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[David Huddleston]

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>    1. Re: CELATONE ballot (Matthew Fowles Kulukundis)
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> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 12:39:02 -0400
> From: Matthew Fowles Kulukundis <matt.fowles at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Fictionary] CELATONE ballot
> To: jjcote at alum.mit.edu
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> Jean-Joseph~
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> celatone - adj. - The quality of being just at the edge of the human range
> > of hearing.  Example: While most birds sing in the audible range, the
> > celatone whistle of the Louisiana Waterthrush can seem painfully high.
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> 2 points.
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> celatone - n. - A fountain designed to produce spectacular ice in winter.
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> 1 point just because I love the idea.
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> Matt
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> On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 7:22 AM, Jean-Joseph Cote <jjcote at alum.mit.edu>
> wrote:
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> > Here are some propositions (with no prepositions) as to the meaning of
> > CELATONE.  Give me your onesey-twosey opinions and any appropriate
> > commentary or heckling by the time I return from delivering a young friend
> > to his freshman dorm at James Madison University; I'm due back Thursday
> > evening, 27 September.
> >
> > Jean-Joseph
> > ________________________________
> >
> > celatone - n. - A fountain designed to produce spectacular ice in winter.
> >
> > CELATONE - n. - A brand of plastic color filters used for tinting lighting
> > in theater and film.
> >
> > celatone - n. - (Fm. Gk.) The state of euphoria after successfully
> > completing a feat of physical strength or agility.
> >
> > celatone - n. - Any instrument or appliance used to simulate the sound of
> > crunching celery by Foley artists with oral allergies.
> >
> > celatone - n. - A helmet with a telescope in place of one of the eyeholes,
> > for observing the moons of Jupiter by a sailor sitting in a gimbaled
> > chair.  Invented by Galileo Galilei.
> >
> > celatone - adj. - The quality of being just at the edge of the human range
> > of hearing.  Example: While most birds sing in the audible range, the
> > celatone whistle of the Louisiana Waterthrush can seem painfully high.
> >
> > Celatone - n. - A translucent sea-green hard plastic used to make
> > refrigerator shelves and drawers, drinking glasses, and other useful
> > items.  Once popular in the early 1960's, it was revived for many uses in
> > the 1980's.
> >
> > celatone - n. - 1) A nineteenth-century lotion made from celery; the
> > product was sold by Hartwick Brothers of Rochester, NY, between 1854 and
> > 1897. 2) A light-green color, halfway between celadon and celery. 3) A
> > jocular euphemism for a nauseous appearance.
> >
> > celatone - n. - A gum-based ink formulation for drawing on cellulose
> > acetate. Celatone ink was the first technique permitting the use of opaque
> > colors on an animation cel; previous inks and paints all allowed the
> > background to show through non-black areas. (From cel + latex + tone.)
> >
> >
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