[Fictionary] Re: POLYNYA ballot

[Hutch]

So far, I have only received votes from David, Eric, Judith, and
Linda. So there is basically a seven-way tie with 2 points apiece.

Get your votes in! Make your voice be heard!

I'm turning the three-day weekend into a five-day one, so I'm hoping
to have everything done by Wednesday. Thus, as stated, deadline for
voting is Tuesday, midnight. (Though I probably won't actually get
around to totting everything up until around mid-day Wednesday: about
44 hours from this writing :-)

BB,
Hutch

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On 8/21/08, Hutch <hutchinson.jeff at gmail.com> wrote:
> Okay, boys and girls: Here's the ballot for "polynya". We have a Last
> Supper of choices: one true and a neat dozen false. Vote as usual: one
> 2-point selection and one 1-point selection. Tie-breaker points will
> be given to poetry, jokes, etc if needed. Votes will be counted at the
> end of the day next Tuesday, 2008 August 26.
>
> BB,
> Hutch
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> polynya - n. - (fr. Russian) A stretch of open water surrounded by sea
> ice, especially in Arctic seas.
>
> polynya - n. - The administrative subdivision of an oblast in some
> countries of the former Soviet Union.
>
> polynya - n. - A state of extreme agitation or stress.
>
> polynya - n. - [pl. polynyae] (Harper's, 1884) - A female admirer who
> follows a candidate on the campaign trail.
>
> polynya - n. - A type of plant that has flowers of several different
> colors on the same plant naturally, without grafting.
>
> polynya - n. - An ointment, derived from seal or reindeer fat, applied
> to the mustache to prevent icing by exhaled moisture.
>
> polynya - n. - A Bulgarian potato-and-onion turnover.
>
> polynya - n. - (fr. Russian polynya = "sardine") - A sailor on the
> merchant marine. Adopted into Anglo-American seaman's slang by sailors
> on the Murmansk Convoy during World War Two. Woody Guthrie refers to a
> "Polynya Jitterbug" in the lyrics of "Talking Merchant Marine," but
> with uncertain meaning.
>
> polynya - n. - Anxious indecision.
>
> polynya - n. - A naive young girl who is protected by stronger, even
> evil, characters. After Polynya, the ofttimes heroine, a naive young
> country girl, who is befriended by Baba Yaga the witch in many Russian
> folk tales.
>
> polynya - n. - A worker who complains constantly about management,
> while opposing the formation of a union to negotiate with management.
> Organizer slang that originated in the Polish Solidarity movement.
>
> polynya - n. - 1. A woman who marries outside her village. 2. An outcast.
>
> polynya - n. - A Russian unit of land area equal to 2000 square arshins.