[Fictionary] Reminder: YARAK ballot

[Jim Moskowitz]

Because I've only gotten votes from eight people, I'm going to extend 
the voting one extra day. So you have until 11:59pm EDT tonight to 
cast your ballot. Remember you're permitted to give up to two 1-point 
votes.

Happy fictionarying!
-Jim


At 11:18 PM -0400 4/15/14, Jim Moskowitz wrote:
>One authentic YARAK definition and ten submitted impostors are 
>below, with minor formatting adjustments for consistency. Please 
>submit a 2-point vote and up to two 1-point votes (note the slight 
>modification to the normal voting system) by Easter Sunday, April 
>20th.
>
>
>yarak, n. A felted boot.
>
>yarak, adj. Prone to excessive blinking.
>
>yarak, n. An Aboriginal tool for digging insects out of trees.
>
>yarak, n. (fr. Ar.) A log for recording nightly astronomical observations.
>
>yarak, n. (fr. Turkish) The rose-petal dross discarded in the 
>manufacture of attar of roses.
>
>yarak, n. The practice of recording a contract by storing identical 
>copies in mated parrots.
>
>yarak, n. A drink made from fermented dates, drunk by Assyrians to 
>celebrate the new moon.
>
>yarak, n. (falconry) A super-alert state where a bird is hungry, but 
>not weak, and ready to hunt.
>
>Yarak, n. A broad, flat basin within the Gobi Desert characterized 
>by saldgine clay. [Mongolian, Late 19th Century]
>
>yarak, n. A traditional strawberry meal eaten as part of the spring 
>strawberry festival among Northeastern US indigenous peoples.
>
>Yarak, n. (1) A hard ball, made of animal hide, used by the Chulym 
>Tatar people of Siberia in the sport of the same name.  (2) A sport, 
>similar to polo, indigenous to the Chulym Tatars.
>
>
>
>-Jim