[Fictionary] CELATONE ballot

[eLLioTT morEton]

Hi, Jean,

Hope the encollegeization went well.

All of these are implausible without being absurd, so it is hard to vote 
against any of them.  I'll invent a prejudice against brand names, to make 
it easier.

Regards,
em

> celatone - n. - A fountain designed to produce spectacular ice in winter.

Come to think of it, they may already exist --- what do Iceland's geysers 
look like in the winter?

> CELATONE - n. - A brand of plastic color filters used for tinting lighting in 
> theater and film.

Brand name, so less preferred.

> celatone - n. - (Fm. Gk.) The state of euphoria after successfully completing 
> a feat of physical strength or agility.

Hmmm.  The word doesn't sound right, but I like the concept.  One point.

> celatone - n. - Any instrument or appliance used to simulate the sound of 
> crunching celery by Foley artists with oral allergies.

That's where we get folic acid from, right?

> 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.

I take it back:  This one is both implausible and absurd.  Two points.

> 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.

I've read that typical N. Am. songbirds have hearing ranges smaller than 
those of humans.  Is the Louisiana Waterthrush actually a bat?

> 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.

I think I know the stuff you're talking about.  But I don't think this is 
the word for it.

> 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.

Ick!

> 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.)

Could be, I guess, but I'm out of points.