[Fictionary] harling results

[E]

Looks like this word wasn't so mysterious, the real definition -- lime 
applied to the exterior of a building -- got plenty of votes. The big 
winner, though, is Joshua with his very popular hat ornament as well as 
two points for the real def.


General comments:

David: joke definition: harling - n. - a language that doesn't have a /z/.

Pierre: Some defs imply /'haɹliŋ/, others /'haɹlɪŋ/.

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Hutch

harling, n. A hiking activity consisting of traveling from one place to 
another via the highest (or lowest) possible route, regardless of 
difficulty or danger. Named for an early participant, Stephen Harl, who 
died in 1931 while attempting a traverse in the Grampians.

6 = 1 for real, 2 Elliott, 2 Wesley, 1 Ranjit

Eric: extra credit for "Grampians".

Pierre: I give this an imaginary tiebreaker point. Several days ago, the 
next-door neighbor to the lot I'm surveying led me to the back irons, 
and I had to take the high route while going from one to the other. I'm 
planning to traverse to both irons today from the nearby field.

Elliott: Sounds like something hiking enthusiasts would have a word for, 
but would it be this word, with this origin story?  It would be like 
saying, "Let's go hindenburging" to propose a transatlantic airship 
flight.  People might feel like if they took you up on it, they'd be 
tempting fate. ... Enh, two points.

Ranjit: I'll give this one a point because I've been enjoying videos of 
people doing "straight line missions" in which they attempt to cross a 
rural region - or a city - in as close to a straight line as possible, 
regardless of what they have to climb over or wade through."

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Pierre

harling, n. In eighth-century Lombardy, an official appointed by a 
gastald to lead a police force.

Nicolas: This one tempted me but region sounds off.

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Wesley

harling, n. Derogatory slur from the 1600s referring to someone’s 
appearance resembling that of a harpy. Also denotes that their 
temperament is very tumultuous like a storm.

Hutch: Harpies, in legend, have extremely foul (fowl?) tempers. One 
hardly needs to say that someone who resembles a harpy has a "stormy" 
temperament. Sorry, don't believe it.

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real definition

harling, n. A rough-textured wall finish of lime and small pebbles or 
shells, generally applied to exterior walls to protect against moisture.

6 = 1 Nicolas, 1 Jean-Joseph, 1 Hutch, 2 Joshua, 1 David

Elliott: The word does have a mass-noun sound to it, but there's 
something suspicious about that ``generally''.

Eric: Yes, but you have to remember that I'm smooshing together defs 
from Wikipedia and elsewhere, and might not do it so well.

Ranjit: This sounds so believable that I refuse to believe it. I'll 
include a non-negotiable bonus point, though!"

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David

harling, n. (fr. Damon Runyon) A young moll resembling Jean Harlow.

3 = 2 for real, 1 Elliott

Nicolas: 😆

Pierre: Don't know either of them.

Hutch: I've read a fair bit of Runyon. I just don't believe it.

Elliott: All right, sounds like 1940s humor.  One point.

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Joshua

harling, n. A garland of decorative flowers pinned around the band of a 
wide-brimmed hat.

10 = 2 for real, 2 Nicolas, 2 Jean-Joseph, 2 Hutch, 2 Ranjit

Elliott: Maybe inspired by "garland"?

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Jean-Joseph

harling, n. A geriatric wallaby.

2 = 1 for real, 1 Wesley

Nicolas: Awwww

Hutch:
     Let me wallaby be, sport.
     Let me wallaby be
     If ya don't then he'll come after me, sport.
     So let me wallaby be.
     Yes, tie me kangaroo down, sport ...

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Nicolas

harling, n. Any child of a clan leader, other than the firstborn and heir.

3 = 1 for real, 2 Pierre

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Ranjit

harling, n. A 19c decorative style for furniture and interior finish in 
the northeastern United States, making frequent use of vertical fluting 
combined with circular medallions

2 = 2 David

Elliott: Sounds like something in Eric's ministerial portfolio, but 
"19c" doesn't sound like him.

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Elliott

harling, n. Vibration of an object placed in a wind tunnel at an 
antinode of one of the tunnel's natural frequencies.

2 = 1 Pierre, 1 Joshua

Nicolas: I think I would have encountered this in engineering curriculum 
at some point.

Elliott: I really should have specified that this meant a velocity 
antinode, not a pressure antinode.



-- Eric