OWLING votes due today! (fwd)

[eLLioTT morEton]

Hmm ... I sent this out nine hours ago, and haven't gotten my copy yet, so 
here I am trying again.  Deadline is extended to tomorrow (Thursday the 
31st) at 5 p.m.

em



---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:24:38 -0500 (EST)
From: eLLioTT morEton <emoreton at alum.swarthmore.edu>
To: fictionary at plover.com
Subject: OWLING votes due today!

Hi,

I have votes (and some verse) so far from Eric, Judith, Fran, Pierre, 
Jean-Joseph, Linda, and Hutch.  Don't be the only one walking around without 
one of those little ``I Voted!!'' flag stickers on your lapel --- get your 
ballot in today!  As usual, you have one two-point and one one-point vote; 
voters are encouraged to include awards, comments, verse, usage examples, ASCII 
art, etc., which will be used in breaking ties and are in any case lots of fun.

em



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owling (n.) A type of phlange used on mechanized weaving equipment that aids in 
retying warp threads.

owling (n.) A midnight hoedown.

owling (n.)  Attempting to discover a co-worker's password by peeking at the 
keyboard during password entry.  "Dude, so you know I ask Andrei if he knows 
why the message queue is empty? And so we're at his desk, and I have to login 
as JBoss, and I swear he's owling every time I had to log in."

owling (n.) In a slaughterhouse, the bar that prevents the animal from going 
forward.

owling (n.)  So called from it's being ufually carried on in the night, is the 
offence of tranfporting wool or fheep out of this kingdom, to the detriment of 
it's ftaple manufacture.

owling (n.) (Edwardian Cambridge slang, mock-Cockney) - 1. Loud admiration of a 
resident of Girton College.  2. A romantic liaison with a Girtonian.

owling (n.) Using photographic techniques to "see" in the darkness. (Slang term 
used by field biologists)

owling (n.) 1. A technique for creating a decorative texture in mortar, by 
pressing rope into the spaces between newly-laid bricks. 2. The texture created 
by this technique.
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Joke defs:

Linda:
owling, n.? Cockey shout.

Ranjit:
Owling, J.K.R. - author of the Harry P. Otter series of fantasy books for 
children.

owling (n.) - the erodynamic casing of an irplane engine.