[Fictionary] Pooter Results
Jean-Joseph Cote
jjcotedsl at verizon.net
Sun May 20 23:33:54 EDT 2018
OK, no recognition of BOOLEYING, so get me definitions by the end of
Memorial Day (I already have a few).
Jean-Joseph
On 5/9/2018 11:09 PM, Jean-Joseph Cote wrote:
> 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
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>>>> 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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