[Fictionary] PHUGOID ballot

[Jean-Joseph Cote]

After a holidelay, here are the potential definitions for PHUGOID. Send 
me your primary and secondary guesses by... let's say 12/12 (but you'll 
have to figure out for yourself whether that's in US or European format).
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phugoid - adj. - In construction, having a mesh or waffled cross-section.

phugoid - adj. - Resembling an elder snail demon from the depths of time.

phugoid - adj. - Characterized by a belief in, but dislike of, a deity 
or deities.

phugoid - n. - A bone in birds extending from the sternum to the 
shoulder joint, posterior to the furcula.

phugoid - n. - The curve described by a uniform spring suspended at its 
endpoints and allowed to hang freely.

phugoid - n. - A long-period oscillation of an aircraft where the 
vehicle alternately pitches up and climbs, decreasing speed, and then 
pitches down and descends, increasing speed.

phugoid - adj. - Describing an apparently crazy-angled trapezoid, in 
which none of the angles or sides are similar, and which may turn in on 
itself, AND not be able to contain something.

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J-J Cote
jjcote at alum.mit.edu