         Araucaria Clueing (or Coining?) Contest 71 

Thanks for the nine intrepid souls who sent in entries for this ridiculously 
abstruse competition.  The idea was to coin a nine-letter word, starting with
one of the letters in ARAUCARIA, and of the same length as ARAUCARIA, with one
of the following meanings:

  1. A ridiculously abstruse competition.
  2. A drawn-out court case overpublicized by the media.
  3. A loudmouthed, hard-drinking politician.
  4. Like a middle-aged rock star still clinging to a long-lost adolescence.
  5. To spend the small hours of the morning in front of one's computer.

The criteria were stated as: "The winner will be the word which struck me as 
most catchy on first reading, and which was backed up by a sufficiently good 
explanation."

Although the rules did not explicitly state so, in view of the relatively small
number of entries I have allowed one entry per meaning per contestant.  First,
the neologisms in alphabetical order, without telling you what they mean.  So
turn yourself into judge and decide which is catchiest!

AJUICIARY
ALDAEDELY
ARACHNOID
CASEBLOAT
CHARNJADE
COUROSIAN
CRUNCHNUT
CYBERBLUR
INTERNEST
ITOMATHON
ITONARCON
RECONDIDO
REPUBNANT
UNSEMENLY
URSAYELTS

In addition, there were some invalid entries, but since they also include good
ideas, I'm presenting them as bonus items.  


ANACHROROTAPETRIC (an-ACK-roe-roe-ti-PET-ric)

anachro- = out of its proper time (greek)
-rota-  = wheel or roll (latin)
-petric = rock (latin)
of or pertaining to a misplaced-in-time rock-and-roller
(I suppose "anachropetrorotic" would have been more linear, but it's 
harder to pronounce)

COCHRANOLOGY 

  from the greek chronos (the passage of time) and the british phrase
  "cock-up" -- an excruciatingly drawn out court proceeding.

  And of course, the result on the public of such a proceeding is
  "itotonia"  -- in which you are judged to be catatonic.

JAGGERRED  

  Def : Like a middle-aged rock star still clinging to a long-lost adolescence.
  The  word is derived from the name of a male Caucasian pop star of the
  sixties who still can't get no satisfaction from prancing around
  acrobatically on stage in front of screaming ticket-holding silly girls,
  even in the nineties (by the way, the sixties and nineties mentioned above
  refer to the decades in the 20th century and NOT to the age of the pop star)

SIMPSONIC  

  Def: descriptive of an event which degenerates into a boring circus; 
  e.g a drawn-out court case overpublicized by the media.

SURFMANIA 

  Def : A disorder manifested by a compulsive urge to spend the small hours of
  the morning in front of one's computer, usually for non-cosequential things
  like entering competitions on the Internet. Other symptoms include bleary
  eyes in the office (for which attendance, the patient is actually paid a
  salary!), dozing off at the desk and waking up at 6pm, fresh and invigorated
  for yet another night and morning of the same.

WATERGATE  

  Def: A loudmouthed (expletive deleted), hard-drinking politician.
  Just like Napoleon had his Waterloo, Nixon had his Watergate which has among
  its many meanings : name of building in Washington DC
                a valve for discharging excess water in canal system
                a foolish act, which if found out, will lead to the end of
                                                     a political career  
                (see above)


Now the words again, with my initial comments, the author's explanation, and
my final comments:

==============================================================================

AJUICIARY

> OK, this is the court case - I recognize traces of 'adjudicate', 
> 'judiciary' and 'juicy'.  I miss the drawn-out element, though.
A court case in which all juice has been extracted.
Etymology:
           a = without
       juice = sense stimulating piddly details extracted such as we are        
               witnessing from a case involving a very specific orange.
        iary = common ending to legalese terms such as "judiciary", 
               "fiduciary", etc. or to juice extracting systems such as         
               "diary", "apiary", etc.
Bonus etymological source: 
         ici = right here, where it's happening in North America.
Additional bonus etymological source: 
         cia = a North American institution which somehow and mysteriously
               did not get involved in the above noted case.
> You've convinced me!  HONOURABLE MENTION to Jules Lafrance.

ALDAEDELY

> I've no idea what this means!  Perhaps the dictionary will help with roots -
> no.  Let's wait for the explanation. 
A ridiculously abstruse competition, from DAEDALUS, the architect of the
Labyrinth of Crete, with mis-applied Arabic prefix AL- ("the").
> I would have preferred it without changing the suffix from -ALY to -ELY. 
 
ARACHNOID

> Interesting idea - give a new shade of meaning to an existing word.
> Spider-like: will that mean spun-out, like a web?
        Derivation; "arachnoid" fr. Modern Latin _arachnoides_ and Greek
arakhnoeides_ meaning cobweb-like; and Greek _arachne_ meaning spider-
like. In the vernacular, this term is derived from three definitions of
"arachnoid".
1. noun: (anat) the web-like membrane of the eyeball 
   [especially prominent in bloodshot 70's acid-rockers].
2. adjective: (bot) covered with long hair resembling cobwebs.
3. adjective: of or related to spiders
   [i.e. inhabiting dark dank basements].        
        In common useage, it is further derived (erroneously) from the
bastardization of the word "arachnophobia" [fear of spiders], which being more
than three syllables in length has, of neccesity, been shortened to"arachnoid"
[paranoia of spiders], paranoia being common during a "bad trip" on
hallucinogens and other popular drugs. This term is bolstered by the image
created by David Bowie, a highly successful middle-aged rock star, from his 
"Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" mega-hit record album, and Pink 
Floyd's [another middle-aged rock band] "The Wall", which is where 
subterranean dwellers caught in a time warp see spiders clinging. Hence.
4. adjective: Like a middle-aged rock star still clinging to a long-lost
adolescence
> WOW!  The word didn't look like much, but the explanation sure does!

CASEBLOAT

> I like this one: conveys well the feeling of being fed-up with too much
> court proceedings.
  self-explanatory
> Indeed it is.

CHARNJADE

> 'Jade' presumably in the meaning of a tired old horse, so do we have the
> rock star? 
A drawn-out court case overpublicized by the media.  Portmanteau word
from CHARADE and the earlier term ORANGEADE, denoting any of a long
series of celebrity benefits whose proceeds were applied to the costs
of appeals in a widely reported murder case.
> Even after the explanation I still don't quite get it.  The 'RNJ' instead 
> of 'RANGE' looks like a kludge to trim the word to nine letters. 

COUROSIAN

> Again I'm stumped, and the dictionary offers no clues.
4. From (the Latinized form of) the Greek "kouros", which in ancient Greek
simply meant "boy", but which is now used in an art-historical context to
mean an ancient rock figure with the semblance of an adolescent male.
> This IS extremely ingenious!  The are some philological objections,
> but still an HONORABLE MENTION to Kevin Wald.

CRUNCHNUT

> Very good!  Something that cracks, not merely racks, the brain!
> Also has connotations with 'a hard nut to crack.'
  A ridiculously abstruse competition; akin to having one's head
  (a.k.a. nut) put through the wringer
> The criteria did say 'catchy', and this word stands out among the
> entries as one that might pass into common usage.  THE WINNER,
> from Yap Yok-Foo.

CYBERBLUR

> I like this one too.  The screen is swimming in front of my eyes ...
  self-explanatory
> Now I'm being strict again, word 5 is a verb: "Have you been cyberblurring
> all night?"  Doesn't quite grab me. 

INTERNEST

> OK, the Internet gets an S in it, but why make it into a nest?
 v.i. to retire for the evening with one's News connection (etym. 
 uncertain; likely a portmanteau word from "Internet" and "nest")
> I'm no wiser.

ITOMATHON (ee-TOM-uh-thon)

> I expected the judge to figure somewhere, and here the -athon
> suggests something long and tiring. 
Derived from Judge Ito and '-athon' meaning "an event or activity lasting
a long time," which itself is derived from 'marathon.' The 'M' inserted
between 'Ito' and 'athon' is somewhat gratuitous, but is justifiable due
to its marathon roots. Mostly, it makes the word flow much better.

ITONARCON

> ... and here, he is actually sending us to sleep!
  ITO  as in Lance
  NARCO-(Greek) inducing stupor or numbness

RECONDIDO

> Recondite, with a Spanish suffix - is that enough to make it into a noun?
  from recondite  - profound, difficult, abstruse
   and dido       - mischievous trick, bauble, trifle
> Ah! that's clever! 
 
REPUBNANT

> Very good!  Repugnant, with a pub featuring in it, and suddenly a reference
> to the GOP is created!
  combines repugnant/republican and includes PUB
> A carping afterthought (after having seen URSAYELTS): if no particular
> politician is evoked, this seem just a little unfair to one party ...
> but not enough to deny HONORABLE MENTION to Don Monson. 

RODSTEWIC

> I can't stand the guy either!

UNSEMENLY

> This refers to the sexual behaviour of someone, not very male, and somehow
> offensive.  Must be our rock star.
  like an aging rock star who can no longer perform with the groupies?
> Good pun! 

URSAYELTS

> Ah! I can figure this one out: a bear (i.e. Russian) and the start of old
> Boris's surname.  
A loud-mouthed, hard-drinking politician.  From URSA ( (Russian) bear)
and YELTSIN.
> A relief, after some of these other wild guesses, to have been RIGHT!  Just
> to be thankful, an HONORABLE MENTION to Jake Bergmann.
