[Fictionary] Pooter Results

[Jean-Joseph Cote]

Oh dear, I fear I made a mistake.  I made note of a group of words some 
time ago, including these three, but I'm unable to find any definitions 
on line, and I think that's because they are from Middle English, and 
therefore not legit in my book.  So instead, please either define or 
tell me that you already know:

BOOLEYING

Jean-Joseph

On 5/4/2018 8:34 AM, eLLioTT morEton wrote:
> Hi, Jean,
>
> I don't know any of them, but they look right intriguing.
>
> Regards,
> em
>
> On Tue, 17 Apr 2018, Jean-Joseph Cote wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>  -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
>>>  Version: 3.1
>>>  GCM/S d+>- s+:+ a++ C+++$ ULAC>$ P+ L+ !E W++$
>>>  N+ o K? w++++/--$ O? M- V? PS+ PE/- Y PGP- t++ 5?
>>>  X-- R !tv? b++++>$ DI++++ D G+> e++ h+ r--?* y++>
>>>  ------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: Ill 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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