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choose one:
a) [N. Brit. dial.] a feeling of emptyheadedness often experienced after saying something foolish []
b) a recently coined corruption of Loch Ness, intended to be humorous, referring to the amount of folklore and mythology surrounding various tourist sites; examples of high "arghness factor" would be Loch Ness and the Blarney Stone. []
c) obs. wittiness []
d) the monstrous pain of being Scottish []
e) a musical term for measuring the quality of a bagpipe's pitch. []
f) a cape or head that rises in a shallow slope from relatively low land, terminating in a precipitous drop to the sea with no or only a very narrow beach region. []
g) obs. the darkest day of winter (related to Old Icelandic aarkneiss) []
h) the measurable moisture content of the organic base in a forest bed. []
i) early electrical hot water system (named after its inventor). []
j) a land filled with satisfying targets, none of which can be harmed or will hurt you back no matter what you do to them. []
k) dominatrix []
l) an intensifer popular among teenagers for the groan commonly spelled argh, as in: "Ohmygod that is such total arghness!" []
m) [f. Teut. argh + -ness] obs. cowardice, pusillanimity, timidity []
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You bring out the best in us that would be 'us', tsuwm. It was a difficult decision, but I'll take a D because it hurts so good...
(We won't be fooled by Icelandic again!!).
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D's hilarious, but I'll take G. Why do you have the little standing-up rectangles after the entries?
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Why do you have the little standing-up rectangles after the entries?
I'm guessing this is either intentional (waiting for refill) or a cut/paste remnant from invisible but untranslatable code.
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>waiting for refill
well yeah -- it's where the entrant's name was (e.g., see iggri results).
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give me L, t...
I think the brackets will be filled with all our little names after'n the votes is cast.
[posted simultaneous-loike with tsuwm...]
formerly known as etaoin...
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Can't be doing with all that Scots the noo - I'd rather eat Icelandic! But H is so nerdy it deserves a vote of support, poor thing :)
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m) [f. Teut. argh + -ness] obs. cowardice, pusillanimity, timidity [X]
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Arghness seems to me ineffable, that is, defying description. So I'll take an eff if I may.
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>m) [f. Teut. argh + -ness] obs. cowardice, pusillanimity, timidity [X]
or the [] is meant to be a voting block.
-ron (quod erat demonstrandum) obvious
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H, no wait, F, no, uuummmmmmmmmmmmm???
I have no idea.
H, so there.
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M is so literal it almost has to be it, and almost-ditto for G, but the two colloquialisms make more sense to me, so eenie-meenie, I'm going with Bin all its ridiculous simplicity! So there. 
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I'll take a trip back to my school days. Give me an F.
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I neglected to mention that these are from:
maverick[x], ASp[x], WO'N[x], VernonC[x], Zed[x], Sparteye, sjmaxq, Faldage[x], musick[x], Bingley, tsuwm[na], Jackie[x], and a usually reliable source.
Jackie, the standing-up rectangles after the names show who's voted to date; the 'na' after my name indicates 'not applicable' - I hope this clarifies all. :)
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I think Unca Occam would like to shave with L, I do.
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What the 'ell, I'll go for the sheer arghness of L.
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Probably L, although when I read A I had a moment of recognition.....
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