Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Specktioneer

A specktioneer is really a whaling term. It's the title give to the chief harpoon flinger. Not my cup of tea at all, but an interesting word nevertheless. I was relieved that so many word imps managed to think laterally and find lots of different meanings for specktioneer. I'm pleased to say the voters picked my favourite again. I must be on track. Vicki B takes the honours today. Excellent work!

14 comments:

Sonnjea said...

A specktioneer is the person who sticks those little tags on the insides of garments -- the ones that say "Inspected by #5".

Otter said...

Specktioneer is a person that is overly anal and critical.

Melissa's mother-in-law, Cora was such the Specktioneer that no matter how perfect she had her home, it was still not clean nor perfect enough for Cora.

Sara said...

A specktioneer is somebody who examines minute details at a crime scene. A member of the forensics team.

Anonymous said...

A specktioneer is a person who plants evidence of a crime or misdeed to incriminate another.

floribunda said...

a specktioneer is the mechanism that holds a tightrope at the right level of tightness.

Anonymous said...

A specktioneer is a person who auctions off specktions. (You know,those fuzzy particles that collect under beds. Spections are particularly valuable, if they originated under the beds where the famous have slept: George Washington slept here, St. Nicholas slept there, George Michael slept everywhere...)

Anonymous said...

A specktioneer is someone who collects wild birds eggs and gets very excited if it has extra specks or spots than normal on the egg.

Haberman's habits said...

a specktioneer is someone who pioneered the spectacles.
with out the specktioneer we would not have glasses to wear.

yours truly B said...

a specktioneer is someone that finds specks on windows...
Fred said you missed a spot right there George. ah Fred don't be such a specktioneer said George

Anonymous said...

A specktioneer is an auctioneer who specaialises in the sale of speckled hens.

Anonymous said...

A Specktioneer is the official term for a member of a very small, but very devoted band of followers of Dr Spock's (of Star Trek fame)lesser known brother, Dr Speck.

Shari said...

A specktioneer is the person who keeps autioned items clean and dust-free. Sometimes an antique would be very dusty. It was put in the attic or basement and left there for years.

Specktioneers polish everything before any item is to be auctioned off.

Anonymous said...

A specktioneer is a supporter of the worst rugby team in New Zealand. The team is called the Neers. They are so bad that they have to play at preschool level even though they're adults.

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