Round 3465 - BLLOWTHIRAN - time to vote!

[Shani Naylor]

Hi all

We have a bumper crop of 14 definitions for our word du jour, BLLOWTHIRAN. Please vote for two by the deadline, which is just over 38 hours from now.

 

1.       A thunderstorm.

2.       The act of plunging.

3.       The Welsh anglefish.

4.       A hand-dug water well.

5.       The sudden breaking of a storm.

6.       A local name for the Kashmir dish Modur Pulao.

7.       A proprietary device for trimming elephants' toenails.

8.       (Indo-Aryan) To be free or to let it go; similar to nirvana in Buddhism.

9.       A Malaysian dry curry similar to rendang but with a milder spice paste.

10.   [Scot Isles] To be overwhelmed by a large wave and thrown into the sea.

11.   Sudden, vigorous growth of wild vegetation in a previously dormant area.

12.   A prominent Neolithic menhir located in the center of the Maen Beuno stone circle in northern Wales.

13.   In certain otherkin mythologies, a dark spirit that will sweep through this world at the end of time collecting souls.

14.   Specially designed frequency-modulation continuous-wave distance-measuring equipment used for performing distance measurements of an accuracy comparable to first-order triangulation.

The deadline is 12 noon Wednesday 17 July NZT, or

Los Angeles, CA, USA
Tue, 16 Jul 2024
5:00 p.m.

New York, NY, USA
Tue, 16 Jul 2024
8:00 p.m.

London, United Kingdom
Wed, 17 Jul 2024
1:00 a.m.

Paris, France
Wed, 17 Jul 2024
2:00 a.m.

[John Barrs]

I shall take a shortish one and a longish one #2 and #12 please

JohnnyB

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[Judy Madnick]

 8.       (Indo-Aryan) To be free or to let it go; similar to nirvana in Buddhism.

and

13.   In certain otherkin mythologies, a dark spirit that will sweep through this world at the end of time collecting souls.

 

Judy Madnick

[Chowie]

1 and 5 please

[Daniel B. Widdis]

I find 10 the most believable, and wonder if 2 is based on some similar etymology that two submitters are aware of.

[France International/Mike Shefler]

Meant to post this in the forum.

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Date:	Mon, 15 Jul 2024 09:54:57 -0400
From:	France International/Mike Shefler <sta...@salsgiver.com>
To:	Shani Naylor <shani....@gmail.com>

I'll take 2 and 4 in the hope that Lassie will rescue me.

--Mike

[Glenn Thomas Davis]

Storms! 1 and 5.

—Glenn

. . .

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

—Plutarch

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[Efrem Mallach]

I'll take 1 and 13.

Efrem

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On Jul 15, 2024, at 5:36 AM, Shani Naylor <shani....@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all

We have a bumper crop of 14 definitions for our word du jour, BLLOWTHIRAN. Please vote for two by the deadline, which is just over 38 hours from now.

 

1.       A thunderstorm.

[Tim B]

8. (Indo-Aryan) To be free or to let it go; similar to nirvana in Buddhism.

9. A Malaysian dry curry similar to rendang but with a milder spice paste.

please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

[collect (null)]

1 and 12 … avoiding the real def as much as possible …

Dave

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On Jul 15, 2024, at 5:37 AM, Shani Naylor <shani....@gmail.com> wrote:



[nancygoat]

I'll take 10 and 12 this time.

Nancy

[Tim Lodge]

I've absolutely no idea, so - at random - 1 and 13, please.

1.       A thunderstorm.

13.   In certain otherkin mythologies, a dark spirit that will sweep through this world at the end of time collecting souls.

--  Tim L