[Fictionary] ESTAMINET ballot

[eLLioTT morEton]

Yall,

In Fictionary, as Cecil Rhodes once said to Lady Bird Johnson, truth must 
be escorted by a bodyguard of bogosity.  The ballot now before you 
contains one truth and seven bodyguards.  You have one two-point vote and 
one one-point vote, plus an unlimited number of awards, medals, 
decorations, honorable mentions, etc.  Votes are due in one week.  That is 
all.

Regards,
em

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estaminet, n. 1.  The tip of an automated fire sprinkler. 2. Historically, 
a wax seal on a scroll.

estaminet, n.  A form of corrosion that affects alloys containing cobalt, 
causing them to be structurally compromised from the inside while 
externally appearing sound.  Colloquially known as "cobalt crud".

ESTAMINET, n.  The ESTAMINET model was developed by Col. John Boyd, USAF 
(Ret) during the Korean War. It is a concept consisting of the following 
three actions:
* Establish
* Act
* Mitigate
The 'net' concept referred to the ability possessed by flight squads that 
allowed them to succeed in combat. It is now used by the U.S. Marines and 
other organizations. The premise of the model is that decision-making is 
the result of rational behavior in which problems are viewed as a cycle of 
Establishment (observation and evaluation), Action, and Mitigation 
(correction and reorientation).

estaminet, n.  A monk who takes care of the garden in a monastery.

estaminet, n.  A cafe© in which smoking is allowed.

estaminet, n. (fr. French) Esteem, especially great esteem.

estaminet, n.  A tallboy with glass-fronted cabinet doors and drawers, 
intended for the display of specimens or curios.

estaminet, n.  An Illyrian sword-dance.
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