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If Linda's definition had been included, would Ranjit have commented
"Doh!"?<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/13/2018 5:29 PM, Hutch wrote:<br>
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<div>Well, I am computerized again ... and re-discovering why I
hate Microsoft and really, truly, and deeply despise Windows
10. With luck I'll be able to switch to Unix.</div>
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<div>Regarding the results: first, my abject apologies to Linda
and J-J. I left their definitions out of the ballot. I had not
even seen Linda's definition until today, but I had actually
SEEN J-J's and missed getting it into the ballot. Even worse,
J-J included a great joke definition (which, I must admit, I
didn't actually get until today while writing this email).</div>
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<div>homerkin- n. - dough covering a pill to make it go down
better.<br>
Linda Owens</div>
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<div>homerkin - n - A drinking vessel made from part of an
animal such as ram or rhinoceros horn, or whale tooth.<br>
homerkin - n - [joke def] a sweet pickle that you made
yourself.<br>
Jean-Joseph Cote</div>
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<div>Speaking of joke definitions, Pierre's very first response
to the word was ...</div>
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<div>I have never heard of a homerkin, but given that it has
something to do with ingesting, I have a suspicion that I saw
a platter of homerkins at a Chinese restaurant last night. As
they are decapod crustaceans and have neither fins nor scales,
I did not eat them. Instead I ate chicken with broccoli and
rice, after ascertaining that there is no meat in the rice.
(The Chinese default meat is pork.)</div>
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<div>My response to him generated lessons in kashrut and in
gender in Romance languages. :-D</div>
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<div>On to the actual results:</div>
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<div>Several people saw the connection of Homer Simpson and
beer, either in their definitions or in their votes. I had
expected it to turn people off from the "old beer measure"
that is the real definition. Worked in at least one case:
Ranjit said no to it with a comment of "Homer Simpson!" But
the real definition ALMOST won the voting.</div>
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<div>Results:</div>
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<div>In third place: Demonstrating the appeal of humorous
definitions, David's "leprechaun's lunchbox" had a solid 4
points.</div>
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<div>In second place: Showing the failure of my assumption that
nobody would vote for the obvious, the actual definition of
the old beer measure gained 5 points.</div>
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<div>AND THE WINNER, BY A NOSE: with 6 points, including two
points for a correct guess, Nicolas Ward's "standardized
container".</div>
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<div>Take it away, Nicolas!!!</div>
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<div>homerkin - n - A container of identical size to another,
used as a measure of volume under the Winchester Standards to
ensure fair liquor sales.<br>
Nicolas Ward<br>
6 points<br>
Ranjit Bhatnagar : 2 points for identical container<br>
lindafowens : Can't recall my entry, if it's here, ... two
for the Winchester thing because he's back on MASH
reruns. Linda<br>
Plus 2 points for a correct guess</div>
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<div>homerkin - n - A fish, bird, or other creature small enough
to be eaten whole.<br>
eLLioTT morEton<br>
1 point<br>
Ranjit Bhatnagar : Homer Simpson!<br>
Nicolas Ward : 1 point for the bird because I like the image.</div>
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<div>homerkin - n - a leprechaun's lunchbox, which may be
demanded as a price for granting him his freedom<br>
David Randall<br>
4 - 3 - 1<br>
Ranjit Bhatnagar : 1<br>
Pierre Abbat : 1 point for funniness.<br>
lindafowens : Can't recall my entry, if it's here, so one
point for the lunchbox ... Linda<br>
Plus 1 point for a correct guess</div>
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<div>homerkin - n - Any of several species of crayfish of the
family Astacidae eaten in Orkney and Shetland.<br>
Pierre Abbat<br>
2 points for correct guess</div>
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<div>homerkin - n - a hanging cluster of berries, such as grapes
and elderberries<br>
Ranjit Bhatnagar<br>
2 points<br>
David Randall : 2</div>
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<div>homerkin - n - old liquid measure for beer<br>
Real: _Forthright's Phrontistery: Obscure Words and Vocabulary
Resources: Compendium of Lost Words_, <a
href="http://phrontistery.info/clw2.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://phrontistery.info/clw2.html</a><br>
5 points<br>
Ranjit Bhatnagar : Homer Simpson!<br>
David Randall : 1<br>
Pierre Abbat : 2<br>
Nicolas Ward : 2 points for old beer measure (under assumption
I stumbled into something close to real def)<br>
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<div>Hutch</div>
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