<div dir="ltr"><div>It's probably going to be a few more days before I have time to count the votes for "fadge" - so feel free to send in your votes if you haven't yet.</div><div><br></div><div>- r</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 8:17 PM Ranjit Bhatnagar <<a href="mailto:ranjit@moonmilk.com">ranjit@moonmilk.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Here are ten fake definitions and one real one, roughly in alphabetical order. As usual, you have a one point vote and a two point vote. Please get me your votes before Labor Day!</div><div><br></div><br>fadge - n. (Cumberland dialect) - a charm to protect against black magic, containing deer fat and rabbit droppings.<br><br>fadge (n., chiefly British) - a consolation prize<br><br>fadge (n.) a digger of holes, primarily one whose trade was digging pits for latrines and other disposal of waste.<div><br></div><div>fadge<br>(n) 1. (chiefly Scottish) a round thick loaf of bread; (chiefly Irish) potato cake or bread<br> 2. a bundle<br> 3. (Australia) an irregular package of wool weighing from 60 to 150 pounds<br><br></div><div>fadge, n. Any of several species of butwin found in Lancashire.<br><br>fadge (noun); bent rod, pointed at both ends, used by thatchers to secure bundled straw.<br><br>fadge, n. Period of mental relaxation or indolence. "After Turing's latest push at the National Physical Laboratory, a week's biking around the Lake District was just the fadge he needed."<br><br>fadge<br>1. v. to gather or to collect random objects<br>2. n. a collection of dissimilar items<br><br>fadge, v. To misdeliver or incorrectly return a mailpiece.<br><br>fadge - v. - To prepare perishable food items for railroad transport.<br><br>fadge, v. to put forth an argument that you only hope will win, but probably will not.<br><br><br></div></div>
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