[Fictionary] CATABIBAZON ballot

[eLLioTT morEton]

Dear Fictionary,

I have votes from Jean-Joseph, Pierre, Linda, David, and Eric.  More!
More!  The deadline is hereby extended till Sunday at 9 p.m. Eastern
time.

Regards,
Elliott


On Wed, 26 May 2021, eLLioTT morEton wrote:

> Dear Fictionary,
>
> Here are defs from Hutch, Eric, Jean-Joseph, David, Nick, Jim, Linda,
> Ranjit, Pierre, and a dictionary.  Usual one- and two-point votes are
> due by 9 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, June 1.  Comments, awards,
> fabricated quotations, etc. are welcome.
>
> Regards,
> Elliott
>
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> catabibazon, n. A short musical quotation from another Broadway
> theatrical production.
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> catabibazon, n. A translating ear-trumpet, mentioned in Jonathan
> Swift’s "A Voyage to Laputa”.
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> Catabibazon, n. A Southern Italian street opera featuring various
> comic characters and instruments like a hurdy-gurdy.
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> Catabibazon, n.  An early online commerce startup focusing on
> solutions for messy pets, raised $55 million in two rounds of funding
> in 1998 and 1999 but closed abruptly in May of 2000 just months before
> a planned IPO.
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> catabibazon, n.  In Astronomy, the Moon's descending Node; call'd also
> Dragon's Tail.
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> catabibazon, n. Suppression of an insurrection by the Byzantine army.
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> catabibazon, n. An early style of photograph in which images were made
> of disassembled objects at very close range, occasionally touching the
> lens.
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> catabibazon, n. A drinking party ending in unconsciousness. Coinage
> (1655) of John Milton.
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> catabibazon - n. - A fire-heated tool for creating waves in hair,
> predecessor to the modern curling iron.
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> catabibazon - n. - a substance untransmutable by alchemical processes.