<I can't play the CRAFAX one, I know what it is>
little k, the aim of the game is to know. PM me the definition and if it's right, you get three points. If it's not right, it's ten years in the dungeon.
Should we do something about the definition that is correct for a proper noun, brand name, but presumably not for the balderdashy word?
anybody know the answer to Sozobe's question? Do you mean Sozobe you want to know if a brand name for a word can be used as a definition? I don't think so. What do others think?
Sozobe: My response is "huh?" I think that we have to go with words, however obscure, that could be found in some sort of dictionary. That would preclude proper names or brand names for products.
Lola:
The answer is obviously #8...unless it's #13. I'll go with #8.
Lola, I know what Soz is saying - I'll PM you.
Sorry that wasn't clear -- I'll PM Lola too (though I bet macsm already covered it.)
OK, I think we have a problem with this round. There is a brand name definition which is sort of correct. But there is another definition that Bib provided. This is all too confusing, so I suggest we scrap this round (I'll tell the Bib definition if we decide to do this) and go on to realjohnboy's round. Do I hear any reason for not doing this? If not, let's proceed with the next round.
I will go for 3 for carfax.
I think the non-product name definition for carfax is #6.
Just for the record:
The CARFAX definition which I forwarded to Lola is the dictionary definition for this rare word, and it is NOT a product/trade description/brand name item.
The purpose of Balderdash word games is to provide words which can be located in dictionaries - especially dictionary definitions which have long since been removed, and discarded, from common usage. CARFAX, as I have defined it, is such an obscure and disused word.
Please note, even words which were in vogue as little as thirty years ago, are now no longer shown in certain dictionaries, and as such, obscure and disused words may not necessarily be "old, or ancient" - in fact, they may even refer to recent technologies that have rapidly progressed, and made such terminology redundant.
Anyhow, enjoy the rest of the game.
OK, I'm not sure what to do. We could just go ahead and throw out #3, but that has a problem of the person who guessed it...how many, if any points would he/she get. So.........in the name of efficiency and sanity, let's move on to the next round. Realjohnboy, you're up.
The real definition of CARFAX, is #5. Thanks Bib for that excellent word. I'm sorry it didin't work out.
My Oh My.....
I missed the whole thing!!
I'll send a bluff definition to realjohnboy, later today.....
I hope there isn't a product called "Thrip". If there were, would you find it at a "thrip mall"???
I wonder why Bram Stoker made "Carfax" Abbey Dracula's English abode? I wouldn't think Dracula would like living at a 'CROSSroads'.
Maybe "thrip" is the sound Drac makes while sucking blood out of peoples' necks.
Band-Aid® Brand Sheer Adhesive Thrips
