<div dir="ltr"><div>I'm having a gut reaction to not recalling sending this word out at all, even after seeing it I still don't remember it.</div><div><br></div><div>This 'getting old' stuff REALLY ain't for wimps ... The problem with that, of course ...<br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm a wimp!!!</div><div><br></div>BB,<div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><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? M- V? PS+ PE/- Y PGP- t++ 5?</div><div>X-- R !tv? b++++>$ DI++++ D G+> e++ h+ r--?* y++></div><div>------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------</div></div>
</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 10:59 AM <a href="mailto:lindafowens@netzero.net">lindafowens@netzero.net</a> <<a href="mailto:lindafowens@netzero.net">lindafowens@netzero.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>But I'm having a gut reaction to the sweat-filled hanky. LINda<br><br>---------- Original Message ----------<br>From: "<a href="mailto:lindafowens@netzero.net" target="_blank">lindafowens@netzero.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:lindafowens@netzero.net" target="_blank">lindafowens@netzero.net</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:jim@jimmosk.com" target="_blank">jim@jimmosk.com</a><br>Cc: <a href="mailto:fictionary@swarpa.net" target="_blank">fictionary@swarpa.net</a><br>Subject: Re: [Fictionary] Masdevallia sighting<br>Date: Sun, 5 May 2019 14:51:22 GMT<br><br><div>I don't recall this word, and I think Judith signed me up for</div><div>Fictionary in about 2001 .LInda<br><br>---------- Original Message ----------<br>From: Jim Moskowitz <<a href="mailto:jim@jimmosk.com" target="_blank">jim@jimmosk.com</a>><br>To: fictionary <<a href="mailto:fictionary@swarpa.net" target="_blank">fictionary@swarpa.net</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Fictionary] Masdevallia sighting<br>Date: Sat, 4 May 2019 21:53:18 -0400<br><br><br>> On May 4, 2019, at 9:04 PM, Ranjit Bhatnagar <<a href="mailto:ranjit@moonmilk.com" target="_blank">ranjit@moonmilk.com</a>> wrote:<br>> <br>> How long ago was Masdevallia a fictionary word? I've got at least 15 years archived here and couldn't find it! ...I'm too lazy to dig up the older archives. <br><br>Almost 18 years ago! To which definitions would you give points nowadays?<br><br><br>Date: 2 Aug 2001 20:29:14 -0000<br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:20010802202914.27202.qmail@smtp.bwn.net" target="_blank">20010802202914.27202.qmail@smtp.bwn.net</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:fictionary@plover.com" target="_blank">fictionary@plover.com</a><br>Subject: Make Your Fictionary Selections!<br>From: <a href="mailto:hutch@bewellnet.com" target="_blank">hutch@bewellnet.com</a><br><br><br>I notice that no one could make this word into anything but a noun.<br><br>Usual voting rules: Give 2 points to the one you think most likely, 1 point to the runner-up.<br><br>----------<br><br>masdevallia : n. 1) a treasure trove or cornucopia, a sort of Spanish potlatch 2) a semi-tropical viney plant with profuse pink to magenta to maroon blooms 3) a festival of giving away old household goods to new homes, so named for the flowery vines used to decorate the trays and baskets and carts of the participants<br><br>masdevallia : n. a large genus of tropical American orchids whose flowers have sepals fused at the base forming a tube; includes orchids sometimes placed in genera Dracula and Dryadella<br><br>masdevallia : n. a creamy Italian confection, flavored with almond extract<br><br>masdevallia : n. an exiled political leader with aspirations to return home in triumph and establish a semi-dictatorial Catholic Socialist regime; see Jorge Mas Canosa and Eamon de Valera<br><br>masdevallia : n. a large, flightless snail (Achatina loricata) native to the Atlantic coast of Central America, prized for its ability to clear blocked pipes<br><br>masdevallia : n. a repetitious dream about waking<br><br>masdevallia : n. a dance popular in Provence in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in which young men and women exchanged handkerchiefs scented with their sweat<br><br>masdevallia : n. a flowering herb native to central and southern Europe<br><br>masdevallia : n. items left in the suitcase after a voyage<br><br>masdevallia : n. (Obs.) 1) any prosthetic device worn on the face or head 2) dentures<br><br>masdevallia : n. foodstuffs used for religious purposes, e.g. wafers consumed during the Catholic rite of communion<br><br>----------<br><br>Good luck!<br><br>BB,<br>Hutch</div><p><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:small"></span></p></div></blockquote></div><br></div>