[Fictionary] hobday ballot

[Fran Poodry]

Please assign two points to one option and one point to a second option.
The entry with the most points by Tuesday next will be declared the winner!

-Fran


hobday - n.  An extra 12-hour period inserted every second year in the
Revised Druidic Calendar.


hobday - n. The day you clean out the ashes from the wood-stove or
fireplace.  Usually Saturday morning.


hobday - n. (Northamptonshire dial.) - 1) All Hallow's Eve; 2) any night
(e.g, the summer solstice) when unnatural spirits are supposed to roam
freely


hobday - n.  The occurrence on a Sunday of what would otherwise be a
holiday from work.


hobday - v.  Operate on (a horse) to improve its breathing by pinning back
the vocal fold in the larynx (Named after Sir Frederick T. G. Hobday
(1869–1939), the British veterinary surgeon who introduced the technique.)


hobday - n.   A rainy day spent indoors.


hobday - n.  One who purposely affects an accent to appear foreign.


hobday - n.  1. A group of forced laborers in medieval Spain. 2. The system
of forced labor in medieval Spain.


hobday - n.  A decorative hob, usually scalloped and perforated with radial
or whorled designs; originally the solid burner cover for a cast-iron stove
was referred to as a "hobnight"; the decorative "hobday" was intended to be
used for cooking during the day; it was abandoned almost immediately when
it was discovered to provide considerably worse heat transfer than the
solid "hobnight", which in time dropped the last syllable to become "hob".


hobday - v.  To procrastinate on household cleaning.


hobday - n.  A deadline which is chosen for convenience rather than for the
requirements of the project. "I'll be on vacation next week, so let's set a
hobday for the following Monday."

-- 
Fran Poodry
Physics Educational Technology Specialist
Vernier Software and Technology
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