[Fictionary] ESTAMINET ballot

[Jim Moskowitz]

>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).

I agree that the word has that all-caps-military-abbreviation feel. 
But I don't believe this is the word those three actions would 
agglomerate into. Yet it sounds so Elliottesque!  I'm tempted, but no 
points.


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

Too simple and direct to be an Elliott pick -- unless he's trying to 
play against type. So... 1 point.


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

2 points, mostly for using the word 'tallboy'.


>estaminet, n.  An Illyrian sword-dance.

The word doesn't feel Greek to me [though of course, it is Greek to 
me, or else I'd recuse myself this round].