Casualize: To intentionally make a model more endearing than impressive.
Usage: He decided to casualize the coach model to make it feel more old-timey.
Source: Derived from John Page's recollection of Bill Schopp's trolley models after a visit to the Schopp household in the 1940s recounted in Bill Schopp's trolleys and Jim Dechert's "Fatso" that appeared in the September 1985 issue of Model Railroader magazine.
from The Dictionary of Non-Existent Model Railroad Terms, 2nd ed., 1999.
from The Dictionary of Non-Existent Model Railroad Terms, 2nd ed., 1999.
Trebek: And here's the clue: Moore's version is based on the "The private car of the 'Cirrhosis Club' of the Grasse River Railroad"
ReplyDeleteTrebek: Galen
Galen: What is the 'Spumoni Club Coach', Alex?
Trebek: That is correct.
Galen: I'll take 'Omnivagant' for 800.
Trebek: This slogan surrounds a jagged mountain peak: "The Electric Way - The Only Way"
Care to buzz in?
LOL
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Trebek: Jim?
Jim: What is Mount Lowe?
................ ?
Trebek: I'm sorry, that is incorrect.
DeleteTrebek: (sighs reluctantly) Sean Connery...
Connery: (with a heavy brogue) What is Bob Hegge's Crooked Mountain Lines?
Trebek: (astonished) That's correct!
(I'll stop there, as this is a family-friendly blog, and Connery's next comment was no doubt off-color or insulting to Trebek's mother in some way...)
Bob Hegge's Crooked Mountain Lines! I hear someone dialling the phone right now to suggest I improve my education :-(
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