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ogerhunch voting went as follows:
a) a severe curvature of the dorsal spine, nowadays called "dowager's hump" (wofa) Hydra, Jackie, Zed
b) a small grotesque statue: gargoyle (consuelo) Faldage
c) Norse mythology Loki's land-bound familiar (ASp)
d) a dead, bare tree with a single remaining branch (Faldage) etaoin, Aramis, wofa, belM
e) the feeling that you are about to be set upon by a monster (Jackie) olly
f) a churchgoer, e.g. gree hunger* (themilum) themilum
g) an arrogant, unfeeling, kyphotic prankster (tsuwm) tsuwm
h) Yugoslavian origin a sandwich made from heavy, crusty bread, seasoned veal and pork patties, and dark mustard (belMarduk) BranShea
i) a sluttish woman who smells rank (Hydra)
j) any frightful or loathsome creature, especially a bat (Thomas Edmondston, A Glossary of the Shetland and Orkney Dialect, 1866) consuelo, ASp
k) the radius of the tightest section of a curve, used in calculating the correct degree of camber when designing a racecourse (Zed)
Notes:
1. Faldo’s original entry, sent to the wrong mailbox, read: “a branch on a dead, bare tree” – gives a different feeling, doesn’t it?
2. from themilum: “And dont forget to include the asterisk! The asterisk is my hook to get extra votes. People are so gullible.”
3. Hydra’s original entry (which gets the armil© prize) read: “an intuitive feeling that ogres are nearby.”
4. Jackie’s entry preceded Hydra’s by several hours; her comment was: “I can't believe I'm putting this.”
Votes were grotesquely mobbed, with Faldage whipping wofa four(4) to three(3) – both came up with def’ns that were non-obvious, yet still ‘relational’. Kudos are also due to consuelo and ASp for scaring up the correct answer. Also, I was happy to see that BranShea finally validated her ballot.
themilum and tsuwm are jointly awarded the Ralph Nader Memorial Wasted-vote trophy.
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Yes, the capitals are a big help. I was still trying to figure what's what.
Who is the mysterious Asp? Is there a two or a three- headed hogmaster? This is almost like mathematics. I really loose track, which in it's own is not that surprising for a relatively new observer of the game.
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> Who is the mysterious Asp?
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You rang? hsssssss
Thanks, tsuwm, for yet another resoundingly good round of Hogwash.Your comments always add to the fun.
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Another interesting round, ASp . Yet it is my modest opinion the definition could do with some further scrutiny.
Though this may not be usance, I don't know.
j) Any frightful or loathsome creature, especially a bat (Thomas Edmondston, A Glossary of the Shetland and Orkney Dialect, 1866) consuelo, ASp
In 1866 on the Shetlands and Orkneys they considered a bat as being especially loathsome?
Because: "Any frightful and loathsome creature", would that not have been enough?
The adding of the bat seems superfluous I mean. (I like bats. To see them around the house at dusk is magic.To look at them close is especial.)
The one who coined the word and definition just added a superfluous and unnecessary personal dislike to it.
That's why I thought this one really a fake definition.
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perhaps that means it just gets used most often when speaking about bats.
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perhaps that means it just gets used most often when speaking about bats. well, it's no longer often used (if it ever was), but I suspect your hunch is correct. (many folks find bats to be of a foreboding nature.) - joe (bats n my belfry) friday
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Talk about being a rabble rouser, I sent the wwftd word ogerhunch and its definition to TAGNET, a forum of southeastern cavers who love cute little bats more than they love their grannies. Later tonight TAGNET will post all of their responses and if any are suitable to print on a polite forum like AWAD I'll paste them here. 
Last edited by themilum; 11/01/07 12:21 AM.
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Was it that bad? Thanks for sparing us the outbursts of unrestrained anger.  Bram Stoker's Dracula was later than the definitions' date,no?
Last edited by BranShea; 11/01/07 09:23 AM.
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