[Fictionary] Re: SMEUSE ballot

[Ranjit Bhatnagar]

Reminder to get your votes in! Deadline extended until Monday night! Ballot
quoted below.



On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 6:56 PM Ranjit Bhatnagar <ranjit at moonmilk.com>
wrote:

> Fictionarians! Here is the ballot for SMEUSE. As has become traditional,
> you will vote for two different words - give two points to one of your
> favorites, and one point to another. You're also welcome to add comments,
> smeuse poetry, small gratuities, etc. Please get your votes to me by Sunday
> morning. I'll send out a reminder midweek.
>
> My work putting this ballot together got a lot more pleasant when I
> thought to add 'smeuse' to the spell check dictionary.
>
>
>
> smeuse (n): A crackle-glazed finish applied to decorative ceramics.
>
> smeuse (n.) -- A hand-cranked or wind-powered lance sharpener.
>
> smeuse, n. Unrefined sugar produced by evaporation of fresh persimmon
> juice.
>
> smeuse (n.) - a specialized drywall used in extremely humid environments.
>
> smeuse - n. - a woman who laughs at her own jokes
>
> smeuse (noun): The gap in the base of a bush or hedge made by the frequent
> passage of small animals.
>
> smeuse - v. - To apply wax or tar to rope.
>
> smeuse, n. An Antarctic stew made with pemmican and biscuits.
>
> smeuse, n. an oily buildup on some flexible petroleum-based plastics
>
> smeuse: *(Cheesemaking) *to press out the whey from the curds with one's
> feet.
>
> smeuse - in literary criticism, a coined term drawing on multiple
> narrative elements to humorous effect.
>
> smeuse - (verb) to connect two pieces of wood by using a biscuit joiner.
>
> smeuse, N. Military slang for Some Use, meaning not to throw it away just
> yet, for we may find some use for it.
>
> smeuse - adj. - of sad appearance owing to prolonged grief or anxiety:
> careworn.
>
> smeuse n. on a factory floor, a conveyor belt or other receptacle where
> workers place broken or defective parts and equipment to be carried away
> for repair or discarding.
>
> smeuse, v. To combine similar colors, as when layering paints.
>
>
>
>
> JOKE DEF, don't vote for this (unless you want to)
>
> smeuse (n.) -- An abbreviated arrangement of "Sambre et Meuse", written
> to exactly fill the twenty-five second walk between the doors of Charles de
> Gaulle's airplane and limousine.
>
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