<div dir="ltr">Reminder to get your votes in! Deadline extended until Monday night! Ballot quoted below.<div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 6:56 PM Ranjit Bhatnagar <<a href="mailto:ranjit@moonmilk.com">ranjit@moonmilk.com</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 dir="ltr"><div>Fictionarians! Here is the ballot for SMEUSE. As has become traditional, you will vote for two different words - give two points to one of your favorites, and one point to another. You're also welcome to add comments, smeuse poetry, small gratuities, etc. Please get your votes to me by Sunday morning. I'll send out a reminder midweek.</div><div><br></div><div>My work putting this ballot together got a lot more pleasant when I thought to add 'smeuse' to the spell check dictionary.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span>smeuse</span> (n): A crackle-glazed finish applied to decorative ceramics.<br></div><div><br></div><div><span>smeuse</span> (n.) -- A hand-cranked or wind-powered lance sharpener.<br></div><div><br></div><div><div>smeuse, n. Unrefined sugar produced by evaporation of fresh persimmon juice.<br></div><div><br></div></div><div><span>smeuse</span> (n.) - a specialized drywall used in extremely humid environments.<font color="#888888"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><span>smeuse</span> - n. - a woman who laughs at her own jokes</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div>smeuse (noun): The gap in the base of a bush or hedge made by the frequent passage of small animals.</div><div></div></div><div><br></div><div><div><span>smeuse</span> - v. - To apply wax or tar to rope.<br></div><div><br></div></div><div><span>smeuse</span>, n. An Antarctic stew made with pemmican and biscuits.<font color="#888888"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div>smeuse, n. an oily buildup on some flexible petroleum-based plastics<br></div><div><br></div><div><div><span>smeuse</span>: <i>(Cheesemaking) </i>to press out the whey from the curds with one's feet.<br></div><div><br></div></div><div>smeuse - in literary criticism, a coined term drawing on multiple narrative elements to humorous effect.<br></div><div><br></div><div><div></div><div><span>smeuse</span> - (verb) to connect two pieces of wood by using a biscuit joiner.<br></div><div><br></div></div><div><span>smeuse</span>, N. Military slang for Some <span>Use</span>, meaning not to throw it away just yet, for we may find some <span>use</span> for it. <br></div><div><br></div><div><span>smeuse</span> - adj. - of sad appearance owing to prolonged grief or anxiety: careworn.</div><div><br></div><div><span>smeuse</span> n. on a factory floor, a conveyor belt or other receptacle where workers place broken or defective parts and equipment to be carried away for repair or discarding.</div><div><br></div><div>smeuse, v. To combine similar colors, as when layering paints.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>JOKE DEF, don't vote for this (unless you want to)</div><div><br></div><div><span>smeuse</span> (n.) -- An abbreviated arrangement of "Sambre et Meuse", written to exactly fill the twenty-five second walk between the doors of Charles de Gaulle's airplane and limousine.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div></div></div>
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