[Fictionary] homerkin - Results

[lindafowens at netzero.net]

Oh, as for sea  creatures used as food, calamari sliced from squid is now the state appetizer in Rhode Island. RI has a large Italian- and Portuguese- American contingent.  Had calamari for a quick lunch at a restaurant yesterday with my husband, after a short hike; it was battered and probably frozen before frying, served with sliced, pickled banana peppers, lemon slice, and  side of marinara. Yum, rubbery!  Extra  tentacles, Bart?  Linda  PS  I am a pork eater, as my background is mostly Canadian-French and English.  I also need beef for the protein and iron.  With type O blood, I almost died after six months on a vegetarian/ seafood-only diet.  
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From: Jean-Joseph Cote <jjcotedsl at verizon.net>
To: fictionary at swarpa.net
Subject: Re: [Fictionary] homerkin - Results
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 22:44:46 -0500

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)
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