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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