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Again, some definitions were contributed by more than one person, so I have amalgamated them:
a. (n.) A functionary of lower rank than a chamberlain, but discharging some of his duties. Attendant at the king’s bedchamber; responsible for domestic security, organizing ceremonies (including religious ones), processionals and local travel. Called also sogennant-at-arms; an attendant of the serjeant-at-arms.
b. [Penn. Dutch] ironic
c. Characterized by a gloomy, oppressive atmosphere.
d. having the characteristics of a sponge
e. mosslike
f. of solo quality or effect, yet produced by an ensemble
g. of, relating to, or arising from one's mental or spiritual being, visceral, intuitive
h. so called
i. stagnant [mainly Scottish]
j. unflappable, stoic
Definitions supplied by:
Annastrophic, Bingley, consuelo, dxb, faldage, fiberbabe, jheem, musick, sjmaxq, tsuwm, Whitman O’Neill, wordwind
You have a sennight to place your bets.
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Dammit - too late to put in the correct solution - but it is there anyway, as item F
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Ya gots ta git up perty early in the afternoon, Rhuby, ol chap.
Well, lets C. It would certainly B ironic. And, A! I love the spelling of serjeant. It's so boring, but what the H!
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I'm with Rhuby, what the F...
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This is an odd hogwash - I have no idea what my score is likely to be. It has left me Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered.
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Or bullshit, of course ... 
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Just for fun (and to play the odds) I'll vote for "G" because these four *synonyms seem to cover almost everything.  mental - spiritual - visceral - intuitive
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Well, I was gonna wait till Max voted before posting mine, but that ploy was to no avail. Although I'm fairly certain the right answer is H, I'm going to have to agree with Max, and vote for the clever definition. To B or not to B. I'll B.
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I suppose I'll have to pull myself out of this round since I came across 'sogennant' in an article I read this weekend--and it was very evident what it meant by context.
So, Hogmaster-for-This-Round Bingley, I won't cast a vote.
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You DID? Wow, I'd never even heard of the word before!
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This brings in a whole nother element to Hogwash voting! What's WW been reading about? Shakespeare. Comedies, tragedies, and histories! Ergo, it must be c. [/spurious logic that may prove to be worth a try!]
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Nawwww....my bet is that WW's been reading up on the wetlands again, she loves that stuff. Soooo... D....as the detritus pretty much sucks it up! 
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Well, the meaning that I am familiar with is H.
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That's it--I'm going with jheem. (And Bub, if you have deliberately misled me by voting for your own incorrect def., then I shall want a word in private.) H
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I think everyone who entered has voted now but for connie -- I hope this doesn't help her too much.
a) entirely too many words here; must be an amalgam
b) it isn't ironic
c) ?
d) sounds like soggy
e) did grapho enter?? ;)
f) is there actually such a muscial concept that needs a word?
g) ? (musick's got this one covered)
h) thinking of soi-dissant, jheem?
i) sogennant <> stagnant? naah
j) ? (no votes, too passionless?)
so I'm left with c/g/j
f'babe spuriously agreed with TEd on c? this may have been a stroke of genius. I shall plonk for c and commence a jeremiad if it turns up 'j'.
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Connie's incomputerada for another 10 days...
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thinking of soi-dissant, jheem?
Yes, soi-dissant is the French for the German sogenannt which is englished as so-called.
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Is *that what soi-dissant means. And I thought it was 'far away'.
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Actually, it means "dissing an edamame."
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dissing an edamame
Now *that makes sense.
With honey on it.
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"'Tis ten-to-three!" - the Church clock's claim:
Is there yet for tea an edamame?
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hrm, hrm tis actually "soi-disant"
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hrm, hrm tis actually "soi-disant"Thanks, belMarduk. It's tough enough for me to spell in English, let alone French. Don't let the Académie know. Prithee!
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Oh I'm so glad you aren't angry. I was a little embarrassed to bring it up but I figured I should in case anybody wanted to use it again.
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Not a problem. You did it so charmingly. How does one pronounce "hrm"? I could hear it though.
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>How does one pronounce "hrm"?
Ask Fangorn, it sounds like something he might say.
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>HrmWell, it's always hard to write out a sound, especially that of clearing one's throat unobtrusively. I'm glad you could hear it, so I'm thinking it was kinda close. Funny though, that thing about sounds. They don't always translate the same in different languages. Like dog barking...in French readers they write Woof-woof, but in English readers they write bow-wow) Ooops, does everybody call those learning-to-read books in kindergarten and Grade 1 "readers"?
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Grade 1 "readers"?
Primers and readers? I used a McGuffey's Reader in 3rd grade. A bit retro, even then.
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I used a McGuffey's Reader Ooh, you must be really old! <EG>
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Ooh, you must be really old! It was a reprint, but yes, thanks for asking ... MR made me think I was learning English as a foreign language. But the moral uplift, oh my!
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Dick, Jane and Spot, for me, one.
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Indulging in a little gadzookery, are we, jheem?
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Indulging in a little gadzookery?Fiath, yes, AnnaStrophic, but just to give you a flavor of language control by committee. I believe I used it correctly: as in "I hope you won't let the boys at the Académie know about my mistake." Come on! I use "yup" and "ain't", too, for false folksiism.
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Shoot, Jim-Bob, I was making what I considered to be a felicitous reference to today's W.A.D. (pardon my French).
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Sorry about that. I hadn't seen the WAD yet. Shucks, I'm just plumb ashamed. Mea culpa.
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