[Fictionary] SLEECH results

[eLLioTT morEton]

Two more ballots have come in, but it's still a tie, between Nick's clock 
error and Eric's network gluttony.  The first of the two of you to suggest 
a word that doesn't get shot down can take the next round.  Haul it away, 
Nick and/or Eric!

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Nick:  ``Interesting that most of the defs are either about sticky fluids 
or taking things against one's will. I wonder what word this reminds 
everyone of?''

Eric:  ``Jeebus cripes!  Not a one of these is plausible.''

Jean-Joseph:  ``Google sez... although there's apparently an informal 
definition pertaining to a woman in a less than laudatory way, Merriam 
Webster has it as the deposited ooze.''

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sleech, (v.) -- To pour oil on the road so that the next car will skid.
By PIERRE.
David: ``Pugsley Addams Award.''
Nick:  ``Bondish.''
Jim:  ``Snidely Whiplash Award.''

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sleech, (n.) -- Mud deposited by a sea or river; soil composed of this.
By the OED. David 1 + Pierre 2
Nick:  ``Effluvium?''

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sleech, (n.) -- A tarry exudate which contaminates improperly-seasoned
wine barrels.
By RANJIT. David 2 + Jim 1
Nick:  ``I'll take my wines dry, not sleechy.''
Hutch:  ``I first read that as /t?ri/ (wait) instead of /tari/.'' [The ? 
is my terminal's ASCIIfication of the [ae] ligature, i.e., the vowel in 
``hat''.]

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Sleech, (n.) [prison slang] -- A smooth operator.  Prison is full of these 
guys,      who are cool, glib, and always have a scam going on.
By LINDA.  Eric 2
Nick:  ``I think I expect prison slang to be more vulgar.''

Eric:  ``Two points.  Because this is my next career.''

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sleech, (v.) -- To cause the sudden loss of apparent time due to an 
incorrectly
set timepiece.  "The bells were already tolling noon, which meant that my 
alarm clock had sleeched 7 minutes for the third time this week."
By NICK.  5 = Ranjit 1 + Linda 2 + Jacob 2
Ranjit: ``Clever!''
Linda:  ``Sleech sounds onomatopoetic (sp?) but I can't resist the 
timepiece problems, which I must endure all the time in real life. Which 
of my husband's antique clocks has the right time?  Which are actually 
moving?  Why do the new ones lose or gain time willy-nilly?  Why do 
watches stop on me after I've worn them for a few hours? TWO POINTS for 
time loss caused by timepieces.  (Once when I taught art in the State 
prison, my watch stopped and I had to stay locked up for about a half hour 
while they did "The Count"--counted bodies, as they normally did several 
times a day.  Luckily, I was with the women who were on work release and 
they were nice.  One point for the wounded azalea, rather close to home. 
The Fear of Winter Award to the Icy Ruts.  Bagasse award to the crud along 
the shore adn in the wine barrels.  Not sure how the power leech works, 
but it might come in handy.  Other defs pretty good. Plum was terse.  I 
always wanted an oil slick function for my car (theoretically). Or a 
marble or tack dropper.''
Jacob:  ``two points for a meaning that needs a word''

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sleech, (n.) -- An attractive, sexually available female, esp. one who is 
technically not sexually available; adulteress, cuckold, jade, two-timer.
By HUTCH.  2 = 2 for correct guess
Nick:  ``I suppose there could be other words that have a sl- connection 
to slut? At least, that's what this kinda sounds like.''

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sleech, (n.) -- A waxy encrustation found near pruning wounds or in branch 
crotches of azaleas, indicating a bark scale infestation.
By JIM.  4 = Ranjit 2 + Linda 1 + Jean-Joseph 1
Nick:  ``I might have picked this one if it were more general, like for 
branch wounds on any tree. ''
Ranjit:  ``A lot like my def. ?For that, 2 pts!''
Hutch:  ``Why azaleas in particular?''

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sleech, (n.) -- The ice that fills the ruts of a gravel road.
By DAVID.  3 = 1 for correct guess + Nick 1 + Hutch 1
Nick:  ``This sound like something that could be its own word, and fits my
mental image of leaking fluids.''
Linda:  `The Fear of Winter Award to the Icy Ruts.''

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sleech, (v.) -- To consume network resources without the resource owner's 
permission, by utilizing unpermitted access to a static resource, e.g., by 
linking to a file  on the targeted server. Storage of the target resource 
may be either legitimate or not. From s(tatic) leech.
By ERIC.  5 =  Nick 2 + Jean-Joseph 2 + Jacob 1
Nick:  ``Totally sounds like the sort of portmanteau a computer scientist
would come up with.''
Jacob:  ``one point for derivation, and geekiness''

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sleech, (v.) -- To steal plums.
By JEAN-JOSEPH.  3 = Eric 1 + Jim 2
Nick:  ``Isn't there a nursery rhyme about this?''
Eric:  ``One point.  The cause of my new career. ''
Jim:  ``Wacky enough to be a word that Elliott would pick.''

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