[Fictionary] Pooter Results

[Jean-Joseph Cote]

Right, I'm on it.  Anybody know any of these words:

WHOLVE
CIPERS
HARNYS

Jean-Joseph

On 4/16/2018 1:39 AM, Hutch wrote:
> Sorry, everybody!!!
>
> Been having a very busy couple of months. I literally didn't see this 
> until just now. If someone else can take this round, I'd appreciate it.
>
> J-J: Since you were second? You want to take this one?
>
> Linda: I thought of the same thing. I'm actually reading it now: 
> _Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man_, originally published as _Coming 
> Attractions_.
>
> BB,
> Hutch
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> ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 5:08 PM, Nicolas Ward <ultranurd at gmail.com 
> <mailto:ultranurd at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I shouldn't run rounds anymore 😢. Too busy securing the clood
>     pooters...
>
>
>     Pierre was the only one to correctly identify a pooter as a
>     🐛bottle, but it is Hutch's 🦃wattle that takes the day. (J-J's
>     eel verbing was just edged out.)
>
>
>     Take it away, Hutch!
>
>
>     Hutch 4
>
>     J-J 3
>
>     David 2
>
>     Elliott 2
>
>     Fran 2
>
>     Jim 1
>
>     Ranjit 1
>
>     Pierre 1
>
>     Linda 0
>
>
>     ----
>
>
>     David
>
>
>     n. A cricket hustler.
>
>
>     Linda 2
>
>
>     Jim: Hustling how? In cricket races? Cricket fights? The mind boggles
>
>     Elliott: How can you hustle a team sport?  Hustlers thrive on
>     short, anonymous,
>
>     impromptu interactions.  Cricket takes forever and isn't something
>     you do
>
>     on a bet in a bar.
>
>
>     ----
>
>
>     Elliott
>
>
>     n. A chair upholstered to feel like a lap when sat in.
>
>
>     Jim 2
>
>
>     Jim: Eccentric and charming!
>
>     Pierre: Does it have to be specially travished first?
>
>     Elliott: Wouldn't be hard to make, would it?
>
>
>     ----
>
>
>     macOS Dictionary
>
>
>     n. A bottle for collecting small insects and other invertebrates.
>
>
>     Pierre 1
>
>
>     Pierre: Including hustled crickets?
>
>     Nick: Rest of the definition details: "...having one tube through
>     which they are sucked into the bottle and another, protected by
>     muslin or gauze, which is sucked. Chiefly entomology, 1930s. Said
>     to be from the name of William Poos (1891-1987), American
>     entomologist."
>
>
>     ----
>
>
>     Fran
>
>
>     n. An eraser with a hole in it for placing on the end of a pencil;
>     also called a pencil-top eraser.
>
>
>     Ranjit 2
>
>
>     Ranjit: 2 pooters for the p-t-er
>
>
>     ----
>
>
>     J-J
>
>
>     v. To ice-fish for eels.
>
>
>     Jim 1
>
>     Pierre 2
>
>
>     Jim: I’ll break my 1-point vote tie for the person brave enough to
>     submit a verb.
>
>     Pierre: Two points for verbing.
>
>     Elliott: Hence, metaphorically, to waste one's time in a vain hope.
>
>
>     ----
>
>
>     Linda
>
>
>     n., slang Someone who breaks wind.
>
>
>     Linda: BTW, That's how is was used in the book about Daisy Fay by
>     Fannie Flagg. I was not allowed to use such words when I was
>     supposed to be a well-behaved young lady.
>
>
>     ----
>
>
>     Jim
>
>
>     n., slang A fund whose value rises when the average of a
>     particular market falls; an inverse ETF.
>
>
>     Ranjit 1
>
>
>     Jim: Mine. I actually submitted it not as simply “slang” but “Wall
>     Street slang”, which I thought would make it seem more plausible.
>     Finance has almost as many jargon terms as sailing...
>
>     Nick: Apologies for the standardization over edit!
>
>     Pierre: This reminds me of "backwardation".
>
>     Elliott: How would that work?  There's no upper limit on how high
>     the market can go; does that mean the pooter's value can become
>     negative, so that participants end up owing the fund?
>
>     Ranjit: One pooter
>
>
>     ----
>
>
>     Ranjit
>
>
>     n. A Pomeranian golden pudding. fm. Putteror poty
>
>
>     David 1
>
>
>     ----
>
>
>     Pierre
>
>
>     n. Any of various essential oils added to a henna mix to intensify
>     the stain; v. To add such an essential oil to a henna mix.
>
>
>     Pierre: This is actually "terp". Terpooterpooter...
>
>
>     ----
>
>
>     Hutch
>
>
>     n., reg. southern Appalachia A turkey's wattle
>
>
>     David 2
>
>     Elliott 1
>
>     Linda 1
>
>
>     Pierre: I haven't heard the landlady talk about Sir Thomas's pooter!
>
>     Elliott: "Pooter" does have a certain poultry ring to it.
>
>     Linda: I suspect that's meant to be pouter
>
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