[Fictionary] lurdane ballot: last chance

[Ranjit Bhatnagar]

I'm not satisfied with the quantity of ballots I've received.  Nine
ballots for twelve definitions?  Pshaw.  You dawdlers have until
Wednesday night to make up the difference.

- ranjit



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ranjit Bhatnagar <ranjit at moonmilk.com>
Date: Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:59 PM
Subject: lurdane ballot
To: fictionary at swarpa.net


Here we go!  Choose your favorite lurdanes and send me your one- and
two-point votes by mid-day next Monday.


lurdane (n) grouse nest


lurdane (adj.): attempting to shock or horrify so routinely that impact is muted


lurdane - adj. - Blessed with an ethereal radiance when viewed from behind.


lurdane adj. of, relating to, or characteristic of a lurd.


lurdane (n) - a general term of opprobrium, reproach, or abuse,
implying either dullness and incapacity, or idleness and rascality; a
sluggard, vagabond, loafer


lurdane, n. [Gaelic] 1) A stark shadow. 2) A shadow cast by the light
of a full moon.


lurdane: (adj, Middle-English) Lurid.


lurdane - n. - a European weed best known for giving sheep gas,
occasionally fatally.


lurdane, n. Ancient Celtic festival of the god Llyr, celebrated on the
fifth dark of the moon after the fall equinox.


lurdane, n. (From Henry Lurdane, railroad engineer) A device for
aligning train wheels.


lurdane -- (n.)  (law)  The right acquired by a regular customer to
the use of a particular table, coat peg, or other amenity.


lurdane, n. A forage grain for ruminants originally found in the high
meadows of Switzerland and Austria.