assume the problem isn't in the database itself but in the scoring.

Like the obsessed WW player that I am, I threw caution to the wind, did the quiz again, and was counted wrong for FOUR correct answers this time, as follows:

1. Lens used to concentrate light on an object

Your answer: optical condenser

optical condenser means "lens used to concentrate light on an object"

The correct answer was verticality


5. Smooth-leaved kale

Your answer: fennel

fennel means "smooth-leaved kale"

The correct answer was digitalis


10. The bathroom loofah

Your answer: vegetable sponge

vegetable sponge means "the bathroom loofah"

The correct answer was decennary


13. Something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin

Your answer: close shave

close shave means "something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin"

The correct answer was choreography