[Fictionary] FADGE ballot

Ranjit Bhatnagar ranjit at moonmilk.com
Tue Sep 8 15:37:11 UTC 2020


Deadline extension! I somehow injured my shoulder while napping (how??) and
don’t feel like assembling the results until - let’s say Thursday night. So
please get me your votes, if you haven’t already, by Thursday afternoon.
Ballot is below.



On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 8:17 PM Ranjit Bhatnagar <ranjit at moonmilk.com>
wrote:

> 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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