[Fictionary] FADGE ballot
Ranjit Bhatnagar
ranjit at moonmilk.com
Tue Sep 1 00:17:23 UTC 2020
Here are ten fake definitions and one real one, roughly in alphabetical
order. As usual, you have a one point vote and a two point vote. Please get
me your votes before Labor Day!
fadge - n. (Cumberland dialect) - a charm to protect against black magic,
containing deer fat and rabbit droppings.
fadge (n., chiefly British) - a consolation prize
fadge (n.) a digger of holes, primarily one whose trade was digging pits
for latrines and other disposal of waste.
fadge
(n) 1. (chiefly Scottish) a round thick loaf of bread; (chiefly Irish)
potato cake or bread
2. a bundle
3. (Australia) an irregular package of wool weighing from 60 to 150
pounds
fadge, n. Any of several species of butwin found in Lancashire.
fadge (noun); bent rod, pointed at both ends, used by thatchers to secure
bundled straw.
fadge, n. Period of mental relaxation or indolence. "After Turing's latest
push at the National Physical Laboratory, a week's biking around the Lake
District was just the fadge he needed."
fadge
1. v. to gather or to collect random objects
2. n. a collection of dissimilar items
fadge, v. To misdeliver or incorrectly return a mailpiece.
fadge - v. - To prepare perishable food items for railroad transport.
fadge, v. to put forth an argument that you only hope will win, but
probably will not.
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