Captchouli Round Seven

Welcome back, Captchouli friends!!! Did you miss us? We decided to take a break last week, but we're back this week with our Round Six winner and Round Seven's word. We think we've picked a hard one for y'all, so be prepared to put your thinking caps on.



Round Six's word FULUNK gave us three exemplary Captchouli definitions. Three entries that were so good, we had a hard time narrowing it down to a winner. But before we announce this week's winner, let's take a look at the competition:



1) Jessica at Where is My Instruction Manual?

Fulunk

Pronunciation: fuh-lunk (long emphasis on the first syllable)

Etymology: familiar Southern American English slang

Part of Speech: transitive or intransitive verb

Definition: to fail miserably, especially due to lack of effort

Context: "Ma'am, I hate to be the one to tell you this, bless little Jimmy's heart, but he only turned in one assignment all semester. He's not just going to flunk 11th grade; he's going to fulunk."

2) Sweat Alot from Do Sweat the Small Stuff

I. FULUNK

(fool-lungkt)

a. verb.

to fail terribly, causing some jerk to wiggle his/her pointer finger right-and-left in slow-motion style.

"Tsk tsk tsk... lookie lookie here... ha! You've so FULUNKed this captchouli, man!"

b. noun.

idiot, loser of the highest degree.

"He did what?!? Jeez, what a FULUNK."

II. FULUNK

(foo-loon-kay)

noun

a badly misspelled name of Chinese origin.

"Hello? May I take your message? I'm sorry, could you repeat your name again, please? Hello??? Mr... what was that again? Ah, I see. Mr. FU LUN K."

III. FULUNK

(feh-lungk)

How my daughter would have spelled the verb flunk (she's 6 years old by the way) based on the phonics method.

Me: Miss Chatterbox, how do you write 'flunk'?

Ms. Chatterbox: uh...

Me: Feh... feh... (Ms. Chatterbox wrote 'FU')

Luh... luh... (Ms. Chatterbox wrote 'LU')

Ungk... ungk... (Ms. Chatterbox wrote 'NK')

3) Ms. Ixy at Illusion

Fulunk (Fu-LUNK) – a moment of jaw-dropping stupidity; a huge mistake. Google “the Darwin Awards” for real-life examples.

“Darren told the CEO our strategic plan was short-sighted and ineffective. Guess we won’t be seeing him on Monday after a fulunk like that.”

“Did you see Stacy’s hair? She tried to dye it platinum blonde at home and some of it fell out. You’d think a former hairstylist would know better than to make such a fulunk!”

“Well, I guess I’m on academic probation now. I didn’t realize the exam paper was double-sided – this is my worst fulunk yet.”

Guys, it was so hard to decide on a winner this time. They were all so funny, and so similar! But in the end we had to award Jessica the winner of round six. Can't you just hear Miss Paula Deen in the role of that teacher? Bless sweet Jimmy's heart!

Congratulations Jessica!

And now for ROUND Seven!

Here's how we play:

1. We give you an honest-to-Blog CAPTCHA "word" that we were forced to submit in order to leave a blog comment.

2. You define the word AND use it in a sentence, and EMAIL it, along with the name/link of your blog and HTML code for your button, to Katie at: katieross83@gmail.com

* Definitions left in the comments of either blog will be discarded*

3. We'll decide on a winning definition and post the winning response on both blogs next Saturday, along with next week's contest. In case multiple entries have the same definition, all who submit the definition will be awarded winners.

4. The winner will have his or her button posted on the sidebars of both Chicken Noodle Gravy and My 3 Little Birds for the following week. And this is big, because we both have, like, tens of followers.

5. The contest is open until 12:00 pm EST next Friday. Entries received after that time will be discarded.

We'll be your best friends if you'll grab a Captchouli button from down below!

So without further ado, your Captchouli Word of the Week is:

TORTIC

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By the way, if you haven't already check out this week's Dare to Share link up over at The Lightning and the Lightning Bug. This link up's theme is ANIMALS.

Captchouli Round Six

Happy Saturday, blogland friends! Welcome to Round Six of Captchouli! This week was another tough race to the finish with three competitors bringing their ultimate A-game. You guys are obviously getting more and more competitive as our little game goes along, because it's becoming more and more difficult to choose a winner.


This week we received three entries with definitions of our captcha word : Publicum Ojking.


1) Melody Mae at Melody-Mae


From the Captchouli Dictionary;

Publicum Ojking
a. meaning a public display of affection

b. look at those two, don't you just hate it when young people go at it in public? Pubicum Ojking...come on people get a room!


2) Dwija at House Unseen, Life Unscripted


Publicum Ojking- "PUB-licum O-J-king": proper noun

Publicum OJ-king is the new spokesperson for the Federal Orange Juice
Makers Association of America.  His irreverent antics combined with
his ravishing good looks (daily self-tanner, anyone?) were created to
have mass appeal to the public consumers of the United States.
Ironically, he is allergic to citrus.

"Oh Margie, that Publicum OJ-king is just so dreeeeeeeaaaaaamy.  And
funny to boot!"


3) Mollie at OK in UK

Publicum Ojking

Definition 1:

Etymology: Latin

part of speech: verb

Publicum Ojking (puh-blih-coom /oh-jay-keeng)- an action undertaken by a former pro-athlete-cum-actor while on the run from the public authorities. Best shown off by aerial footage. Ideally committed in an off-white sports utility vehicle.

Usage: Terence decided not to go publicum ojking with the boys and instead stay in with his wife. It turned out to be the best decision of his life.

Definition 2:

Etymology: Latin

part of speech: Proper Noun

Publicum Ojking (pyew-bly-com /ohz-kee-nik)- A jury member who refuses to acquit if the glove didn't fit.

Usage: I couldn't convince that stupid Publicum Ojking that that kitten was the wrong color.

Definition 3:

Etymology: Latin

part of speech: adjective?

Publicum Ojking (puh-blee-ham princess nasty orange juice) - used mainly to describe areas where the public can openly protest or cheer murder trial verdicts. Does not apply to civil cases.

Usage: I'll meet you on the publicum ojking stage after I finish painting my sign. Should I take off the picture of the fetus or does it send the right message?

Now onto the awards portion of our program. You guys seriously cracked us up with this one. But Mollie's cracked us up the most...primarily because of her OJ Simpson reference. I love it when someone finds a reason to make me laugh in a situation that is otherwise totally un-funny. Great job Mollie! And I can promise that you'll get at least two hits from your button displayed on the sidebars of M3LB and CNG! Now that's advertising you can take to the bank! Or whatever.

Congrats, Mollie! And thanks to everyone for their submissions!

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And now for ROUND SIX!

Here's how we play:

1. We give you an honest-to-Blog CAPTCHA "word" that we were forced to submit in order to leave a blog comment.

2. You define the word AND use it in a sentence, and EMAIL it, along with the name/link of your blog and HTML code for your button, to Katie at: katieross83@gmail.com

* Definitions left in the comments of either blog will be discarded*

3. We'll decide on a winning definition and post the winning response on both blogs next Saturday, along with next week's contest. In case multiple entries have the same definition, all who submit the definition will be awarded winners.

4. The winner will have his or her button posted on the sidebars of both Chicken Noodle Gravy and My 3 Little Birds for the following week. And this is big, because we both have, like, tens of followers.

5. The contest is open until 12:00 pm EST next Friday. Entries received after that time will be discarded.

We'll be your best friends if you'll grab a Captchouli button from down below!

So without further ado, your Captchouli Word of the Week is:


FULUNK

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Captchouli Round Five

Happy Saturday, Captcha Haters!

How fast is this year flying by!? We're already in June! Can you guys believe it? Yes, scientific studies have proven that a nice game of Captchouli does pass the time rather quickly, but we had no idea it would be so effective.

So remember, even though you're having tons of fun playing Captchouli, be sure to take the time to stop and smell the...sweaty people around you...cuz it's HOT out there, peeps!

And you know what else is hot? Our entries for Round Four.

This week's word was Horkieish, and Mary Lauren actually discovered its true definition here. Yeah, its not exactly the same word, but it's enough of a coincidence (she was just shopping and saw this!) for us to share it with you. Obviously, a sign from above that Captchouli needs to be continued and enjoyed.

Onto the entries! As always, pay these ladies some love and visit their amazing blogs. Thanks for your submissions, ladies!

1) Rachael at Non-Domestic Mama

Horkieish hork-eesh

People native to the town of Horcia. The language spoken by those people. Also refers to the native cuisine. The Horkieish people gained notoriety when one of their residents invented a popular beverage now known as Scolla.

Sentence: Are there any good Horkieish restaurants in the area? I've been craving a good Wizorn sandwich.

2) Sharon at Mama's Turn Now

Horkieish pronounced HOR-KEE-ISH is a slang adjective usually used by twenty something year old men in a night club to describe the face of a somewhat unattractive female whom in there opinion resembles something horse and or donkey like.

1.) Did you see that girl? She was horkieish man!
2.) After a few drinks it don't matter. I would go home with even a horkieish chick!

3) Diane of Betty Shmetty

With the help of my brilliant and beatiful niece Kylee Daitz, here is BettyShmetty's entry for captchouli round 4...

Horkieish: [whore-quiche] - noun, pl - ieishes.
1. A promiscuous pastry;
In the deep and incredibly proper south of Savannah, Georgia, the Good Shepard Bakery is constantly buzzing with the black and white cookies gossip about the local horkieish's latest scandals. (to be read with a Southern Belle's drawl) "Have ya'll heard what that lil' horkieish has done this time? She's done got herself mixed up with the bread puddin' and now she's got herself aNOTHER lil' custard. It's just shaaameful!

4) Kelli at Narragansett No. 7

HORK - noun

Definition: Puke

Horked - Horking - Horkieish

Examples: I don't know, man...maybe I shouldn't have done so many Jager Bombs. I feel horkieish.

Dude, I totally horked.

Oh.my.god. Did you see that drunk girl horking in the bushes?

Horkieish - the state in which one feels nauseous. Provenance of the word "Hork" has been disputed for some time among lingquists with some maintaining that the termHork originated with Jeff Spicoli (played by Sean Penn) in the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Others claim that the term arose in the mid-90's after being used by Keanu Reeves then later edited from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.

And this week's winner is:

5) Ixy at Illusion

Horkieish (HOR-kee-ish): Super fugly and gross. Adjective used to describe someone or something that made you throw up in your mouth just a little.

"Argh! Look at that fat hairy guy in the mankini! What a horkieish bathing suit."

"My mother made a seriously horkieish dessert yesterday - zucchini and blueberry trifle."

"I don't understand why I attract such horkieish guys; I'm a total loser magnet."

Ixy's sentences cracked us up; what can we say? Her entry includes the word "mankini"; how could it not win? Although as usual, every entry had us laughing, whether it included pastries, the people of Horcia, "somewhat unattractive females" (ha!), or puke. Congrats, Ixy!!! And thanks again to everyone who entered.

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And now for ROUND FIVE!

Here's how we play:

1. We give you an honest-to-Blog CAPTCHA "word" that we were forced to submit in order to leave a blog comment.

2. You define the word AND use it in a sentence, and EMAIL it, along with the name/link of your blog and HTML code for your button, to Katie at: katieross83@gmail.com

* Definitions left in the comments of either blog will be discarded*

3. We'll decide on a winning definition and post the winning response on both blogs next Saturday, along with next week's contest. In case multiple entries have the same definition, all who submit the definition will be awarded winners.

4. The winner will have his or her button posted on the sidebars of both Chicken Noodle Gravy and My 3 Little Birds for the following week. And this is big, because we both have, like, tens of followers.

5. The contest is open until 12:00 pm EST next Friday. Entries received after that time will be discarded.

We'll be your best friends if you'll grab a Captchouli button from down below!

This week's Captcha find comes to us thanks to a reader of Chicken Noodle Gravy. It's a two word phrase this time, for double the fun!

So without further ado, your Captchouli Words of the Week are:

Publicum Ojking

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Captchouli Round Four

Welcome to Round Four of Captchouli, the newest and fastest-growing internet sensation on the planet! Ha...we wish. Seriously though, you guys have helped make this a huge success so far, and we're so grateful that you're participating and enjoying this. We look forward to your entries each week, and you guys really just seem to be getting more and more clever.

This week's entries were harder to choose between than ever. What can we say? You guys are geniuses! Hilarious and wonderful geniuses. Bask in the brilliant glow from your huge brains, as you chew on this week's entries. Oh, and be sure to visit each of the blogs below and show them lots of love!


1) Dweej at House Unseen, Life Unscripted


Outici pronounced [ow-TEE-chee']

Definition: super, duper totally ouchie. The ouchiest ouch EVER.

Sentence: Remember how it was ouchie stub your toe on the wall? Well if you smash it with that hammer, it's gonna be outici. Trust me!

2) Jenny at Jenny's Blessed Nest

Outici {Owt-ise-ee} ; A product beloved by women of the North, Outici promotes the out-flowage of ice from area lakes during the frigid Winter months. Outici proves useful when husbands choose, weekend after weekend, to escape to the ice house trying, in subzero temps, to catch a fish through a hole in the iced-over lake. Outici raises the water's temperature enough to cause the ice to thin and disperse, which in turn prompts said husbands to venture home and spend time helping to entertain families suffering from winter-weather induced "cabin fever". Feeling like a single mom during deer season is bad enough... Outici makes the worry of being bored and alone during ice fishing season a thing of the past!
*Use with caution: All kinds of horrible things could happen when using this product, including men and fish houses floating away. Never use Outici in a lake already occupied by fishermen. If you prefer for your husband to be away ice fishing, do not use Outici.
Example Conversation:
Wife #1: I'm so sick of Butch spending every free minute fishing through that hole in the ice!
Wife #2: I had the same problem with Sven, until I found Outici...

And this week's winner? An entry that made us laugh out loud and believe that maybe Outici really is a word and that maybe Kelli really knows its meaning.

3) Kelli of Narragansett No. 7

OUTICI interjection /au/

An interjection expressing sudden pain, usually used by small 5th generation Italian-American children who have been inappropriately led to believe by their grandma from the Bronx, Angela Evangelina Sophia Isabella Martino, that this is actually an old Italian word. Much like the improper use of the word "gravy" by NYers of Italian descent when referring to spaghetti or "meat sauce", the "Family" will argue that the word arrived with great-great grandma Nonna who "was off the boat" from Italy, so if you don't know it, you must be an Irish idiot.

In a sentence: "Ma! Outici! The plastic on the sofa is too hot! What's da mattah wich you, huh?" or, "I really smooshed that broad from da club last night. Outici."

First known use: 1965 in the kitchen of someone's grandma from "The City".

(p.s. - can you tell that I grew up in NY?)

Yes, Kelli, we can tell, and we love it! Congratulations!!

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And now for ROUND FOUR!

Here's the plan, Stan:

1. We give you an honest-to-Blog CAPTCHA "word" that we were forced to submit in order to leave a blog comment.

2. You define the word AND use it in a sentence, and EMAIL it, along with the name/link of your blog and HTML code for your button, to Katie at: katieross83@gmail.com

* Definitions left in the comments of either blog will be discarded*

3. We'll decide on a winning definition and post the winning response on both blogs next Saturday, along with next week's contest. In case multiple entries have the same definition, all who submit the definition will be awarded winners.

4. The winner will have his or her button posted on the sidebars of both Chicken Noodle Gravy and My 3 Little Birds for the following week. And this is big, because we both have, like, tens of followers.

5. The contest is open until 12:00 pm EST next Friday. Entries received after that time will be discarded.

We'll love you forever and ever, and ever and ever, amen if you'll grab a Captchouli button from down below!

So without further ado, your Captchouli Word of the Week is:

Horkieish

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And now to take care of a little blog business. First of all, if you haven't already and you'd like to, please consider joining the new writing community The Lightning and the Lightning-Bug. It's a collaboration with two of the the best writers I know, Mary Lauren of My3LittleBirds and Kelli of Narragansett No. 7. Stop by and pay us a visit; we'd love to have you.

Also, I have been nominated for June's Blog of the Month over at For The Love of Blogs, alongside some of the bestest bloggers out there Dweej at House Unseen, Life Unscripted, Nina at The Adventures of Artsy Nina, and Mollie at OK in UK. Go vote and support the cause, man!

Captchouli Round Three

Welcome to Round Three of Captchouli! Lots of great entries again for this week, and the Round Two winner was certainly hard to choose. We'd like to thank everyone again for their participation and fabulous entries. Now, on to the brilliance. Don't forget to visit these awesome blogs and give them some love for their awesome entries. The Round Two word was Scolla, and here's what our readers came up with: 

1. Dweej of House Unseen, Life Unscripted

Definition: Scolla or S-colla noun pronounced [ES-colla'] - contraction of the letter "S" and the word colla' (you know, the thing that dogs wear around their necks?  Collas?) wherein "S" signifies the word "sparkly"

Sentence: “Hey, did you see Joey's new S-colla?  He got it at Hot Topic.  He is so sick.  Swoon!”

2. Nina of The Adventures of Artsy Nina

Definition:  A fictional place for bloggers with writers block.

Sentence 1:  Nina’s mind was blank. Her daily tasks too mundane; her thoughts uninspired.   She had entered the dreaded Scolla.

Sentence 2:  Q:Nina, where is your post today? A: Eh, I’m in Scolla land.

3. Melody Mae of Melody-Mae

Definition: The word; scolla comes from the New York City Urban Vocabulary

meaning;1.  to be a person who has a higher education, 2.  a person holding a scholar

Sentence(s): 

a. wow man, he is a pretty smart scolla

b. yeah, my kid received a nice scolla last night at graduation

4. Sarita from The Lone Tater

Defintion 1: (skol-ah): n. a person well versed in the ways of the 'hood.
Sentence 1: "Playah, you schooled him!  You showed him who was boss!  You are a scolla!" 

Definition 2:  someone from the streets who made it good and went to college and got a degree.

Sentence 2:  "Girl, I can't believe that you used to be out here with us!  Now you is a scolla!"

Drum roll, please. And our winner this week is:

5. Rachael of Non-Domestic Mama

Definition: Scolla  skoh-luh - A carbonated beverage believed to render the consumer more intellectual.  The advertising slogan was "Be a Scolla scholar."  It was mainly marketed to high school dropouts and enjoyed very limited success.  The same marketing campaign is believed to be the main cause of the product's inevitable failure, considering it's targeted consumers tended to lack the funds necessary to purchase the product.  

Sentence: Drink a Scolla before you play Captchouli.

Rachael's definition made us thirsty. It sounds like it could definitely be a real drink, and it sure would do a lot of us some good! Congratulations, Rachael, on a creative and fun entry!

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And now for ROUND THREE!

Here's the dill, pickle:

1. We give you an honest-to-Blog CAPTCHA "word" that we were forced to submit in order to leave a blog comment.

2. You define the word AND use it in a sentence, and EMAIL it, along with the name/link of your blog and HTML code for your button, to Katie at: katieross83@gmail.com

* Definitions left in the comments of either blog will be discarded*

3. We'll decide on a winning definition and post the winning response on both blogs next Saturday, along with next week's contest. In case multiple entries have the same definition, all who submit the definition will be awarded winners.

4. The winner will have his or her button posted on the sidebars of both Chicken Noodle Gravy and My 3 Little Birds for the following week. And this is big, because we both have, like, tens of followers.

5. The contest is open until 12:00 pm EST next Friday. Entries received after that time will be discarded.

We'll love you even more than we love bad songs from the 90s that remind one of us of fraternity parties if you'll grab a Captchouli button from down below!

So without further ado, your Captchouli Word of the Week is:

Outici

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Captchouli Winner PLUS Round Two

The momentous occasion is finally upon us. Hold your breath in anticipation*, because if you entered our first  ever Captchouli contest last week, you could be the big winner! Before Mary Lauren over at My 3 Little Birds and I announce the winner, we'd like to review the awesomely amazing entries we received, and of course, we thank you all for your participation. For the first round of Captchouli, we received an amazing response, and you guys made choosing a winner really hard! I encourage you to visit the blogs of each of our participants; they're all fabulous!

Remember, our word for this week was "etailer," and the object was to create a definition for this Captcha word, then to use the defined word in a sentence.

We present to you the entries:

1. Rachael of Non-Domestic Mama:

Definition: A person who consistently arrives earlier than their original estimated time of arrival (ETA).

Sentence: She claims her ETA is 7 but we all know she will get here at 6.  She is such an etalier!

2. Jane of Flight Platform Living:

Definition: The satisfied roar of any large and honest mammel that has managed to stiffle an untruth.

Sentence: The lioness broke the evening silence with a long etalier, happy she had told her cubs that 3 hours was enough rough play for one day.

3. Dweej of House Unseen, Life Unscripted

Definition: [uh-TEL-ier] contraction of "I tell you"

Sentence(s): "Etalier what, that Sandra Bullock sure is nice to look at"

"Didn't etalier to lock up them dogs?  Now what're we gonna have for dinner, Bobbi Sue?"

4. Melody-Mae of Melody-Mae

Definition/Sentence: it is a truth telling device. A lie detector. An etalier is a machine used to to check and see if you are a 'lier/ liar' :)

5. Jenny of Jenny's Blessed Nest 

Definition: (e-tal-ier) pn.  1.) A person who creates, sells, or tells e-tales (online stories/storybooks).  2.) A blogger. 

Sentence:  Jennifer's love of creative writing and the internet has inspired her to become an Etalier.

6. Bernie at One Mixed Bag

Definition/Sentence: I wanted to look more like a hooker in the game Second Life. So I went to the Etailor to have them shorten my dress to make me look more like a hooker.

And the winning entry from this first round of Captchouli is:

7. Shannon at Milk and Cuddles

Definition: æt.elˈi.eɪr/ [C] literaryProunounced- A-tale-liaar - A tale told by a liar. Bound to be a lie. Even if it's about something that doesn't matter. It will be a complete falshood. Inexplicable - because who cares? But still a total lie. Deception for no reason. At all.

(Definition of etalier noun from the Cambridge Captcha Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

Sentence: I was at the grocery store and that "etalier" neighbor of mine told me the Dreft was on sale. Of course. It wasn't. Weirdo.

We loved how Shannon formatted her definition as if it was a real word from a real dictionary, the Cambridge Captcha Advanced Learner's Dictionary to be exact. Shannon, you did an awesome job, and as promised, your button will be featured on My 3 Little Birds and Chicken Noodle Gravy for a full week!

Congratulations, Shannon!

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And now for ROUND TWO!

This is how we do it (it's Friday night and I feel alright, the party's here on the West Side, so I reach for my 40 and I turn it up, designated driver takes the keys to my...uh, sorry):

1. We give you an honest-to-Blog CAPTCHA "word" that we were forced to submit in order to leave a blog comment.

2. You define the word AND use it in a sentence, and EMAIL it, along with the name/link of your blog and HTML code for your button, to Katie at: katieross83@gmail.com

* Definitions left in the comments of either blog will be discarded*

3. We'll decide on a winning definition and post the winning response on both blogs next Saturday, along with next week's contest. In case multiple entries have the same definition, all who submit the definition will be awarded winners.

4. The winner will have his or her button posted on the sidebars of both Chicken Noodle Gravy and My 3 Little Birds for the following week. And this is big, because we both have, like, tens of followers.

5. The contest is open until 12:00 pm EST next Friday. Entries received after that time will be discarded.

We'll love you even more than we love bad songs from the 90s that remind one of us of fraternity parties if you'll grab a Captchouli button from down below!

So without further ado, your Captchouli Word of the Week is:

Scolla

Better holla!

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Captchouli: Round One

Who here hates Captcha and all of its evil word verification cousins? I mean, like burning hatred here. The kind of hatred that makes you boo and hiss anytime you see it. I'm imagining if you're anything like me you boo-and-hiss hate this evil invention as much as me and my good friend Mary Lauren of My Three Little Birds do. I mean, sure, it's bound to be good for something, like keeping evil robots at bay who are trying to take over our blogs and are hell-bent on world domination, but it's still annoying, and this small service does not outweigh its extreme annoyance.

In an effort to give Captcha some kind of purpose and to decrease its evil evilness, Mary Lauren and I have decided to introduce a little something called Captchouli to you our faithful readers and, of course, to the world! If you would please hold your applause until the end of the post.Thank you.

Yes, you heard me right: Captchouli. Now, you may find yourself asking a legitimate question at this point. Mary Lauren and Katie, you may ask, what exactly is Captchouli? Well, my dear friends, Captchouli is the newest internet phenomenon that's sweeping the nation. And guess what? You get to be a part of this historic, not-soon-to-forgotten event. You can thank us later.

We know just how clever and amazing our readers are. After all, you've each made the clearly sound decision to follow me and Mary Lauren, so you're obviously geniuses. In light of your brilliance and sound judgment, we bring you the perfect outlet for your creativity:

Here's the gist of this game we call Captchouli: 

1. We give you an honest-to-Blog CAPTCHA "word" that we were forced to submit in order to leave a blog comment.

2. You define the word AND use it in a sentence, and EMAIL it to Katie at: katieross83@gmail.com.

* Definitions left in the comments of either blog will be discarded*

3. We'll decide on a winning definition and post the winning response on both blogs next Saturday, along with next week's contest. In case multiple entries have the same definition, all who submit the definition will be awarded winners.

4. The winner will have his or her button posted on the sidebars of both Chicken Noodle Gravy and My 3 Little Birds for the following week. And this is big, because we both have, like, tens of followers.

5. The contest is open until 12:00 pm next Friday. Entries received after that time will be discarded.

And without further ado, our first word is:

Etailer

All the cool kids are playing Captchouli, so we hope you'll be cool and join us. Remember awesome prizes prize is involved, and you may be the next big winner, so come on down! You're the next contestant on...

CAPTCHOULI!

PS - If you were to grab our button and help spread the word about Captchouili, we'd appreciate it, and you'd have our undying adoration. 

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