[Fictionary] BOOLEYING ballot

Jean-Joseph Cote jjcotedsl at verizon.net
Sun Jun 10 08:54:34 EDT 2018


OK, cast your votes, onesies and twosies.  I'll tally them up after I 
get back from Jukola (second leg, team 1023).

Jean-Joseph
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booleying - n. - An acrid Yunnanese tea.

booleying - n. - Using an offset block pulley to lift a load.

booleying - n. - Decorative carving on a picture frame consisting of a 
series of raised dots.

Booleying - n. - In cricket, going around an object like a tree instead 
of declaring an interference.

booleying - n. - A game in which one player presents an argument and the 
others identify the syllogism, if it's sound, or the fallacy, if it isn't.

booleying - n. - Of windshield wipers, gradually beating in and out of 
phase so as to alternate between removing the rain and concentrating it.

booleying - n. - (Irish) The agricultural tradition of taking cattle up 
to the high open lands to graze during the summer months. See /transhumance.

/booleying - n. - (also booling) A repair made with whatever material is 
close at hand, rather than a proper repair job.
           - v. - (booley, booleying) To repair with materials close at 
hand.
          see also: /jury-rig/

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