Nancy Shepherdson
July 17th, 2007, 12:54 PM
Hi all --
Here are 17 clever definitions of "locofoco" only one of which is from
an accepted dictionary. Please vote for your two favorites by:
2 a.m. Thursday July 19, Eastern time,
which is, I think, 7 a.m. Thursday GMT
The times didn't work out especially well, so, essentially, everyone
except early-rising Europeans should vote before they go to bed on
Wednesday night.
I promise to notify the new dealer very shortly after the deadline.
(I am a late-staying-up North American.) Look for your new assignment
in the mail Thursday morning.
Good luck, locofoco hunters!
Nancy
1. An evildoer.
2. [Sp. sl.] A mistress.
3. The very front-point of a cow-catcher on a train
4. A lively Spanish dance performed by a couple
5. [Sp. sl.] Any multi-flavoured ice cream; a spumoni.
6. Public substitute for a person subject to assassination.
7. Shipping and sailing between points in the same country.
8. Vocal music characterized by florid ornamental passages.
9. Highly unconventional (crazy) in a cunning and clever way.
10. A plate that bridges the gap between a railway locomotive and its
tender.
11. A friction match; a nickname formerly given to a member of the
Democratic party.
12. _obs._ In the Peninsular War (1808-14): a fellow-prisoner [Pg.
sailors' slang, origin obscure]
13. [Slang] Popular term for a tomato or tobacco hornworm that has
been parasitized by a Braconid wasp.
14. A glassblowing technique of rapid quenching and reheating to
produce fine cracks on the surface of a piece.
15. A hallucinogenic plant, _Datura satanalis_, native to Mexico and
the southwestern U.S.; also called "devilweed."
16. A form of industrial action in Italy in which workers imprison
their employers on the premises until their demands are met.
17. A style of photographic image manipulation in which a small area
is highlighted by blurring the remainder (from _local focus_).
Here are 17 clever definitions of "locofoco" only one of which is from
an accepted dictionary. Please vote for your two favorites by:
2 a.m. Thursday July 19, Eastern time,
which is, I think, 7 a.m. Thursday GMT
The times didn't work out especially well, so, essentially, everyone
except early-rising Europeans should vote before they go to bed on
Wednesday night.
I promise to notify the new dealer very shortly after the deadline.
(I am a late-staying-up North American.) Look for your new assignment
in the mail Thursday morning.
Good luck, locofoco hunters!
Nancy
1. An evildoer.
2. [Sp. sl.] A mistress.
3. The very front-point of a cow-catcher on a train
4. A lively Spanish dance performed by a couple
5. [Sp. sl.] Any multi-flavoured ice cream; a spumoni.
6. Public substitute for a person subject to assassination.
7. Shipping and sailing between points in the same country.
8. Vocal music characterized by florid ornamental passages.
9. Highly unconventional (crazy) in a cunning and clever way.
10. A plate that bridges the gap between a railway locomotive and its
tender.
11. A friction match; a nickname formerly given to a member of the
Democratic party.
12. _obs._ In the Peninsular War (1808-14): a fellow-prisoner [Pg.
sailors' slang, origin obscure]
13. [Slang] Popular term for a tomato or tobacco hornworm that has
been parasitized by a Braconid wasp.
14. A glassblowing technique of rapid quenching and reheating to
produce fine cracks on the surface of a piece.
15. A hallucinogenic plant, _Datura satanalis_, native to Mexico and
the southwestern U.S.; also called "devilweed."
16. A form of industrial action in Italy in which workers imprison
their employers on the premises until their demands are met.
17. A style of photographic image manipulation in which a small area
is highlighted by blurring the remainder (from _local focus_).