December 25, 2007

Merry Christmas Robert! Here's a new word for you:

polytriscadecachromatencophilia or ptdcp for short.

n. 1. The love of multiple, color-encoded 13-piece objects 2. The object
itself.

Example: Two 13-piece, identically cut jigsaw puzzles with large "dots"
painted on the backsides of certain pieces. Puzzle 1 uses picture 1 and
two colors for the dots. Puzzle 2 uses picture 2 and two other colors
for the dots. In each sub-puzzle, 1 (and only 1) piece has both of the
dot colors that are used in that puzzle. All 26 pieces are mixed
together. Upside-down assembly has been rumored to be faster.

Enjoy!

Lee