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PM me your def'ns for the word arfname!
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Could this really be the end? Are we not going to beat Master HogDzoom again, this time without giving him the excuse that the word was indecently exposed? It's a lousy word , but somewhere in the corner of our collective mind it's as clear is as.. whatever is clear.
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I can't tease out any morphemes. This is a real poser!
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Please, what are you talking about? Can anybody explain in simple words until I get the spirit of "the language"?!
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hoo boy! you should probably consider this thread to fall into the "advanced" category; but, see the hogwash rules® thread, which is pinned to the top of this forum, to get an idea of how the game of hogwash is played.
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...which is pinned to the top of this forum... Huh?!? I've been around a bit, and I have no idea what you mean! :0/
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The rules for Hogwash are always the top thread in the Wordplay and Fun index even though other topics get added later. ie they are pinned to the top position.
For DM this is our version of Daffynitions. We PM or personal message our made-up definition to the "Hogmmaster", the one who came up with the word, by clicking on the name hogmaster then click on Send a PM. Check the Hogwash rules thread for details since we never do things quite the way they were originally intended.
Last edited by Zed; 09/16/08 12:45 AM.
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I'll give it me darndest.
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hello everybody,
your "English" is in fact very different from that that I 've studied at the university for 4 years. Here is the problem for which i've found the solution in exchanging ideas with you on this forum. So i need you to explain every "word and structure" because I 've never seen them before in academic books, newspapers or magazines. In addition i 've never been to any country where english is the first language.
Thank you very much beforehand.
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hog n noun 1 a pig, especially a castrated male reared for slaughter. 2 informal a greedy person. 3 informal a large motorcycle. 4 (also hogg) dialect a young sheep before the first shearing. n verb (hogs, hogging, hogged) 1 informal take or hoard selfishly. 2 distort (a ship) by supporting the centre and allowing the bow and stern to droop.
PHRASES go the whole hog informal do something completely or thoroughly.
DERIVATIVES hogger noun hoggery noun hoggish adjective hoggishly adverb hog-like adjective
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hogwash n noun informal nonsense.
ORIGIN C15 (meaning 'kitchen swill for pigs'): from hog + wash.
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...I do believe you have captured the sense of the word that is being using here !
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nota bene: Friday marks the end of the se'nnight..
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Welcome, Display Name. Your syntax is exceptionally good for someone who's (presumably) only studied English for 4 years. What excellent university did you attend?
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Please, what are you talking about? Can anybody explain in simple words until I get the spirit of "the language"?! Hogwash is the game that I simply know as 'The Dictionary Game' when I have played it face-to-face. The 'Hogmaster' chooses a word from a dictionary that is not well known. Then the other players make up definitions for it. All the definitions, including the correct one, are shown, and everyone (except the hogmaster) votes for what they think is the dictionary definition. You score points if someone guesses your made up definition as the real one. You also score points if you guess the correct definition. And the hogmaster scores points if no one guesses the dictionary definition. Obviously when played online the game works on the 'honour system' - that is, of course you could easily cheat by looking the word up, but that would be no fun at all. Hope this helps.
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The 'Hogmaster' chooses a word from a dictionary that is not well known.
It is the word that is not well known, not the dictionary. I only add this comment for the sake of DisplayName, who is not entirely at home in the English language.
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I have submitted my bucket of swill for consideration. Thank you hogmaster
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Thank you for your help. But I don't think that definitions' conception is an easy task, especially if i have to make up dico-like ones. I'll try to take time to read your contributions to understand better and approach your way of thinking. Does the word fun require at least a smile? :)or It means just spending time on definition formation?!
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I 've studied English 3 years in the Middle School, 3 years in the High School, 4 years in the University. But I still lack practice because I think that production "performance" is more important than reception "competence". You know that studies in the middle and high schools aren't "very high level". We study the basic elements of the language and we usually do not assimilate them all.
I would be pleased if you could correct my writing and help me out with the most used structures to make my English seem the outcome of a professional if not a native speaker and not only a learner.
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once again, I respectfully suggest that Q&A about words may be a more appropriate forum/venue for this sort of thing. Wordplay and fun can really be pretty advanced, in the event -- but if you feel that's where you are, fine. >Does the word fun require at least a smile? ofttimes we take our fun very seriously here.
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The 'Hogmaster' chooses a word from a dictionary that is not well known.
It is the word that is not well known, not the dictionary. I only add this comment for the sake of DisplayName, who is not entirely at home in the English language. Ooops, pardon my ambiguous antecedence! I ought to have said "chooses from a dictionary a word that is not well known," or perhaps just "chooses an obscure word from a dictionary."
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The 'Hogmaster' chooses a word from a dictionary that is not well known.
It is the word that is not well known, not the dictionary. I only add this comment for the sake of DisplayName, who is not entirely at home in the English language. Ooops, pardon my ambiguous antecedence! I ought to have said "chooses from a dictionary a word that is not well known," or perhaps just "chooses an obscure word from a dictionary." I's just saying in case DisplayName is really who he says he is. If he's just a troll who gets his jollies making people act like decent human beings, that's his problem.
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