Word for the Day: Vexillology

Submitted by WhitesCreek on December 15, 2009 - 3:02pm.

Without googling write in the comments the first thought that enters your head about what that word means...

Hint: The flag of the Japan chapter of the Fédération internationale des associations vexillologiques..


My guess: Something that is

My guess: Something that is a never-ending puzzle/contemplation?????
(If I have to look up the meaning of a word,I would never use it! If I don't know what it means, none of my friends would either!)

Vexillology?

Okay, I am completely going on the illustration, since I can't recall the meaning of the Latin word "vexilla"--but I'm going to say these folks are knot-tying types--?

\Peggy Blanchard
Swan Pond resident

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Excellent Guesses

Let's go, the rest of you. Take your shot...

That's a sheet bend knot, by the way, a great knot for tying two ropes of different diameters together and easy to untie when the tension is taken off. You boy scouts knew that, didn't you?

I have no idea...

But, how about the ties that bind us together? Just a guess from the illustration.

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I like it!

I like it!

Well, curiosity got the best

Well, curiosity got the best of me and I looked it up. Boy, was I way off!!!

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I liked your answer better

I liked your answer better than the real one. Thanks for playing. You played fair, and I like that.

You other folks take a shot before you google.

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