Dear Mr. milum:

Why repeat definitions when you can read the beginning of the thread? Seems redundant to me.

Oh, well, Mr. Redundancy, here's the list to save your having to scroll to the top:

PROLATE


1. n. 1. Industrial coffee maker 2. n. Human egg donor

Dody’s definition; 0 points


2. adj. (of spheroid) Lengthened along polar diameter

Real definition: 2 votes; 2 points

3. adj. Physical manifestation of bad genetic coding characteristic of inbreeding: prolate third breast

AnnaS’s definition; 2 votes; 2 points


4. adj. Voluntary; a layman living in a monastery under a modified rule and without vows; opposite of "oblate" Etymology: Medieval Latin prolatus, literally, one offered up, from Latin, past participle of profferre (more at PROFFER)

Wolf’s definition; 1 vote (Wolf’s); 0 points


5. n. An ousted group leader.

Jackie’s definition; 2 votes (1 Jackie’s); 1 point


6.n./ v. (originally) wish well; (current use) seemingly wish well, whilst actually cursing -- as in the Chinese "May you live in interesting times"

Fish’s definition; 2 votes (1 Fish’s); 1 point


7. adj. L. prov lateus lit. Before death. Usage example: "Because of his deadpan face the prolate Buster Keeton was pronounced "dead" as he lay upon his deathbed two days before he actually died."

milum’s definition; 3 votes (1 milum’s); 2 points

8. n. This is an unusual word, with a rather mongrel etymology. It is made up from the Latinate "pro-" meaning "for" and the Scandinavian "latter" or "humour; laughter" The combination is used as a description of the use of laughter as a medicine. Sending someone with endemic depression to the circus, for instance, might be described as "prolate therapy."

Rhubarb’s definition; 0 points


9. adj. pertaining to the common man (cf. "proletariat"); a term of disparagement

Scalawags’ definition; 0 points


10. n. 1. a judicial term for a judge appointed to fill an unexpected vacancy on the bench for the remainder of the designated term; 2. someone appointed to fill the vacancy created by the unexpected departure of an any public official

W’on’s definition; 1 vote; 1 point



Post haste = Post paste

Why don't you run the next round, milum?

Best regards,
WW