[Fictionary] Re: Proot Ballot

[Nicolas Ward]

Sorry about the delay all -- I really need to set reminders for myself! Thanks to Hutch for the ping :o).

Linda just edges out Jean-Joseph's growth and correct guess with her perfect definition. Take it away!

Linda	5
J-J	4
Hutch	3
Eric	2
Ranjit	1
Pierre	0
David	0

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David	0

proot, n. (arch.) A slender scraping tool used to remove snuff-laden nasal mucus.

J-J	0	No.  Just... no.  Please no.
Hutch	0	As Dr. Johnny Fever said, "BOOGERS!!!"

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Eric	2

proot, n. The pink or pinkish-grey layer present on the surface of northern tundra ice, caused by colonies of Geosiphon khasiana.

J-J	0	Probably real, but I'm not going to bite.
Pierre	2
Hutch	0	Heck! This one might be boogers TOO????? :-D

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Hutch	1

proot, n. Journeyman, novice, rookie.

J-J	0	Or this one.  Plausible, but boring, though boring oft turns out to be legit.
David	1

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Wiktionary	4	https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/proot

proot, exclam. A command to move faster.

Ranjit	1	Proot, you huskies! Proot!
J-J	1	One point for the daring part of speech, even though I would expect that a dictionary would have described it as either an interjection or an imperative verb.
David	0	Booystro!
Hutch	2	An interjection deserves points, even if I don't REALLY believe in it

Nick	I used "exclam" based on other words in the OS X dictionary, and being unsure how "interjection" would be abbreviated.

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Ranjit	0

proot, n. Any knot or binding that can be released by verbal or mental effort.

J-J	0	Fascinating concept.  What's less secure than a slipknot?
Hutch	0	A knot that you can untie by SHOUTING at it???????? By THINKING about it?????????????

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J-J	3

proot, n. A hard, inedible growth that appears in place of fruit on virus-affected limbs of stone fruit trees.

J-J	0	Dang, better cut off that branch.  It's all infected and puttin' out nothin' but proots, and next thing you know it'll spread to the whole tree.
David	2
Pierre	1
Hutch	0	I actually suspect that this is the real dictionary answer, but I don't have any points left to give it. Except for my imaginary tie-breaker points ... if it turns out NOT to be the real answer.

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Pierre	0

proot, n. A vegetable often served with greeps, raw or crottled.

J-J	0	As far as I know, I have never been served a plate of crottled greeps.  If this turns out to be real, I'll feel obligated to seek one out.  Or maybe it's the proot that gets crottled, and you prepare the greeps some other way.
Hutch	0	Recently read the sequel to _The Mote in God's Eye_. In an early chapter, the main character, Kevin Renner, eats crottled greeps. The greeps are an arthropod-esque critter native to the world he is on at that point and they are crottled by fitting the crottling fork just below the head to pull the body out of the shell. Then the body of the greep is eaten. This is made more difficult by the fact that the greeps are alive at the time and have moderately formidable pincers. Imagine grasping a lobster just behind the head, pulling off the body shell and eating it live, while it tries to get you with its pincers. As far as I'm aware, they're fictional.

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Linda	5

proot, adj. (slang) Perfect.

Ranjit	2	Def a proot def.
J-J	2	Two points for the perfect slang.  If it ain't real, I could completely believe that it could have been at some point without your knowing it.
Hutch	1	Just like the interjection, an adjective deserves points too. Again, even if I don't actually BELIEVE in it

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