<html><div>Oh, as for sea creatures used as food, calamari sliced from squid is now the state appetizer in Rhode Island. RI has a large Italian- and Portuguese- American contingent. Had calamari for a quick lunch at a restaurant yesterday with my husband, after a short hike; it was battered and probably frozen before frying, served with sliced, pickled banana peppers, lemon slice, and side of marinara. Yum, rubbery! Extra tentacles, Bart? Linda PS I am a pork eater, as my background is mostly Canadian-French and English. I also need beef for the protein and iron. With type O blood, I almost died after six months on a vegetarian/ seafood-only diet. <br>---------- Original Message ----------<br>From: Jean-Joseph Cote <jjcotedsl@verizon.net><br>To: fictionary@swarpa.net<br>Subject: Re: [Fictionary] homerkin - Results<br>Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 22:44:46 -0500<br><br>If Linda's definition had been included, would Ranjit have commented "Doh!"?<br> </p><div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/13/2018 5:29 PM, Hutch wrote:</div><blockquote cite="mid:CANY-fRaE=EbBpas07rKDeO04e9jq07f6MFdiVH=eR3ko-B48sQ@mail.gmail.com"><div dir="ltr"><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><div> </div><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><div> </div><div>homerkin- n. - dough covering a pill to make it go down better.<br> Linda Owens</div><div> </div><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><div> </div><div>Speaking of joke definitions, Pierre's very first response to the word was ...</div><div> </div><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><div> </div><div>My response to him generated lessons in kashrut and in gender in Romance languages. :-D</div><div> </div><div>On to the actual results:</div><div> </div><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><div> </div><div>Results:</div><div> </div><div>In third place: Demonstrating the appeal of humorous definitions, David's "leprechaun's lunchbox" had a solid 4 points.</div><div> </div><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><div> </div><div>AND THE WINNER, BY A NOSE: with 6 points, including two points for a correct guess, Nicolas Ward's "standardized container".</div><div> </div><div>Take it away, Nicolas!!!</div><div> </div><div>----------</div><div> </div><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><div> </div><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><div> </div><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><div> </div><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><div> </div><div>homerkin - n - a hanging cluster of berries, such as grapes and elderberries<br> Ranjit Bhatnagar<br> 2 points<br> David Randall : 2</div><div> </div><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">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> </div><div class="gmail-m_6551286311842552187gmail_signature"><div>BB,</div><div>Hutch</div><div> </div><div>-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----</div><div>Version: 3.1</div><div>GCM/S d+>- s+:+ a++ C+++$ ULAC>$ P+ L+ !E W++$</div><div>N+ o K? w++++/--$ O? 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