[Fictionary] SLEECH results

Pierre Abbat phma at phma.optus.nu
Mon Sep 26 23:09:16 EDT 2011


On Monday 26 September 2011 22:15:07 Jim Moskowitz wrote:
> >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?''
>
> I'm afraid Hutch is gonna hafta ask a member of Eriococcus azaleae
> himself. Azaleas just happen to be what bark scales like to infest;
> all I did was give a fictitious name to a natural phenomenon...

That was me. One of my votes, my points for voting for mud, and my comments 
got ascribed to Hutch.

Pierre
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