[Fictionary] homerkin - Results

[Jean-Joseph Cote]

If Linda's definition had been included, would Ranjit have commented "Doh!"?

On 1/13/2018 5:29 PM, Hutch wrote:
> Well, I am computerized again ... and re-discovering why I hate 
> Microsoft and really, truly, and deeply despise Windows 10. With luck 
> I'll be able to switch to Unix.
>
> Regarding the results: first, my abject apologies to Linda and J-J. I 
> left their definitions out of the ballot. I had not even seen Linda's 
> definition until today, but I had actually SEEN J-J's and missed 
> getting it into the ballot. Even worse, J-J included a great joke 
> definition (which, I must admit, I didn't actually get until today 
> while writing this email).
>
> homerkin- n. - dough covering a pill to make it go down better.
> Linda Owens
>
> homerkin - n - A drinking vessel made from part of an animal such as 
> ram or rhinoceros horn, or whale tooth.
> homerkin - n - [joke def] a sweet pickle that you made yourself.
> Jean-Joseph Cote
>
> Speaking of joke definitions, Pierre's very first response to the word 
> was ...
>
> I have never heard of a homerkin, but given that it has something to 
> do with ingesting, I have a suspicion that I saw a platter of 
> homerkins at a Chinese restaurant last night. As they are decapod 
> crustaceans and have neither fins nor scales, I did not eat them. 
> Instead I ate chicken with broccoli and rice, after ascertaining that 
> there is no meat in the rice. (The Chinese default meat is pork.)
>
> My response to him generated lessons in kashrut and in gender in 
> Romance languages. :-D
>
> On to the actual results:
>
> Several people saw the connection of Homer Simpson and beer, either in 
> their definitions or in their votes. I had expected it to turn people 
> off from the "old beer measure" that is the real definition. Worked in 
> at least one case: Ranjit said no to it with a comment of "Homer 
> Simpson!" But the real definition ALMOST won the voting.
>
> Results:
>
> In third place: Demonstrating the appeal of humorous definitions, 
> David's "leprechaun's lunchbox" had a solid 4 points.
>
> In second place: Showing the failure of my assumption that nobody 
> would vote for the obvious, the actual definition of the old beer 
> measure gained 5 points.
>
> AND THE WINNER, BY A NOSE: with 6 points, including two points for a 
> correct guess, Nicolas Ward's "standardized container".
>
> Take it away, Nicolas!!!
>
> ----------
>
> homerkin - n - A container of identical size to another, used as a 
> measure of volume under the Winchester Standards to ensure fair liquor 
> sales.
> Nicolas Ward
> 6 points
> Ranjit Bhatnagar : 2 points for identical container
> lindafowens : Can't recall my entry, if it's here, ... two for the 
> Winchester thing because he's back on MASH reruns. Linda
> Plus 2 points for a correct guess
>
> homerkin - n - A fish, bird, or other creature small enough to be 
> eaten whole.
> eLLioTT morEton
> 1 point
> Ranjit Bhatnagar : Homer Simpson!
> Nicolas Ward : 1 point for the bird because I like the image.
>
> homerkin - n - a leprechaun's lunchbox, which may be demanded as a 
> price for granting him his freedom
> David Randall
> 4 - 3 - 1
> Ranjit Bhatnagar : 1
> Pierre Abbat : 1 point for funniness.
> lindafowens : Can't recall my entry, if it's here, so one point for 
> the lunchbox ... Linda
> Plus 1 point for a correct guess
>
> homerkin - n - Any of several species of crayfish of the family 
> Astacidae eaten in Orkney and Shetland.
> Pierre Abbat
> 2 points for correct guess
>
> homerkin - n - a hanging cluster of berries, such as grapes and 
> elderberries
> Ranjit Bhatnagar
> 2 points
> David Randall : 2
>
> homerkin - n - old liquid measure for beer
> Real: _Forthright's Phrontistery: Obscure Words and Vocabulary 
> Resources: Compendium of Lost Words_, http://phrontistery.info/clw2.html
> 5 points
> Ranjit Bhatnagar : Homer Simpson!
> David Randall : 1
> Pierre Abbat : 2
> Nicolas Ward : 2 points for old beer measure (under assumption I 
> stumbled into something close to real def)
>
> BB,
> Hutch
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