stumped

Really, mollusque? Thanks for the info--now I need to check whether lapwings and pewits are known for being buttinskies or schmoozers.

We can have chitchating, wisecracking and even schmoozing on the porch -- but buttinskying is out!

OK, we can play anagrams too. But some of us might just want to sit around an kibitz.

A thought a yenta was the dispenser of gossip, advice?

A kibitzer can be anything from a buttinsky to a schmoozer.

Reesetee, you'll be please to know it derives from German kiebitz, a lapwing or pewit.

Yes! I'm all for anagrams.

I thought a kibitzer was a prevaricator or malcontent.

WeirdNet's so negative. It can also mean a person who jokes, chitchats, or makes wisecracks, no?

WordNET: kibitzer - a meddler who offers unwanted advice to others.

Aah, I though bilby was correcting my misspelling of kibitzer, which I fixed in the original comment. Weirdnet's first definition is what I meant.

A kibitizer must be a person who kibitzes others, no?

Kibitizer? I'm stumped.

Yes, thanks. I removed the extra i from "kibitizers".

Kibitzers?

Anagrams! We have to play anagrams! But no taking turns--everyone plays at once, kibitzers automatically in the game, root must be changed to steal a word, winner is the one with the most words at the end, regardless of length.

In this context the wicket is the specific piece of turf on which the game of played. Think of it like a grass tennis court. If the court was all gluggy it would be very tricky to play on with the bounce of the ball both low and unpredictable.

Oh. Now I see (not really... but afraid to ask what a 'wicket' is after the bilboquet incident...;-)).

So, we'll add cricket to the "porch-sitting/cheese and sprout eating/scrabble-playing/cupcake-throwing extravaganza, then?"

What else should we amuse ourselves with?

When the wicket is damp, due to rain or dew for example, it becomes treacherous, harder for the batsman to play.

It's been yonks since I played but cricket is a fantastic game for not taking too seriously on a hazy, lulzy summer's day, on a slightly lumpy, tree-spotted patch of land, with cider and cheese to hand.

By the way: what's a "sticky wicket?" I've always used it to describe a difficult situation, but I never knew why...

I don't know a lot of stuff, but that's a whole other website.

Oh,oh.. I always wanted to learn cricket (do I wear a hat?). When we have the Wordie Annual, can we add Cricket to the "porch-sitting/cheese and sprout eating/scrabble-playing/cupcake-throwing extravaganza?" I have a little more than 3 acres (a little lumpy in places, some trees..) is that enough?
*sooo excited, seriously*

Cricket jargon - one of the ways in which a batsman can be given out. It occurs when a batsman, not attempting a run, is out of his ground and a member of the fielding team breaks the wicket with the ball.