[Fictionary] the imminent failure of democracy
bergamot at cluemail.com
bergamot at cluemail.com
Mon Apr 11 14:01:32 EDT 2011
Hey folks,
It's Monday, evening is approaching, and I have only **four** votes.
If you aren't David Randall, Hutch, J-J, or Linda, send me your votes
right now, before you forget.
Prove it to the world -- fictionary players *are* ready for
Western-style democracy.
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A two-point vote and a one-point vote.
travisher, n. 1. One who exaggerates or invents facts. 2. A "yellow
journalist". Am. Eng. ca. 1897.
travisher, n. (Australian dial.) Roadkill.
travisher, n. A pressure-sealed margin on a paper or plastic package.
Named for Jessup K. Travisher (1910-1977), the manufacturing
engineer who pioneered the process at Domino Sugar Co., New York.
travisher, n. One who lies by telling an incomplete truth; more
generally, a highly convincing liar.
travisher, n. A counterfeiter who hand-paints currency, stamps, etc.
travisher, n. A farmer who sells young birds for other farmers to raise
to maturity.
travisher, n. A convex spokeshave used to shape the buttock hollows in
the seat of a wooden chair.
travisher, n. A cane or walking stick made from a "snake", or ingrown
set of twisted branches or vines. Made popular by Sir William
Travisher (1813-1888) of Kent, England.
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-- Eric | bergamot at cluemail.com
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