[Fictionary] Reminder of vote deadline Thursday 9/18

[Fran Poodry]

If you are one of these people, I have counted your vote:
Judith
Joe
Linda
Melissa
David
Hutch
Elliott
Jim
Ranjit
Nora
Pierre
Jean-Joseph

There is currently a tight race.  A definition needs 270 electoral...I mean,
a definition has to have the greatest number of votes in order to win.  If
you haven't voted, please consider exercising your right of suffrage.  I'd
like to announce the winner Friday.

Here's the ballot again:

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salep - interj. - A query as to whether someone with a speech impediment is
available at a discount.

salep - n. - 1.  (Bot.) A stampede of tumbleweed, caused by an accelerating
chain reaction in which mobile individuals detach sessile ones from their
roots by collision.  2. (Mil.)  An anti-cavalry tactic in which tumbleweed,
often ignited, is released upwind of an enemy formation in order to spook
the horses.  3.  (Internet sl.) An electronic mail message which directs the
recipient to panic and to propagate the message as quickly and widely as
possible.

salep - adj. - Having multiple sizes of polka dots:  The contemporary
tabletop displayed a colorful salep pattern.

salep - n. - The residue that remains when the bark of the meranti tree is
beaten until supple.  The waste product of the traditional Balinese
boat-building industry, salep has been found to have value as an antipyretic
when taken internally.

salep - n. - A sandal with a turned-up toe and soles of papyrus, reeds, or
woven palm leaves, worn by men in the 18th Dynasty of Egypt to signify
wealth and social rank.

salep - n. - An upscale update of the traditional mint julep first served at
Oxford's Blue Pan Grill, this drink with mint, bourbon, sea salt and bitters
is an acquired taste you'll be glad to have acquired.

salep - n. - A dealer who sells camels for desert crossings, esp. in the
Saharan region.

salep - n. - A county or fiefdom under the administration of the Ottoman
Empire.

salep - n. - An herbal elixir containing, most commonly, St John's Wort and
mullein; said to be effective against depression.

salep - n. - A Croatian stew with goose, potatoes, tomatoes, and paprika.

salep - n. - An herb in the rosemary family.  It is rarely used in cooking
as its sharp flavor is unpleasant to many.  For those who can take it, it
has several vitamins and some anti-oxidants.

salep - n. - A mint-julep and sarsaparilla mixer.

salep - adj. - Nervous due to the real or imagined proximity of dangerous
animals.
"My boy is City bred; and so slept hardly, all salep at every Sound.
He twice woke me, crying of Bears, Wolves, etc., till I boxed his
ears and bid him an we must be devourd, leave me sleep till then."
 
salep - n. - A starchy preparation of the dried tubers of various orchids,
used in cookery and formerly medicinally.
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