[Fictionary] fictionary: DEVIT ballot

[Ranjit Bhatnagar]

I want more votes! So I'm extending the deadline until Sunday morning.
Ballot is below! Cast your votes!


On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 10:50 AM Ranjit Bhatnagar <ranjit at moonmilk.com>
wrote:

> Here are nine (9) definitions of "devit". Only one of them is real. Can
> you identify the correct one before the pendulum swings too low?
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> Please send a 1 point vote and a 2 point vote, as usual, by next Tuesday
> evening!
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> devit (obs.) n. - a placeholder. v. - to hold a place. adj. - describing
> an object used to hold a place. ex: Remove the devit pin before finishing
> the seam.
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> devit n. a claim to one's own apotheosis, the assertion that one is a god.
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> devit, n. the growth of crystalline structures within or on the surface of
> glass. ("Vitri" = glass; therefore "devitrification" = the process of
> becoming un-glasslike).
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> devit, v, to reduce the vitamin content of a food by some chemical
> reaction
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> devit, adj. Lifelike
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> devit - n. - payment to a bouncer to secure entry into a club.
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> devit, n. 1. The tribute in dromedaries due from the Arabian pashaliks of
> the Ottoman Empire. 2. A bribe.
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> devit - v. - (obs.) to pick grapes and harvest grape leaves
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> devit, n. In some role-playing games, a combination of a buff which
> directs attacks to a character with a buff that reflects damage done to
> that character onto the attacker, resulting in the opponent damaging
> himself.
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