OK apparently my clock's 20 minutes off. It was 1010. But deadline's still 2330.

Take it away DP.

Though I did quite like "a slave covered in blood would be runing in front of the wagon".

The word is: Mintauninka.

Sumbissions and/or briges accepted until MOnday at 6:00 PST (yes, that's a 24 hour clock).

Mintauninka: (Men-ton-en-ka)
An old Russian drink consisting of Siberian mint leaves soaked in vodka and fermented for ten years before being served in only the best houses of the reigion.

Mintauninka: (men-tawn-Inkuh)

A sub-sect of Incan worship/lore which, at first glance, seems like a hybrid of Minotaur-Worship (of Egyptian lore). In the Incan texts there was mention of a God-like being who had an ox head atop a human body. This particular god-like being apparently influenced fertility in Incan mythology as well as agriculture and the care of livestock.

Archeologists in both the Egyptian and Incan disciplines cannot reliably explain the remarkable resemblence of the Minotaur and Mintaunk in either culture.

"The fields were barren and dry. The people were weak and hungry. Mintaunk saw this and visited upon them the breath of his call while he spilled his seed into the fields and made that which once grew to grow strong again. From his oxen-shaped mouth uttered the bellows of a call to nature and from his loins came the seed of life."

Currently the Mintauninka devote sole worship to the Mintaunk and eschew notice of any other Incan gods (unless Mintaunk is assumed to be at war with such gods). Due to the intensely agricultural nature of the South American peoples, Mintauninkan worship is strongly favored by farmers and inhabitants of remote villages with small populations.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: NightShadow,

Min-ta-un-inka
Old aztec word describing the speciel way of kneeling to the Inka. The mintauninka was done placing the left foot just in front of the right foot, so the foots would be in line, the knees were bowed, the head bowed to the knees and the arms hanging down so the fingers would just reach the ground.

mintauninka (pronounced min TAUN in kah) Hebrew [rhymes vaguely with Hannukah / Chanukkah / ad infinitum on the spellings]. Plural of mintaunink (mintauninq is another acceptable spelling). Common misconceptions regarding the ethnic origin of this word stem from the multiple acceptable phonetic spellings. The mintaunikah is a foot binding device that was used by Egyptians on the Hebrew slave women in Egypt. They bound the foot and heel as one, putting great pressure on the toes and over time distorting the foot until it can no longer bend at the ankle. Most mintauninkah featured a high heel like post in the back of the shoe. The mintauninkah fashion experienced a revival in the early 1980's, but the word was represented as an Egyptian word.

SENATOR: It's an outrage. A travesty, a sham-

PANELIST: Senator! Your time is up!

SENATOR: -and a mockery!

PANELIST: Senator!

SENATOR: It's- it's a... traveshamockery!

PANELIST: NO CREATING NEW WORDS, SENATOR! YOUR TIME IS UP! Next question!

Very good definitions, all. But - where's the bribes? Come on, people, don't you know how this is played?

min tau nin ka (n.)

1. The process of using hybrid cow eggs with their nuclei removed and replaced with specially modified human cell nuclei and mitochondria with the goal of producing an undifferentiated cell mass from which stem cells may be harvested. (Modified from Minotaur + Japanese Nin 'person' Ka 'change')

2. A peculiar subset of minimalist Japanese poetry about the process of cloning humans and harvesting the organs.

Very difficult to choose...

But I gotta give it to Colin for working "mitochondria" into the definition.

Take it away Colin...and a one and a two...

periaphonic

Periaphonic
Adjective form of periaphonia. A very rare voicedisorder only seen in female.
Instead of the more usual, but still quite rare, condition of aphonia, where the person is unable to use the voice according to psychological and/or physiological causes (see for examble: "Fragments of a Hysteria Analysis - Dora" by S.Freud, 1905, "Aetiologic Factors in Psychogenic Aphonia" by E.J. Gerritsma, 1983, "The Missing Voice" by G. Oestergaard, 1994), in periaphonia the voiceloss is restricted to the monthly period of menstruation. Different aethiological theories have suggested a hormonal component as part of the complex of causes. Periaphonia is almost exclusively seen in females living in technological highly developed cultures and only in individuals working outside the home.
As in aphonia the treatment cover a wide variation of methods from electric shock therapy to systemic family counseling.

Periaphonic (pair ee ah fon ick)

The phenomena of receiving radio signals on dental hardware such as orthodontic braces.

Now that is truely a winner! Holy shit was that good gutze. You have my vote (despite my lack of votes) hats off to you! Truely original wit.

Periaphonic: (adj. - peri-uh-fonik)

Having to do with the sound of tooth gums colliding and producing noise unconsciously. Often noted in individuals who have no teeth, as they are lost in thought.

The lecherous old man leaned forward, looked at the young girl and began to make periaphonic sounds every few seconds as he tried to think of ways to draw her closer to him. - Earnest Hemmingway ("Revenge of the Old Man", unpublished, 1948)

It's lip-smacking good! Almost periaphonic in its quality! - Advertisement, circa 1913

Periaphonic: A movement of mid 20th century music. Inspired by John Cage, these "performances" consisted of instruments and their players being physically moved in a circle around the audience and playing notes of tone and duration chosen by the I Ching. The second and final performance ended the short lived movement when a handler pulling the dolly on which a prepared grand piano was being played slipped causing the piano to slide backward, crushing the pianist's legs.

It was rumored but never substantiated that John Lennon purchased the one known tape of this performance and that if one listens very closely one can hear in the middle of the third verse of "Cry Baby Cry" from the so-called White album, one can hear faintly the sound the piano made as it broke the pianist's legs.

And, uh, hey Colin, haven't you always wanted your very own helper monkey...I know some folks in the business if, you know...