Q is for QUISBY
Que sera sera… to this quirky, quintessential and questionable challenge…
Yóu xì bî mò fãn yì fei huà……..
— is an old Chinese philosophy which refers to somebody who has the innate ability to decipher unusual words.
JUST JOKING.
(you can read the details about this challenge and the competition running throughout the month of April)
The word for Day 17 is—
QUISBY
The twin brother to Quasimodo, the "hideous" character in The Hunchback Of Notre Dame who was feared by the townspeople. Rumour has it that Victor Hugo removed Quisby (who was born without the hunch) from the story during the final draft, and then proceeded to re-write the story from scratch.
So that's my definition. What's yours? Post it in the comment box below. Remember you stand to win a prize.
That is the perfect Q phrase for this challenge. Perfect.
Thanks Melanie.
It's the word the United Lispers Coalition is trying to get put into general usage. Its meaning? "Crispy."
Gotta give them cwedit. At least they twying to do something about it. They got wights like any other gwoup of people. 🙂
Sounds like a new sports game to me.
It reminds me of frisbee…
A new species of birds. Looks like a cross between a blue-footed booby and a roseate spoonbill.
I'll first have to google these species… I'm a bit lost when it comes to our feathered friends…
A word game, not unlike Scrabble, except you must first answer the quiz question before you can lay down the tiles on the board.
Game seems to be the popular answer…
Haven't you heard? It's the RAGE at the beach these days… Well, let me enlighten you… Quizby is played with a frisbee BUT you can't fling it UNTIL YOU ANSWER the recipients question. Fun right. Let's think abit as we fry our brains in the sun…. LOL.
After the sun has "fried" the brains, there won't be any energy left to answer questions or fling a frisbee.. LOL
It sounds like a cheese pay to me.
Cheese pay? Well, you've lost me. My brain is non-functional at the moment…
Quisby . . . a game involving a football and a chessboard, and two teams of players.
Sounds complicated. And I'm losing steam…
Never knew he had a brother that went poof, sounds like a quiz show about a sports goof.
You are surely the master of rhyme, proving it once again time after time…
Poor Quisby really got screwed over. Left on the cutting room floor, what a shame.
LOL. And Quasimodo took all the fame and glory!
Yeah, I agree with Julie F!
Another form of quisby is that subtle shock you get when you're slightly electricuted, like when you put your tongue on the knobs of a 9 volt battery.
I'm sure you and Julie have ghosts of characters calling from the cutting room floor LOL.
Electrocution? As in quiz-z-z-z-z-z-z-by?
I thought I was going to have to look Quisby up in the dictionary, but then I read your comments LOL
Great Q post.
Thanks Cori!
Quisby – just like frisby but instead of the disc, you throw around quizes to each other!
I can picture the airborne quizzes… LOL
It sounds like some mild, non-violent ball game.
This is the 4th or 5th, maybe 6th answer involving a game. Popular choice. It does sound like a calming game… almost passive.
From now on, whenever I decide to rewrite a novel to change a major detail I will call it a Quisby moment! I have many more of these moments than I really ought to 🙂
It actually sounds quite cool… quisby moment… it has a quaint appeal. 🙂
A new spelling bee quiz game where you only have ten seconds to spell the word.
That sounds like loads of pressure… ten seconds? Eeeeek!
The Royal Order of Quisby is the highest rank awarded to people who gather information by relentlesly questioning others.
But I do love your definition, especially the fact that Victor Hugo rewrote the book from scratch. My hat's off to him!
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Barbara
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It gives the word a regal connotation. Great answer. I'm having so much fun with these answers!
These are all good, but I like Michael's beach game the best!
They are, Julie. Michael's answers have been such fun. I'm going to be in trouble when it comes to choosing just a handful of definitions from the 26 posts. There are so many great ones!
A variation of rugby wherein the players go pub crawling before the match, resulting in many players forgetting the rules of the game once on the field and ending in quizzical play.
I love the concept "quizzical play". I'm picturing these big muscled rugby players in a "non-contact quizzical match"… quite a funny image!