[Fictionary] samson post ballot

[Ranjit Bhatnagar]

Ballot!   Twelve definitions, and eleven are fake. As usual, you have a
two-point vote and a one-point vote.  Please get me your votes and any
quips, commentary, or samson post poetry before I wake up next Tuesday the
17th.  I often sleep late, but don't let that encourage you to wait til the
last minute.



samson post, n. (English boarding school slang) A delivery of contraband
sent by arrangement to a local "day" boy and secretly carried into school.


samson post, n. A structural column identified during a building demolition
as being critical to causing a controlled collapse.  Most structures will
have several columns that will need to be eliminated with explosives, in
which case the first one to be blown in a sequenced operation will be
designated the samson post.


samson post, n. Hand-delivery.  "To send it samson post" -- to deliver it
oneself.  Derivation unknown.


samson post, n. (Naut.) 1. A strong bitt or post at the bow or stern of a
vessel.  2. A king post for supporting cargo-handling booms on the deck of
a ship.


samson post, n. A short, sturdy post intended to prevent vehicles from
entering a pedestrian-only area.


 samson post, n. In American football, a special deep post play, where one
wide-receiver runs a short up-the-middle pattern and the other runs
straight up the field, turning in toward the post at about 20 or 30 yards.
Named after Paul Samson, head coach of Emporia State University, Emporia
KS, from 1904-06, and again in 1908, who developed the play.


samson post, n. Any of a series of posts, generally 1.5 to 2 meters apart,
which hold up a balcony.


samson post, n. (sl.) A position teaching art, music, or drama in a school
district where they are regarded as dispensable.


samson post, n. (fr. Basque) An isolated natural spire, tower, or obelisk,
esp. one which leans as if it had been a projectile; hoodoo


samson post, n. (fr. Australian eventing winner Adele Samson) A special
horseriding seat, in which the rider bounces on the saddle only half as
often as with the regular English hunt position.


samson post, n. A package of hair delivered to a wigmaker via the postal
service


samson post, n. A load-bearing vertical member whose removal will
compromise the stability of its entire encompassing structure.
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